Show rational tat 1 air STAR spangled SPANGLED BANNER W dill ly MERES oh say can you see by the dawn of the day the day set apart for the grave decoration the remnant of those who in battle array had offered their lives for the life of our nation that the shackle and chain no longer remain nor the slave bloch its horror our nation profane CHOR CHORUS US then gather the flowers that grow by the way and strew on the graves odthe blue and the gray oh the havoc of shell and the gloom of the pen the ravage of fever the pang of starvation are past and forgiven by this band of brave men who honor the graves with love and elation for the sword now is sheathed they are resting beneat beneath the sod and the wave for the freedom of slave CHORUS then lovingly cast on the crest of the wave the tribute of love for the true and the brave then cast on the flowers deck the monument fair in churchyard church yard and park with thy holy reflection with malice to none and in chanty share the principles held by the great of each section and the flag of the free forever will be the emblem of and of true liberty CHORUS we will counsel our children to honor the day that ended the strife tween the blue and the gray graj copyright HOT 1907 by fredam |