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| "The Bonnie Blue Flag" | |
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| Vocal by Harry McCarthy | |
| Language | English language |
| Released | 1861 (1861) |
| Sound sample | |
| "The Bonnie Bluish Flag" (instrumental)
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"The Bonnie Blueish Flag", also known as "We Are a Band of Brothers", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America. The words were written by the entertainer Harry McCarthy, with the tune taken from the song "The Irish Jaunting Auto". The song'south title refers to the unofficial beginning flag of the Confederacy, the Bonnie Blueish Flag. The left flag on the sail-music is the Bonnie Blue Flag.
The song was premiered by lyricist Harry McCarthy during a concert in Jackson, Mississippi, in the spring of 1861 and performed again in September of that aforementioned year at the New Orleans Academy of Music for the Start Texas Volunteer Infantry regiment mustering in celebration.[ citation needed ]
The New Orleans music publishing house of A.East. Blackmar issued six editions of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" between 1861 and 1864 along with 3 additional arrangements.
The "band of brothers" mentioned in the kickoff line of the song recalls the well known St. Crispin's Day Speech in William Shakespeare'southward play Henry V (Human action IV, scene ii).
Lyrical variations [edit]
The Bonnie Blue Flag, the namesake and subject field of the song.
The beginning verse of the song goes:
Nosotros are a band of brothers, and native to the soil,
Fighting for our liberty with treasure, blood, and toil;
And when our rights were threatened, the weep rose nigh and far,
Hurrah! for the Bonnie Blue Flag, that bears a unmarried star.
These lyrics appear in a version held by the Library of Congress.[1] It was published by A. E. Blackmar and Brother in New Orleans in 1861. The second line is sometimes given as "fighting for the property we gained past honest toil." University of San Diego professor Steve Schoenherr[ii] and the library of Duke University[iii] record the "property" version which also has a publication date of 1861. When Major General Benjamin Butler captured New Orleans, he allegedly arrested Blackmar,[four] fined him $500, destroyed all copies of the music, and ordered that anyone caught whistling or singing "The Bonnie Blueish Flag" would be fined $25 (roughly $500 in the 2010s[v]). Eleven other editions of the song were published with different lyrics.[ citation needed ]
Annie Chambers Ketchum, a Confederate widow who risked her liberty to publish new verses to be sung, published a new version of the song under the championship "The Gathering Song." The post-obit verses were published in a eulogy by Gilberta South. Whittle in the 1904 Richmond Times Dispatch:
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"Come up, brothers, rally for the right!
The bravest of the brave
Sends forth his ringing boxing-cray
Beside the Atlantic moving ridge.
She leads the mode in award's path:
Come, brothers, nearly and far,
Come, rally round the Bonnie Blueish Flag
That bears a unmarried star!
Hurrah! hurrah! for Southern rights
Hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star!II
Nosotros've borne the Yankee trickery,
The Yankee gibe and sneer,
Till Northern insolence and pride
Know neither shame nor fear;
Merely set now with shot and steel
Their brazen front to mar,
Nosotros holst aloft the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a single star.3
Now Georgia marches to the forepart,
And close abreast her come up
Her sisters of the Mexique bounding main,
With pealing trump and drum;
Till answering back from colina and glen
The rallying cry afar,
A nation holsts the Bonnie Blue Flag
That bears a unmarried star.4
By every stone in Charleston Bay,
Past each beleaguered town,
Nosotros swear to rest not night nor day,
Just hunt the tyrants downwardly;
Till bathed in valor'southward holy blood
The gazing world afar
Shall greet with shouts the Bonnie Bluish Flag
That bears a single star."[6]
Complete lyrics [edit]
1.
We're a band of brothers, native of the soil
Fighting for our freedom, with treasure, blood, and toil.
When outset our rights were threatened, and the cry rose nigh and far
Nosotros raised upwardly loftier the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!Chorus:
Hurrah! Hurrah!
For Southern rights, hurrah!
Hurrah for the Bonnie Bluish Flag that bears a single star!2.
As long equally the Union was true-blue to her trust
Like friends and like brethren, kind were nosotros, and but
But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar
Nosotros hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a unmarried star.Chorus
3.
First gallant South Carolina came nobly to the stand
Then came Alabama and took her by the hand
Quickly, followed Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida
All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a unmarried star.Chorus
4.
