The Stars and stripes for me : march song / words by Geo. H. Carey music by A.J. Shaefer

VERSE 01: Far away upon a battle field at sunset,/Mid the turmoil and the roar of shot and shell,/There her own dear boy in blue is bravely fighting,/He is fighting for the flag we love so well./Gamely fighting for the cause of Uncle Sammy,/To the only flag that floats he would be true,/The good old stars and stripes will live forever,/There is no flag like the old red white and blue.
CHORUS: Then it’s fight for the grand old banner/That waves o’er the land of the free,/And the good old American eagle/The emblem of Liberty,/The red, white and blue means Protection/Wherever you may be,/So it’s fight for the grand old flag we love,/The stars and stripes for me.
VERSE 02: When the sun had set, the smoke of the battle lifted,/And the darkness settled o’er them where they lay,/In the city many anxious hearts were aching,/For the boys in blue who died to save the day./And the prayers of many mothers rose to heaven,/To the One who guid’s us all so kind and true,/And watches o’er the boys so bravely fighting,/For the stars and stripes the old red white and blue.