Columbia the Gem of the Ocean

A U.S. patriotic song, 1843.
words and music by David T. Shaw
arranged by Thomas A. Beckett

Considered to be a national anthem of the United States competing with Hail Columbia and The Star-Spangled Banner. Columbia was a title for the U.S. because of Christopher Columbus being thought of as the discoverer of North America.

The sheet music:

Columbia-the-Gem-of-the-Ocean – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment track:

Columbia-the-Gem-of-the-Ocean – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. O Columbia the gem of the ocean
    The home of the brave and the free
    The shrine of each patriot’s devotion
    A world offers homage to thee
    Thy mandates make heros assemble
    When Liberty’s form stands in view
    Thy banners make tyranny tremble
    When borne by the red, white and blue
    When borne by the red, white and blue
    When borne by the red, white and blue
    Thy banners make tyranny tremble
    When borne by the red, white and blue
  2. When war winged its wide desolation
    And threatened the land to deform
    The ark then of freedom’s foundation
    Columbia, rode safe through the storm
    With her garlands of victory around her
    When so proudly she bore her brave crew
    With her flag proudly floating before her
    The boast of the red, white and blue
    The boast of the red, white and blue
    The boast of the red, white and blue
    With her flag proudly floating before her
    The boast of the red, white and blue
  3. The wine cup, the wine cup bring hither
    And fill you it true to the brim
    May the wreaths they have won never wither
    Nor the star of their glory grow dim
    May the service united ne’er sever
    But they to their colors prove true
    The Army and Navy forever
    Three cheers for the red, white and blue
    Three cheers for the red, white and blue
    Three cheers for the red, white and blue
    The Army and Navy forever
    Three cheers for the red, white and blue

Sung here by Fred Feild: