Maryland State Song (Instrumental) Maryland, My Maryland

"Maryland, My Maryland" is the anthem of the US state of Maryland from 1939. The song is set to the melody of "Lauriger Horatius". The lyrics are from a poem written by James Ryder Randall in 1861.

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

Hark to an exiled son's appeal,
Maryland!
My mother State! to thee I kneel,
Maryland!
For life and death, for woe and weal,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!