Ye men of valor assemble round the imprint of the correct
Texas and fair Louisiana bring together us in the fight
Davis, for a President, and Stephens statesmen rare
Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.Chorus
5.
Now here's to brave Virginia, the Old Dominion Land,
With the immature Confederacy at last has sealed her fate,
And spurred past her example, now other states prepare
To hoist high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.(Alternately:
Now hither'south to Virginia, the One-time Dominion State,
Who with the young Confederacy at length has linked her fate.
Impelled by her case, let other states prepare
To hoist loftier the Bonnie Blueish Flag that bears a single star.)Chorus[seven]
6.
And then cheer, boys, cheer, raise a joyous shout
For N Carolina and Arkansas now have both gone out,
And let some other rousing cheer for Tennessee exist given,
For the single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to exist eleven.Chorus
vii.
And so here's to our Confederacy, strong we are and brave,
Like patriots of old we'll fight, our heritage to relieve;
And rather than submit to shame, to dice we would prefer,
So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.Chorus[8]
Historical inaccuracies [edit]
The third verse of the vocal misstates the social club in which the states seceded from the Matrimony. The dates on which the states seceded are as follows:
- S Carolina (December 20, 1860)
- Mississippi (Jan ix, 1861)
- Florida (January x, 1861)
- Alabama (January 11, 1861)
- Georgia (Jan 19, 1861)
- Louisiana (January 26, 1861)
- Texas (Feb one, 1861)
- Virginia (April 17, 1861)
- Arkansas (May 6, 1861)
- North Carolina (May 20, 1861)
- Tennessee (June viii, 1861)[ix]
Thus, Alabama did not have South Carolina by the hand, but delayed its secession until the departure of Mississippi and Florida.
Matrimony versions [edit]
As with many songs from the time of the American Ceremonious War, this vocal had multiple versions for both the Union and Confederate sides. One Union version, written by J. Fifty. Geddes, in 1863,[10] [11] a British-born colonel who immigrated to the U.S., was called "The Bonnie Flag With the Stripes and Stars". Singing of Unionism and equality, it went:
We're fighting for our Union,
Nosotros're fighting for our trust,
We're fighting for that happy country
Where sleeps our male parent dust.
It cannot be dissevered,
Though it price u.s. encarmine wars,
We never can surrender the land
Where floats the stripes and stars.Chorus:
Hurrah, Hurrah,
For equal rights hurrah,
Hurrah for the good old flag
That bears the stripes and stars.Nosotros trusted you every bit brothers,
Until you drew the sword,
With impious hands at Sumter
You cutting the silver string.
So now you hear the bugles,
We come the sons of Mars,
To rally round the brave sometime flag
That bears the stripes and stars.Chorus
We practice not want your cotton,
We do not want your slaves,
But rather than divide the land,
Nosotros'll fill your Southern graves.
With Lincoln for our chieftain,
Nosotros wear our country's stars,
And rally circular the brave old flag
That bears the stripes and stars.Chorus
We deem our cause most holy,
We know we're in the right,
And twenty million freemen
Stand gear up for the fight.
Our pride is fair Columbia,
No stain her beauty mars,
On her nosotros'll raise the brave old flag
That bears the stripes and stars.Chorus
And when this war is over,
We'll each resume our home,
And treat yous withal equally brothers,
Where ever you may roam.
We'll pledge the mitt of friendship,
And retrieve no more of war,
But dwell in peace beneath the flag
That bears the stripes and stars.Chorus[12]
Another version went:
We are a ring of Patriots who each leave home and friend,
Our noble Constitution and our Banner to defend,
Our Capitol was threatened, and the cry rose virtually and far,
To protect our Land'due south glorious Flag that glitters with many a star.Chorus
Hurrah, Hurrah, for the Union, boys Hurrah
Hurrah for our forefather's Flag,
that glitters with many a star.Much patience and forbearance, the North has e'er shown,
Toward her Southern brethren, who had each way their ain;
Just when we made our President—a human being whom we desired,
Their wrath was roused, they mounted guns, and on Fort Sumter fired.They forced the war upon us, for peaceful men are we,
They steal our coin, seize our forts, and then as cowards flee,
Simulated to their vows, and to the Flag, that once protected them,
They sought the Union to dissolve, globe's noblest, brightest, jewel.We're in the right, and will prevail, the Stars and Stripes must fly!
