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Rh Come! ’tis the red dawn of the day,
 * Maryland!

Come with thy panoplied array,
 * Maryland!

With Ringgold’s spirit for the fray, With Watson’s blood at Monterey, With fearless Loew and dashing May,
 * Maryland! My Maryland!

Come! for thy shield is bright and strong,
 * Maryland!

Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
 * Maryland!

Come to thine own heroic throng, Stalking with Liberty along, And chaunt thy dauntless slogan song,
 * Maryland! My Maryland!

Dear Mother! burst the tyrant’s chain,
 * Maryland!

Virginia should not call in vain,
 * Maryland!

She meets her sisters on the plain— “Sic semper” ’tis the proud refrain That baffles minions back again,
 * Maryland! My Maryland!

I see the blush upon thy cheek,
 * Maryland!

For thou wast ever bravely meek,
 * Maryland!

But lo! there surges forth a shriek From hill to hill, from creek to creek— Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
 * Maryland! My Maryland!

Thou wilt not yield the Vandall toll,
 * Maryland!

Thou wilt not crook to his control,
 * Maryland!

Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul,
 * Maryland! My Maryland!

I hear the distant thunder-hum,
 * Maryland!

The Old Line’s bugle, fife, and drum,
 * Maryland!