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THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
David T. Shaw. David T. Shaw.
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O, Co - lum-bia, the gem of the o - cean, The home of the brave
2. When war winged its wide des- o - la - tion, And threatened the land
3. Old Glo - ry to greet, now come hither, With eyes full of love
and the free, The shrine of each pa - triot's de - vo - tion, A
to de - form, The ark then of free- dom's foun- da -tion, Co -
to the brim. May the wreaths of our he - roes ne'er wither, Nor a
world of-fers hom- age to Thee. Thy mandates make heroes as-
lum - bia rode safe through the storm; With their gar-lands of vic-t'ry a -
star of our Ban - ner grow dim; May the ser-vice u - nit-ed ne'er
