Personal and Political Ballads/Maryland, My Maryland
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND!
By R. C. M’Ginn
"THE public schools are scattered o'erMaryland, my Maryland!Diffusing wide their treasured lore,Maryland, my Maryland!Oh! may they rise to fall no more,And be all other schools before,In wisdom's never-failing store,Maryland, my Maryland!
Hark to thy children's young appeal,Maryland, my Maryland!Our mother State, to thee we kneel,Maryland, my Maryland!For us, our mother, ever feel,Thy sacred love for us reveal,By yielding to our young appeal,Maryland, my Maryland!
Thou wilt not let thy offspring die,Maryland, my Maryland!Our souls for knowledge loudly cry,Maryland, my Maryland!Oh! hie thee quickly, mother, hie,To thee for help, to thee we fly,Nor let us still neglected lie,Maryland, my Maryland!
We hear thee in the distance call,Maryland, my Maryland!To statesmen, lawyers, patriots, all,Maryland, my Maryland!Save ye my children from the gallOf superstition's bitter thrall,By educating one and all,Maryland, my Maryland!
God bless our State for what is done,Maryland, my Maryland!God bless her people, every one,Maryland, my Maryland!May freedom's bright and cheering sun,Till moon, and star, and earth are gone,Shine brightly down on every one,Maryland, my Maryland!