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Chairman of the Committee
Mr. Miles had another flag in mind
Like the South Carolina secessionist One
With a St. George Cross
A Crescent
A Palm Tree
Meeting Mr. Miles approval
But a religious disapproval
So out goes

The Cross and Crescent
And Palm Tree
Turn it
Turn it
Turn St. George’s Cross
Here comes
More heraldric

Less ecclesiastical
The New Southern Cross
St Andrew’s Cross
The Dixie Flag
Square it up
The Battle Flag The Confederate Battle Flag, 1861
The Committee rejected it
General Lee and Virginia Northern Army
Accepted it

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