The "Bonnie Blue Flag" will be hauled downward and every traitor dice,
Freedom and Peace enjoyed by all, every bit ne'er was known before,
Our spangled Banner wave on high, with stars just Thirty Four[13]
Additionally, the Song of the Irish Volunteers, an canticle of the famous 69th New York regiment known every bit the Irish Brigade, was sung to the same melody.[14]
My Name is Tim McDonald, I'm a native of the Isle, Was born among quondam Erin'due south Bogs When I was but a child.
My Father fought in '98 For Liberty then dear. He cruel upon onetime Vinegar Loma, Like an Irish Volunteer!
Then enhance the Harp of Erin, boys, The flag we all revere! We'll fight and fall beneath its folds, Like Irish Volunteers! So heighten the Harp of Erin, boys, The flag we all revere! Nosotros'll fight and fall below its folds, Like Irish gaelic Volunteers!
When I was driven from my home By an oppressor's hand, I my sticks and greased my brogues, And came o'er to this state.
I establish a home and many friends, And some I love dear. Be jabbers! I'll stick to them similar bricks And an Irish Volunteer!
Then fill yous spectacles upwardly, my boys, And drinkable a hearty cheer! To the land of our adoption And the Irish Volunteers! Then make full you glasses up, my boys, And drink a hearty cheer! To the land of our adoption And the Irish Volunteers!
At present when the traitors in the south Commenced a warlike raid, I quickly then laid downward my hod, To the devil went my spade!
To a recruiting-office and so I went, That happened to be near, And joined the good one-time 69th, Like an Irish Volunteer!
And then fill the ranks and march away! No traitors practise we fear! Nosotros'll drive them all to blazes, Says the Irish gaelic Volunteer! And so fill the ranks and march away! No traitors do we fright! We'll drive them all to blazes, Says the Irish Volunteer!
Now, when the Prince of Wales came over hither, And made a hubbaboo, Oh, everybody turned out, you know, In aureate and tinsel too! But then the skillful old 69th Didn't like these lords or peers They wouldn't give a damn for kings, The Irish volunteers!
We Love the Land of Liberty, Its laws we volition revere! "Merely the devil accept the nobility!" Says the Irish volunteer! We Love the Country of Freedom, Its laws we will revere! "Only the devil have the dignity!" Says the Irish volunteer!
Now if the traitors in the South Should e'er cross our roads, Nosotros'll bulldoze them to the devil, As Saint Patrick did the toads!
Nosotros'll give them all curt nooses That come simply below the ears, Made strong and good of Irish hemp By Irish gaelic volunteers!
And then here'southward to dauntless McClellan Whom the army now reveres! He'll atomic number 82 us on to victory, The Irish volunteers! Then hither'southward to brave McClellan Whom the army now reveres! He'll atomic number 82 united states of america on to victory, The Irish gaelic volunteers!
Now make full your glasses up, my boys, A toast come drink with me, May Erin's Harp and the Starry Flag United e'er be!
May traitors quake, and rebels shake, And tremble in their fears, When next they meet the Yankee boys And Irish volunteers!
God bless the name of Washington! That name this land reveres! Success to Meagher and Nugent, And their Irish gaelic volunteers! God bless the name of Washington! That name this state reveres! Success to Meagher and Nugent, And their Irish gaelic volunteers!
In pop culture [edit]
- In the 1939 movie Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler nicknames his child 'Bonnie Blue Butler' later on Melanie Hamilton remarks that the child'due south eyes are as "blue equally the Bonnie Blueish flag".
- In the 1956 motion picture The Searchers, the vocal playing equally John Wayne approaches at the beginning of the film is a slow version of "The Bonnie Blue Flag".
- In the 1959 film The Horse Soldiers, "The Bonnie Bluish Flag" is heard sung in the distance every bit a Confederate cavalcade passes on the other side of a river, and is too played by a company of Mississippi armed services school cadets, marching out to confront the Union cavalry in an endeavor to delay their progress. (An incident loosely based on the unrelated charge of the Virginia Armed forces Institute cadets at the Battle of New Market, 15 May 1864.)
- In the 1966 movie The Skillful, the Bad and the Ugly, the chorus of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" is sung by a band of drunken revelers as they drop off Maria at her abode in Santa Anna.
