The Home Guard Hymn

The Home Guard Hymn was a patriotic song by Colonel Peter Tinniton of the Home Guard, and was dedicated to the Confederate States Home Guard, becoming that organisation's anthem.

The Home Guard of the Confederate States of Earth was the civilian army of the nation, and the successor to the Confederate States Militia, the Home Guard was mostly comprised of those over the age of 50, but also those unable to serve in the regular army for various reasons.

The Home Guard was concerned with defending the home front of the Confederacy, whilst the regular army served on campaigns far from home.

Lyrics
The Crimson Bar flag flies proudly in the breeze,

And aged veterans, their standard they seize,

tho' their corps may be old, their spirits are young, their battle shall be won!

The Home Guard is the bulwark of our homes,

O'er our homes they stand guard,

should the foe men foolishly attack,

from the Home Guard they shall fall back!

Should the foe men foolishly attack,

From the Home Guard they shall fall back!

The Home Guard contains the Old Guard,

veterans of war o'er numbered decades,

they served us then, and they serve us now,

to the tyrant of the East, they shall ne'er bow!

They stand for our rights,

and all foe men in their sights,

they shall shoot down to the man!

For tyranny they resist, and freedom they assist,

and for the honour of our land!

For tyranny they resist, and freedom they assist,

and for the honour of our land!

They are all appalled by Williams' acts,

and they remember the Union when it was young,

now they view the Union to be dead,

killed by the Federalist and the Centralist.

To this fake Union, they raise their flag,

to Williams they shall ne'er submit!

Western liberty guides their hand, their spirit shall ne'er lag!

Western liberty guides their hand,

their spirit shall ne'er lag!

To the Federalist, they are little threat,

a band of old-timers reliving their youth,

that arrogant attitude shall cost him dearly,

when those "old-timers" slaughter them to the man!

Those "old-timers" represent the true,

the brave and loyal, too

they in their youth won the field of glory,

''and tho' aged, they shall continue!

They in their youth won the field of glory,

and tho' aged, they shall continue!

So, three cheers for the Home Guard!

the noble defenders of our homes and farms!

they are e'er stalwart and they are primed,

and when they shall see the invaders in their sight,

they shall not stop until he is destroyed,

and they are assured their homes to be safe,

and when the foe is repulsed, back to their shops and homes they go.

And when the foe is repulsed,

back to their shops and homes they go.