HYMN TO OUR FLAG

HYMN TO OUR FLAG 

Poem by JOHN MARTIN 
Music by LOUISE AYRES GARNETT 

My flag my country's sacred flag;

Oh banner fair and free!

Brave emblem of man's human right 

To life with liberty!

Thy bluer white spread freedom's light;

Thy deep red flames and flows   

For heroes who have bled and died

Where honor's pathway goes!

God shield thy white of purity 

In honor plain and true!

God keep the glory of thy red!

God bless thy starry blue! 

The weak find find shelter i shelter in thy folds; 

The strong stand in thy light; 

The foe to freemen's heritage 

Yields to thy splendid might!

Above the battle's breaking surge, 

Wave onward to thy goal 

Till all mankind has sought and found 

His freedom-loving Soul!

Wave on, dear flag, o'er land and sea. 

Thy majesty unfurled 

To guard the cherished liberty 

Of God's advancing world! 

No tyrant's hand shall drag thee down; 

No blot that soils or mars 

Shall stain thy stripes of red and white, 

Or dim thy beaming stars! 

AMERICA , AMERICA!

Thy millions rise as on

To guard the honor of our flag, 

To see see its its mission done! 

In life or death, in peace or strife, 

Our country's flag shall be 

The starry guide to those who love 

Their land of liberty! 

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929