- The 1972 television series Appointment with Destiny made the error of portraying Union soldiers singing "The Bonnie Blueish Flag."[15]
- In the 1989 moving picture Glory, a portion of the Bonnie Blueish Flag tune is played in the groundwork by several Union soldiers as the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment are marching past.
- In the 1993 movie Gettysburg, the song is being played past a Confederate band equally Full general James Longstreet (played by Tom Berenger) meets with Full general Robert Due east. Lee (played by Martin Sheen) on the first day of the boxing - July two, 1863.
- In the 1999 television motion-picture show The Hunley about the H.Fifty. Hunley submarine in Southward Carolina during the American Civil War, "The Bonnie Blue Flag" song is sung to raise civilians' spirits during a Union mortar attack on the city.
- In a 2001 episode of SpongeBob SquarePants ("The Fry Cook Games"), the melody of "The Bonnie Blue Flag" is played during the opening montage of the Games.
- In the 2003 movie Gods and Generals, the ode to "The Bonnie Bluish Flag" is sung in front of the Confederate army by a USO-style performer.
- In a 2012 episode of the show Hell on Wheels entitled "Viva la Mexico", the chorus of the song is sung by Confederate soldiers-turned-bandits.
- In the 2013 video game BioShock Infinite, "The Bonnie Blue Flag" is played on a phonograph during the chapter "Hall of Heroes."
References [edit]
- ^ "Image 1 of the Bonnie blueish flag".
- ^ Schoenherr, Steve (Oct 1, 2003). "The Bonnie Blue Flag". Archived from the original on Baronial 21, 2008.
- ^ Macarthy, Harry (1861). "The Bonnie Blue Flag". A.E. Blackmar & Bro. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Harwell, Richard B., Confederate Music, p.59
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Measures of worth, inflation rates, saving computer, relative value, worth of a dollar, worth of a pound, purchasing power, gold prices, GDP, history of wages, boilerplate wage". Eh.net. Retrieved 2012-03-27 .
- ^ Whittle, Gilberta Due south. (31 January 1904). "The Bonnie Blueish Flag: Death of Mrs. Ketchum Recalls Her Stirring Southern State of war Song". Richmond Times Dispatch. Vol. 1904, no. 16462. Library of Virginia. Virginia Chronicle. Retrieved twenty November 2016.
- ^ "We are a ring of brothers / Bonnie Blue Flag". Musicanet.org. Retrieved 2012-03-27 .
- ^ Patriotic – the Bonnie Bluish Flag [ dead link ]
- ^ "American Civil State of war :: Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library :: University of Georgia Libraries". www.libs.uga.edu . Retrieved 2018-12-08 .
- ^ "Browsing Levy Sheet Music Collection past Writer "Col. J. L. Geddes (composer)"". JScholarship . Retrieved March ane, 2015.
- ^ "J. L. Geddes". Beginnings . Retrieved March 1, 2015.
Born in Midlothian, Scotland on 23 Sep 1827 to Alexander Geddes and Elizabeth Carless. J. 50. married Margaret Moore and had seven children. J. L. married Elizabeth Evans. He died on 21 February 1887 in Ames, Iowa
- ^ "Reply to "The Bonnie Blueish Flag"". Civilwarpoetry.org. Retrieved 2012-03-27 .
- ^ "Reply to The Bonnie Blue Flag". Gallant10thmass.org. Retrieved 2012-03-27 .
- ^ Recording of vocal.
- ^ John S. Rosenberg, "The Perils of Analogy" (John South. Rosenberg on TV), The New Democracy, May 13, 1972, p. 23.
External links [edit]
- "The Bonnie Blue Flag", Polk Miller and his Erstwhile Southward Quartet (Edison Blueish Amberol 2175, 1913)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
- Canvas music for "The Bonnie Blue Flag", from Project Gutenberg
- Images of original sheet music (1861) for "The Bonnie Bluish Flag" at the Duke University library ("Fighting for the property")
- Images of original sheet music (1861) for "The Bonnie Blueish Flag" at the Library of Congress ("Fighting for our freedom")
- MIDI for "The Bonnie Blue Flag", from Project Gutenberg
- The short film A NATION SINGS (1963) is available for free download at the Internet Annal.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonnie_Blue_Flag
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