To the Flag of Stars

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Yours was a wondrous story

Author: Thomas Curtis Clark
Tune: [Yours was a wondrous story]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Yours was a wondrous story
Down thru the years,
Sign of a people’s glory,
Stay for their fears.

Refrain:
Flag of the brave,
Flag of the true,
Flag of our fathers,
We follow you,
May we be loyal,
Flag of the free,
Till thru the world’s dominions,
Freedom shall be.

2 How could we fail to follow
Flag of our pride!
For you our fathers suffered,
For you they died. [Refrain]

3 Where shot and shell were thickest,
There you were found;
When men and guns were failing,
You stood your ground. [Refrain]

Source: Hymns for Today: for Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies, The Church, The Home, Community Welfare Associations, and Patriotic Meetings #270

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Author: Thomas Curtis Clark

Thomas Curtis Clark (born on January 8, 1877) author of over sixty hymns, studied at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois 1901-02 and served on the editorial staff of the Christian Century in Chicago, Illinois 1912-48. Won first prize in the 1943 Hymn Society of America nation-wide contest with his "Thou Father of Us All." --legacy.lincolnchristian.edu/library/… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Yours was a wondrous story
Title:	To the Flag of Stars
Author:	Thomas Curtis Clark
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Flag of the brave
Publication Date:	1919
Copyright:	Public Domain