The despot's heel is on my shore, Maryland!
His torch is still at my temple door, Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets on Baltimore,
And be the battle queen of yore, Maryland! My Maryland!

Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland!
My Mother's State! To thee I kneel, Maryland!
For Life and Death for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird they beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland! My Maryland!

Thou will not cower in the dust, Maryland!
Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland!
Remember Carroll's sacred trust,  Remember Howard's warlike thrust,
And all they slumberers with the just, Maryland! My Maryland!

Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland!
Come with thy panoplied array, Maryland!
With Ringgold's spirit for the fray, With Watson's blood at Monterey,
With fearless Lowe and dashing May, Maryland! My Maryland!

Come! for thy shield is bright and strong, Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong, Maryland!
Come to thine own heroic throng, Stalking with liberty along,
And chaunt thy dauntless slogan song, Maryland! My Maryland!

Dear mother! burst the tyrant's chain, Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain, Maryland!
She meets her sisters on the plain--"Sic semper!" 'tis the proud refrain
That baffles minions back again, Maryland! My Maryland!