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PATRIOTIC

FOR ALL GRADES

HAIL! COLUMBIA

HAIL! Columbia, happy land!

Hail! ye heroes, heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in freedom's cause,
And when the storm of war was gone
Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,

Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize;
Let its altar reach the skies.

Firm united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty.
As a band of brothers joined,
Peace and safety we shall find.

Immortal patriots, rise once more,
Defend your rights, defend your shore,
Let no rude foe with impious hand,
Let no rude foe with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies
Of toil and blood the well-earned prize!
While off'ring peace sincere and just
In heaven we place a manly trust
That truth and justice shall prevail
And every scheme of bondage fail.

CHORUS.

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HAIL! COLUMBIA

Sound, sound the trump of fame!

Let our own Washington's great name
Ring through the world with loud applause;
Ring through the world with loud applause;
Let ev'ry clime to freedom dear,
Listen with a joyful ear.

With equal skill, with godlike power
He governs in the fearful hour

Of horrid war, or guides with ease
The happier times of honest peace.

CHORUS.

Behold the chief who now commands,
Once more, to serve his country, stands,
The rock on which the storm will beat.
The rock on which the storm will beat.
But, sound in virtue, firm and true,
His hopes are fixed on heaven and you.
When hope was sinking in dismay,
When glooms obscured Columbia's day,
His steady mind, from charges free,
Resolved on death or liberty.

CHORUS.

JOSEPH HOPKINSON.

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