Dear Liberty
or
Maryland Will Be Free.
Tune.—Carry me back to Old Virginny.
By Miss R. L., a Daughter of Dixie.
Farewell, dear Liberty, farewell for awhile,
E’re long we’ll greet thee again;
To bear with oppression, and in God put our trust,
And the Sons of our home will proclaim
All is now well again;
And Maryland is free—
The chains of Liberty is unbound,
We’ll cast our destiny.
The siege of oppression is now near an end,
The usurpers are men of our homes;
The vilest of wretches that infest our soil,
To make laws to predict our doom.
All will be well again, &c.
The loved ones in battle will return to their homes,
To be cherished by them that are dear;
Our Fathers now in prison will partake of the feast,
And I am sure they’ll have nothing to fear.
All will be well again, &c.
In silence and peace we’ll repair to the box,
There to make known our doom;
And then we’ll proclaim to the world in one voice,
The South is forever our home.
All is now well again, &c.
The grottoes, the rivers, the hills, and the plains,
Will abound with mirth and great glee;
And the love of our Country forever is dear,
Where the heart of her people are free.
All is now well again, &c.
This work was published before January 1, 1929 and is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 95 years or less since publication.
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