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BY WILBUR D. NESBIT

UR Flag and my Flag!

YOUR

And, oh, how much it holds

Your land and my land

Secure within its folds!

Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight;
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed,

Red and blue and white.

The one Flag

the great Flag

the Flag for

me and you

Glorified all else beside - the red and white

and blue!

Your Flag and my Flag!
To every star and stripe

The drums beat as hearts beat

And fifers shrilly pipe!
Your Flag and my Flag

A blessing in the sky;
Your hope and my hope –

It never hid a lie!

Home land and far land and half the world

around,

Old Glory hears our glad salute and ripples

to the sound!

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BY SAMUEL F. SMITH

This song was written in 1831, to be sung at a Fourth-of-July celebration. It is now the best-known and most popular of all our patriotic hymns.

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Y country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims' pride,

From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills,

Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,

And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

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1. Do you

Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,

To Thee we sing;

Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,

Great God, our King!

know the tune to which these verses are sung? Hum it. Learn the words by heart by singing this song in class with your fellows.

2. How many sections in the poem? These are called stanzas. Which stanza is hardest to learn by heart?

3. Pick out a part of the poem you may not understand. Select some one in class to explain it to you.

4. What other patriotic songs do you know? At what times should you certainly sing them?

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PATRIOTS

BY JAMES T. FIELDS

UR Country first, their glory and their pride,

Land of their hopes, land where their fathers died:

When in the right, they'll keep thy honor bright;

s When in the wrong, they'll fight to set it right.

I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

I believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to honor it, to support its constitution, to obey its laws, to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.

Flag of Freedom! true to thee,

All our Thoughts, Words, Deeds shall be,
Pledging steadfast Loyalty!

1. Everybody in class is to write a patriotic pledge of not over thirty words. Papers are to be exchanged, and then read aloud. You are to vote by ballot on the best. The one chosen is to be copied on the board for everybody to read.

2. Suppose a stranger came into your school. He is from another country. Explain to him what a pledge is and why you have it.

FOLK STORIES

Folk stories are tales that have been handed down by word of mouth from father to son, from mother to daughter. Nobody knows where or when these stories began; and they have been changed somewhat in their many tellings. Every people has its own folk stories. This country has given the world the beautiful tales of our American Indians.