The Flag Goes By

Hats off!

Along the street there comes

A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,

A flash of color beneath the sky:

Hats off!

The flag is passing by!

Blue and crimson and white it shines

Over the steel-tipped, order lines.

Hats off!

The colors before us fly;

But more than the flag is passing by.

Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,

Fought to make and to save the State;

Weary marches and sinking ships;

Cheers of victory on dying lips;

Annual Veteran's Day Parade In Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Days of plenty and years of peace;

March of a strong land's swift increase;

Equal justice, right and law,

Stately honor and reverend awe;

Sign of a nation, great and strong

To ward her people from foreign wrong:

Pride and glory and honor,-all

Live in the colors to stand a fall.

Hats off!

Along the street there comes

A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums;

A loyal hearts are beating high:

Hats off!

The flag is passing by!



"God Bless The USA"
Lee Greenwood



"The Flag Goes By"
(1863-1924)
Henry Holcomb Bennett
American Poet