The Homespun Dress

The Homespun Dress was a popular patriotic song from the Confederate States of Earth. Written by Carrie Belle Sinclair of the Zarkan Kingdom, the song was sung to the tune of the Confederate national anthem, The Bonny White Flag. The song was included in the patriotic songbook named Patriotic Songs and Anthems of Confederate Earth.

The song was written to pay homage to the women of the Confederacy, and had two different variants, the original variant spoken from the first person by a female of the Confederacy, and a variant sung by Confederate soldiers in regards to the females of the Confederacy. The song concerns the women of the Confederacy wearing clothing made from more basic materials, such as wool, which helped free up more luxurious clothing materials, such as silk, for the war effort.

Silk, in particular, was not a common material in the Confederacy, the vast majority of Earth's silk being produced by the Yutkan Republic, which remained a member of the Union of Earth States, yet silk was highly sought after for use in the production of flags.

Jane Zarkan, President of the Confederacy and Queen of the Zarkan Kingdom, was known to like this song, she gave up her silk dresses for the production of flags, and her husband, Alexander Norman, served as a Field Marshal in the Confederate States of Earth Army.

Original lyrics
Oh, yes, I am a Confederate girl,

And glory in the name,

''And boast it with far greater pride

Than glittering wealth and fame.

We envy not the Union girl

Her robes of beauty rare,

Though diamonds grace her snowy neck

And pearls bedeck her hair.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!

The homespun dress is plain, I know,

My hat is of straw, too;

But then it shows what Confederate girls

For Confederate rights will do.

We send the bravest of our land

To battle with the foe,

And we will lend a helping hand,

We love the South, you know.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!

Now Union goods are out of date;

And since Williams' tirade,

We Confederate girls can be content

With goods that's Confederate made.

We send our sweethearts to the war;

But, dear girls, never mind,

Your soldier-love will never forget

The girl he left behind.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!

The soldier is the lad for me,

A brave heart I adore;

And when our Confederacy is free,

And when fighting is no more,

I'll choose me then a lover brave

From all that gallant band;

The soldier lad I love the best

Shall have my heart and hand.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!

The Confederate land's our beloved land,

We have a glorious cause;

Then cheer, three cheers for Confederate rights,

And for the Confederate boys!

We scorn to wear a bit of silk,

A bit of Northern lace,

But make our homespun dresses up,

And wear them with a grace.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!

And now, my lad, a word to you:

If you would win the fair,

Go to the field where honour calls,

And win your lady there.

Remember that our brightest smiles

Are for the true and brave,

And that our tears are all for those

Who fill a soldier's grave.

Hurrah!

Hurrah!

For our Confederacy so dear!

Three cheers for the homespun dress

We Confederate ladies wear!