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HAIL, COLUMBIA!

Joseph Hopkinson.

Alia marcia. Phyla.

1. Hail, Co lum - bia, hap - py land ! Hail, ye he - roes,

2. Im-mor - tal pa - triots ! rise once more ; De - fend your rights, de -

3. Sound, sound the trump of fame, Let Wash-ing -

4. Be-hold the chief who now com - mands, Once more to serve his


heav'n-born band! Who fought and bled in free - dom's cause, Who

fend your shore; Let no rude foe with im - pious hand, Let

ton's great name Ring thro' the world with loud ap - plause. Ring

conn - try stands — The rock on which the storm will beat, The


fought and bled in free-dom's cause. And when the storm of

no rude foe with im pious hand, In - vade the shrine where

thro' the world with loud ap - plause, Let ev - 'ry clime to

rock on which the storm will beat ; But arm'd in vir - tue


war was gone En - joy'd the peace your val - or won! Let

sa - cred lies. Of toil and blood the well - earned prize ! While

free - dom dear List - en with a joy - ful ear! With

firm and true His hopes are flx'd on heav'n and you! When

in - de - pen- dence be our boast, Ev - er mindful what it cost;

off-'ring peace sin- cere and just, In heav'n we place a man-ly trust, That

e - qual skill, And god-like pow'r He gov - ern'din the fear - ful hour Of

hope was sink-ing in dis - may, And glooms obscur'd Columbia's day, His


Ev - er grate- ful for the prize. Let its al - tar reach the skies!

truth and jus - tice will pre - vail, And ev - 'ry scheme of bond-age fail,

hor - rid war; or guides with ease The hap-pier times of hon - est peace,

stead-y mind, from changes free. Re - solv'd on death or lib - er - ty.


Firm, u - ni - ted, let us be, Rally-ing round our lib - er - ty;

Firm, u - ni - ted, let us be, Rally-ing round our lib - er - ty;

Firm, u - ni - ted, let us be, Rally-ing round our lib - er - ty;

Firm, u - ni - ted, let us be, Rally-ing round our lib - er - ty;


As a band of broth-ers join'd, Peace and safe-ty we shall find.

As a band of broth-ers join'd, Peace and safe-ty we shall find.

As a band of broth-ers join'd, Peace and safe-ty we shall find.

As a band of broth-ers join'd, Peace and safe-ty we shall find.

This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

 
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