Maryland is leaving the Union in 1861. But they didn’t!
words by James Ryder Randall
music: “O Tannenbaum”(1799)
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by W. Tomaschewski:
Lyrics
- The despot’s heel is on thy shore
Maryland, My Maryland
His touch is at thy temple door
Maryland, My Maryland
Avenge the patriotic gore
That fleck’d the streets of Baltimore
And be the Battle Queen of yore
Maryland, My Maryland - Hark to a wand’ring Son’s appeal
Maryland, My Maryland
My Mother State! to thee I kneel
Maryland, My Maryland
For life and death, for woe and weal
Thy peerless chivalry reveal
And gird they beauteous limbs with steel
Maryland, My Maryland - Thou wilt not cower in the dust
Maryland, My Maryland
Thy beaming sword shall never rust
Maryland, My Maryland
Remember Caroll’s sacred trust
Remember Howard’s warlike thrust
And all thy slumberers with the just
Maryland, My Maryland - Come! for thy shield is bright and strong
Maryland, My Maryland
Come! for thy dalliance, does thee wrong
Maryland, My Maryland
Come to thine own heroic throng
That stalks with Liberty along
And give a new Key to thy song
Maryland, My Maryland - Dear Mother! burst the tyrant’s chain
Maryland, My Maryland
Virginia should not call in vain
Maryland, My Maryland
She meets her sisters on the plain
“Sic semper” tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back amain
Maryland, My Maryland - I see the blush upon thy cheek
Maryland, My Maryland
But thou wast ever bravely meek
Maryland, My 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 vandal toll
Maryland, My Maryland
Thou wilt not crook to his control
Maryland, My 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, My Maryland
The Old line’s bugle, fife and drum
Maryland, My Maryland
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum
She breathes – she burns! she’ll come! she’ll come
Maryland, My Maryland
Sung here by Fred Feild: