[laotzu]

The last saving grace of Maryland is to be done away with.

[WayneS]

...just change it to “yankee scum”!

;^)

[2banana]

Maryland was a slave state and raised almost as many units for the confederacy as they did for the union. And there were two units with the same ID that fought each other (forget the name of it)...

[patton]

I

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!
II

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 they beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland! My Maryland!
III

Thou wilt 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 thy slumberers with the just,
Maryland! My Maryland!
IV

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!
V

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

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 amain,
Arise in majesty again,
Maryland! My Maryland!
VII

I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland!
For thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland!
But lo! there surges forth a shriek,
From hill to hill, from creek to creek-
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!
VIII

Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll,
Maryland!
Thou wilt not crook to his control,
Maryland!
Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland! My Maryland!
IX

I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland!
The Old Line’s bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she’ll come! she’ll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!

[Moose4]

Knowing how things are in Maryland, they’ll change it to “Southern scum.” Or “white-boy scum.” Maryland’s a great state that’s being driven into the ground by the people that run it...led by Baltimordor.

}:-)4

[thefrankbaum]

What is next? They want to change "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" so it isn't so...militaristic?

Sheesh, I'm a yank and it doesn't bother me.

[stainlessbanner]

Dixie Ping

[bikerman]

Change it to Washington scum.

[gridlock]

Growing up in rural Maryland in the 70s, we learned the “Natural Beauty” version of the song in school. But we all knew that that was not the “real” song.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Place hasn’t been the same since the last Rye Whiskey distillery closed in ‘73.

[HamiltonJay]

"I love history, but there comes a time when you have to adjust,"

Translation: "I like to ignore history, but even I know the public schools haven't dumbed down the people enough for me to get away with saying that."

[IronJack]

My guess is that not one out of a thousand Marylanders even know the words to the first verse, let alone ALL the verses, particularly the last. I say let it stand, a reminder to every generation that strife is never far away when one group sets itself up as the masters of another.

[WakeUpAndVote]

People really need to get a grip.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Listen you... I'm Northern Scum and proud of it! You boys better think about this one: we took away West Virginia from you, and we can damn well give it back!

[reagan_fanatic]

I’ve been called worse than scum. Some people are way too sensitive.

[Sig Sauer P220]

Why drop it? It’s more appropriate than ever before.

[lmc12]

like Virginia Maryland is now dominated by Northern scum, the last vestiges of Southern gentility can only be found on the Eastern Shore and Annapolis.

[verga]

I have lived in the north (New York), Maryland and in Virginia.

Get over it, it is a song about the state, don't mess with it.

[rlmorel]

Gimme a break.

I consider myself a Northerner because I have lived here most of my adult life, and someone has to make a dumb ass issue out of THIS?

Gee. My feelings are so hurt because the words “northern scum” are in a historic song. Not.

Sheesh. If anything, it gives it color. And isn’t that a good thing?

[Non-Sequitur]

I think that you’d be hard-pressed to find any of that Northern scum who knew, or cared, what the lyrics to “Maryland, My Maryland” are.

[BerryDingle]

Just another case of liberals changing history, one (encyclopedia, textbook, storybook, cartoon, moviefilm, song) at a time.