Firm, united, let us be, rallying round our liberty;
As a band of brothers joined, peace and safety we shall find.
Immortal patriots, rise once more, defend your rights, defend your
shore.
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Let no rude foe, with impious hand,
Invade the shrine where sacred lies, of toil and blood the
well-earned prize.
While offering peace sincere and just, in heaven we place a manly
trust,
That truth and justice will prevail, and every shame of bondage
fail.
Firm, united, let us be, &c.
Sound, sound the trump of fame! let WASHINGTON’S great name
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Ring through the world with loud applause,
Let every clime to Freedom dear, listen with a joyful ear.
With equal skill and God-like-power, he govern’d in the fearful
hour,
Of horrid war! or guides, with ease, the happier times of honest
peace.
Firm united let us be, &c.
Behold the chief who now commands, again to serve his country
stands--
The rock on which the storm will beat,
The rock on which the storm will beat;
But armed in virtue firm and true, his hopes are fix’d on Heaven
and you.
When hope was sinking in dismay, and glooms obscured Columbia’s
day,
His steady mind, from changes free, resolved on death or liberty.
Firm united let us be, &c.