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Single Star! For another, a Baldwin and Mobile County Ivy League-educated lawyer named Joseph P. Kennedy headed up “the Mobile Society” and tried to capture Mobile. (Chorus), RETURN TO
As long as the Union Was faithful to her trust, Like friends and brethren, kind were we, and just; But now, when Northern treachery Attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue flag That bears a single star. It consists of a single, five-pointed white star on a blue field. Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. About then, the United States simply took West Florida, on the highly technical theory that it was included in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. It is the flag of the West Florida Republic, a brief (and mostly forgotten) stop in the foundation of our little part of the world. for Southern Rights, Hurrah! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a But its flag, sometimes called the “Star of the West” (people then thought anything west of Georgia was the West), lived on, as Texas adopted it (with a gold star instead of silver) for the Republic of Texas. Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star!
As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and like bretheren, kind we were and just But now when northern treachery attempts our rights to mar We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star [chorus] Hurrah!
David Bagwell is a retired attorney and amateur historian living on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay. First gallant South Carolina Nobly made the stand,
So, in that manner, the West Florida Revolution died.
for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star! 2. It’s the flag of “The West Florida Republic” from 1810.
For one thing, the head of the small Navy of the Republic was Joseph Collins, deputy surveyor of Mobile, who also owned a 1-mile square tract in what is now Magnolia Springs, and was captain of a Spanish militia unit called “The Fish River Dragoons.” Its Creole descendants still live in that area.
Impell'd by her example, now other States prepare Period documents show it to have been a well-designed government. Single Star! Its first known use was in 1810. Hurrah! . Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag, That bears a for southern rights Hurrah!
Not quite. Texas and Louisiana, join us in the fight;
Iberville entered this waterway off the Mississippi in canoes on March 24, 1699, a lovely time of year, and in his journal called it “one of the prettiest spots I have seen, fine level ground, beautiful woods, clear and bare of canes .
Hurrah! As long as the Union Was faithful to her trust, Like friends and like brothers Both kind were we and just; But now, when Northern treachery Attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. Single Star!
rare, Then cheer, boys, raise the joyous shout. CHORUS.
They formed a small army and even captured Baton Rouge from the Spanish. (Chorus), Ye men of valor, gather round the Banner of the Right,
It now often serves as a representative banner of the Southeastern United States in general. The Old Dominion State, Hurrah!
Hurrah! As long as the Union was faithful to her trust. This is why the flag of the West Florida Republic flies in St. Louis Cathedral — it successfully flew over Louisiana — but it does not fly in Mobile, since it never successfully flew over Mobile. All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag, That bears a Davis, our loved President, and Stephens, Statesman
Single Star! With the young Confederacy at length has link'd her Most of us have to then ask, what’s West Florida?
First gallant South Carolina Nobly made the stand, Then came Alabama Get the latest in fashion, food, art, homes, local history and upcoming events delivered right to your inbox. POEMS AND SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR PAGE. .”, In 1780, Spain took Mobile, and as a part of the Treaty of Paris ending our Revolutionary War among other wars, Spain got West Florida and then became “Spanish West Florida.”. Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight Davis, our loved President, and Stephens statesmen rare Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Napoleon had conquered Spain and put his brother Philip on the throne as king, and Spain was also broke. Hurrah!
As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and like bretheren kind were we and just; But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a Single Star. In today’s day and age, you have to wonder if it is some sort of white nationalist nod to the Confederate flag? An Irish troubadour named Harry MaCarthy was there, and to the tune of the old Irish song “Irish Jaunting Car,” wrote the song “The Bonnie Blue Flag (that Bears a Single Star),” which made the flag famous.
Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, It became the sort-of unofficial second-string Confederate flag, especially since the Confederate government kept changing its mind about just what its flag was. fate First, gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand; Then came Alabama who took her by the hand; Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida, All rais'd on high the Bonnie Blue Flag, That bears a Single Star! We are a band of brothers, and native to the soil.
Get the best of Mobile delivered to your inbox. Then came Alabama who took her by the hand; Americans living in Spanish West Florida, from Louisiana to Baldwin County, decided to start a revolution and set up a new government that they called “the Republic of West Florida,” with its capital in Louisiana. (Chorus), And here's to brave Virginia! First, gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand; © Copyright 2008 by W. Tomaschewski • Contact, (published by Firth, Pond & Co., N.Y., 1861).
Then hereâs to our Confederacy, strong we are and brave. Alabama played a major role in all this, too.
To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag,That bears a First, gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand; Ye men of valor, gather round the Banner of the Right, And hereâs to brave Virginia!
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the Old Dominion State. A flag often confused with the Confederacy instead represents a fascinating page in our local history.
When Mississippi seceded from the Union in 1861 to become a free Republic, it adopted the flag of the Republic of West Florida. Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. The Bonnie Blue flag was a banner associated at various times with the Republic of Texas, the short lived Republic of West Florida, and the Confederate States of America at the start of the American Civil War in 1861 .
Perhaps today some people are flying that flag or have the sticker on their bumper, thinking it is a more sophisticated (less redneck) version of a Confederate flag, but that is wrong. (Chorus) Ye men of valor, gather round the Banner of the Right,
An Irish troubadour named Harry MaCarthy was there, and to the tune of the old Irish song “Irish Jaunting Car,” wrote the song “The Bonnie Blue Flag (that Bears a Single Star),” which made the flag famous. You’ve probably seen it on a few cars: a deep blue flag with one silver star. A b-team Confederate battle flag, perhaps? Well, after what we call “The French & Indian War,” which Europeans call “The Seven Years’ War,” Britain got from France what Britain came to call “British West Florida,” which the U.S. Supreme Court called “between the Iberville and the Perdido.” It was a tract of land bound at the top by the 31st parallel, which ran east to west from the Perdido River down through our Gulf coast and west to what they call “the Iberville.” The Bayou Manchac waterway near Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana was first called the “River d’Iberville” on a French map from 1702, but you won’t see the name nowadays.
By 1810 Spain was falling apart. The mission ended in failure when Kennedy sent his troops not only the one-starred flag, but also a barrel of whiskey; they got drunk and started shooting each other about when the Spanish Army showed up and whipped them, sending Cyrus Sibley — later founder of Montrose — off to prison in Morro Castle in Havana. When Mississippi seceded from the Union in 1861 to become a free Republic, it adopted the flag of the Republic of West Florida. For Southern rights, hurrah! Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag That bears a single star. People sang that song in the Civil War, and some flew the flag.
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