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York. I present the first verse and chords ISL^ specimens of the whole.
" Hail, Columbia, happy land! Hail ye heroes ! heaven-born band, Who fought and bled in freedom's cause— "Who fought and bled in freedom's cause ! And when the storm of war had gone, Enjoy5 d the peace your valour won; Let independence be your boast, Ever mindful what it cost! Ever grateful for the pnze, Let its altar reach the skies.
"Firm, united, let us be, Rallying round our liberty; As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find."
It would be interesting to know how a man could "rally" round his liberty. The author died in 1842. -
"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" was written by Timothy Dwight, ancestor of the famous president of Yale College. Dwight was a law student, but as there was a dearth of chaplains in the revolutionary army he joined Parson's Brigade of the Connecticut Line as a chaplain, and it was during the time that he held office that he wrote this lyric, the only one of his many poems and songs that has endured to the present day. It was very popular at one
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