The Riverside song book/Hail Columbia
HAIL, COLUMBIA!
Joseph Hopkinson.
Alia marcia. Phyla.
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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
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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.