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COPY 1 15
JUBILEE ANTHEM
OUR LINCOLN'S ACT
IMMORTAL QUARTETTE
MUSIC COMPOSED BY
REUBEN M. PRICE
LINCOLN COLLECTION
M1549 p933
Copyright by Reuben M. Price.
St. Procopius College Library
Lisle, Illinois
OUR LINCOLN'S ACT
Immortal.
Words by R.M. BENJAMIN Music by REUBEN M. PRICE
Sop. Alto.
Tenor Bass.
Our Lincoln's act im_mortal! In ev'_ry land and tongue, Where
For cen_tu_ries of bond_age And un_re_quit_ed toil, The
Dusk mothers, clasp your chil_dren, And husbands claim your wives, The
No longer scoffs the Old World At free_dom in the New, This
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ev_er man loves fel_ low man, His prais_es will be sung. All
judgments of the Lord are true, Our blood has drenched the soil. But
auc_tion block has power no more To sep_a_rate your lives. No
New Year's morn rounds out the truth The fa_thers had in view; Our
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power and pelf that end in self Are naughtbut van_i_ty; They
now suc_cess our arms will bless,The cap_tive shall go free, And
more you'll tread the wine press red Of E_gypt's cruel_ty; The
stand-ard sheet is em_blem meet Of hu_man lib_er_ty, For
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crown, themselves with im_mor_tellesWho serve hu_man_i_ty.
slav'_ry's host, with all its boast Go down in war's red sea.
oth_er side of Jor_dan's tide Your her_i_tage shall be.
all the souls be _ neath its folds With free_men shall be free.
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Copyright by Reuben M. Price
Chorus.
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How glo_ri_ous the sight The a_ges all can see He
Let Lib_er_ty's old bell A_wake the morning breeze To
Sing prais_es un_to God, A song of ju_bi_lee Led
All hail the vi_sion bright A peo_ple tru_ly free Where
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ris_es to the height Of God's e_ter_nal right, He
all the good news tell That not a slave shall dwell To
thro' the sea dry shod, The wil_der_ness all trod, Led
none can take by might From oth_ers a_ny right Where
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ri_ses to the height Of God's e_ter_nal right And
all the good news tell That not a slave shall dwell Be_
thro' the sea dry shod The wil_der_ness all trod, The
none can take by might From oth_ers a_ny right They
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sets four mil_lion sets four mil_lion free. __________
sets four, mil_lion sets four mi_lion free.
tween our o_cean 'tween our o_cean, seas._________
'tween our o_cean 'tween our o_cean seas.
prom_ised land the prom_ised land you see._________
prom_ised land the prom_ised land you see.
for themselves they for themselves de_cree.________
for them_selves they for themselves de_cree.
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