Identifier	mdbv165
Title	My Maryland!
Transcript	MY MARYLAND! Air. - "My Normandy." The traitor's foot is on thy shore, Maryland, My Maryland! His touch is on thy senate door, Maryland, My Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, When rebel mobs thy banners tore, Maryland, My Maryland! Hark to the nation's loud appeal, Maryland, My Maryland! Before no perjured traitors kneel, Maryland, My Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy patriotic strength reveal, And gird thy Union host in steel, Maryland, My Maryland! Thou should'st not cower in the dust, Maryland, My Maryland! Shake off thy Sloth, wipe off thy rust, Maryland, My Maryland! Remember Washington's great trust, Preserve it from the foeman's thrust, And hope in God - thy cause is just! Maryland, My Maryland! Hark, how the bells of freedom toll, Maryland, My Maryland! And tyrants mock from pole to pole, Maryland, My Maryland! Better the ocean over thee roll, Than sever the Union's kind control, And slave thy children, body and soul, Maryland, My Maryland! I hear the distant thunder hum, Maryland, My Maryland! The rebel foes of freedom come, Maryland, My Maryland! They menace thee with ball and bomb, Thou art not dead, nor deaf nor dumb - Huzza! I hear fife and drum! Maryland, My Maryland! Drum out thy phalanx brave and strong, Maryland, My Maryland! Drum forth to balance right and wrong, Maryland, My Maryland! Drum to thy old heroic song, When forth to fight went liberty's throng, And bore the spangled banner along, Maryland, My Maryland! Dear State! Beware the tyrant's chain, Maryland, My Maryland! Behold Virginia's throes of pain, Maryland, My Maryland! While rapine stalks her wide domain, Know this, that crime awhile may reign, But God will make all right again, Maryland, My Maryland! Our God will make all right again! Maryland, My Maryland! W
Publisher (Original)	Unknown
Subject	Broadsides Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Political ballads and songs Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908 Riots Unionists (United States Civil War) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 War poetry, American
Description	Document containing the broadside entitled "My Maryland" sung to the tune "My Normandy" written by Frédéric Bérat. Signed by "W", this broadside is the Unionists' answer to the poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall on reading about the Baltimore Riot of 1861. The title and all of the verses are displayed within a decorative border. Above the border to the right, stamped in maroon ink, are the words "Enoch Pratt Free Library" and, below them, "MARYLAND DEPT."
Publisher (Electronic Version)	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Holding Institution	Enoch Pratt Free Library
Date Original	1861
Date Digital	2004-01-28
Type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document, 24 x 15 cm.
Source	Maryland Department, Broadside Verses
Relation	Is Part Of the Maryland Department Broadside Verses Collection Is Part Of the Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage Program
Coverage	1861-1870
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