girl holding flag taller than she is

i belong to this flag;

this flag belongs to me,

because brave men have lived and died

to set its people free;

there are other flags in other lands,

and more upon the sea,

but the flag to-day of the u. s. a.

is the flag for you and me.

if i belong to this flag,

and this flag belongs to me,

i’ll live or die, if there is need,

to keep its people free;

no other flag has braver men,

either on land or sea,

than the flag to-day of the u. s. a.—

the flag for you and me.

—j. e. f.