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Lincolniana
To a Mourning World
W. Dexter Smith's exquisite and popular poem "In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln" Music by H. Keller. To whom sole permission was given by the author and publisher of the poem.
Messrs J & E Hoch, Boston
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New York, Published by Wm. Hall & Son, 54 S. Broadway.
R. Burnton 296 Bowery
New Haven Conn. Skinner & Sperry. Boston. H. Tolman & Co. Chicago. Root & Cady. Savannah. J.R. Schpiener & Sons.
Entered according to Act of Congress D. 1866 by Wm. Hall in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y.
"In Memoriam Abraham Lincoln" * National Chant. (*The Soprano, containing the melody, may be sung as a Solo throughout the whole of the Chant.)
Words by W. Dexter Smith, Jr.
Music by M. Keller.
Chorus.
Columbia weeps! Columbia weeps! Her cherished son, Who struck her fetters to the ground, Who saved the land of Washington, Has passed from earth's most distant bound; Has passed from earth's most distant bound;
Soprano Solo.
His spirit went to realms on high, His dust, alone, the earth could claim, His memory will never die While freemen live to bless his name, His memory will never die While freemen live to bless his name.
Solo Quartett.
Columbia swears, anew, her vow To guard the birthright of the free; Unsheathed her sword of Justice, now Since Mercy, since Mercy, since Mercy fell by Tyranny.
Solo.
Our nations hopes and fears alike Are with the land our fathers trod, And while for Freedom, now, we strike, Our future is alone with God! And while for Freedom, now, we strike, Our future is alone with God! alone with God!
Chorus.
Our nations hopes and fears alike Are with the land our fathers trod, And while we now, for Freedom strike, Our future is alone with God! And while we, now, for Freedom strike, Our future is alone with God! alone with God!