red, white and blue

Forget not the boys of Kilmichael, those brave lads so gallant and true.

Who fought 'neath the green flag of Erin, and conquered the red, white and blue.

Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue.

The Fourteenth of July was declared the national holiday and a new flag, the tricolor, the red, white, and blue, was adopted in place of the old white banner of the Bourbons, studded with the fleur-de-lis.

Many houses now were showing flags, and the red, white and blue was a jubilation in the morning sun.