美麗藍旗（），為美利堅邦聯的非正式國歌，也是眾多美利堅邦聯非正式國歌中最受歡迎的；歌詞為愛爾蘭抒情詩人於1861年所作，旋律取自歌曲The Irish Jaunting Car。
該曲在於1861年的春季在密西西比的音樂會首次演出。
歌詞
每部份歌詞最後三句為合唱
歌詞原文
第一部份
:We are a band of brothers and native to the soil
:Fighting for our Liberty, With treasure, blood and toil
:And when our rights were threatened, the cry rose near and far
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star!
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第二部份
:As long as the Union was faithful to her trust
:Like friends and like brethren, kind were we, and just
:But now, when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar
:We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第三部份
:First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand
:Then came Alabama and took her by the hand
:Next, quickly Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida
:All raised on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第四部份
:Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right
:Texas and fair Louisiana join us in the fight
:Davis, our loved President, and Stephens statesmen rare
:Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第五部份
:Now here's to brave Virginia, the old Dominion State,
:With the young Confederacy at last has sealed her fate,
:And spurred by her example, now other states prepare
:To hoist high the bonnie blue flag that bears a single star.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第六部份
:Then cheer, boys, cheer, raise a joyous shout
:For Arkansas and North Carolina now have both gone out,
:And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be given,
:The single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be eleven.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
第七部分
:*Then here's to our Confederacy, strong we are and brave,
:*Like patriots of old we'll fight, our heritage to save;
:*And rather than submit to shame, to die we would prefer,
:*So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
:Hurrah! Hurrah!
:For Southern rights, hurrah!
:Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
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