a 1922 clan song
words and music by John M. Nelson and Noah F. Tillery
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Lived there in the mystic city of the empire that’s unseen
A grand and noble wizard who had once a wond’rous dream
In this dream he saw Old Glory and the cause of liberty
Being surplanted by a people who had come across the sea
Bringing with them flags and customs, belonging to primeval man
To affix and plant them firmly in this our native land
Chorus
Klansman, Klansman, of the Ku-Klux-Klan
Protestant, gentle, native born man
Hooded, knighted, robed and true
Royal sons of the Red White and Blue
Owing no allegiance we are born free
To God and Old Glory we bend our knee
Sublime lineage written in history sands
Weird, mysterious Ku klux klan
- With a sudden start he wakened op’ning wide his seeing eyes
Crying “room for one flag only underneath American skies”
Then a fiery cross he lighted and from that symbolic charm
Were united all the klansmen from cities towns and farms
Bound by bonds of klanmanship, far stronger than bands of steel
For their country’s flag and heritage they die before they yield
Sung here by Fred Feild: