A PROTEST RAGED ON A COURTHOUSE LAWN,
ROUND A MAKESHIFT STAGE THEY CHARGED ON,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED OR MORE THEY SAY,
HAD COME TO BURN A FLAG THAT DAY.
A BOY HELD UP THE FOLDED FLAG,
CURSED IT, AND CALLED IT A DIRTY RAG. AND THE BOY WHO HAD CALLED IT A "DIRTY RAG",
HANDED THE OLD SOLDIER THE FOLDED FLAG.
SO THE BATTLE OF THE FLAG THIS DAY WAS WON
BY A TIRED OLD SOLDIER WITH A RUSTY GUN,
WHO FOR ONE LAST TIME, HAD TO SHOW TO SOME,
THIS FLAG MAY FADE, YET THE COLORS DON'T RUN!