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Lincolniana
52422
The President's hymn:
Give thanks, all ye people,
in response to the proclamation
of the
President of the United States
Recommending a general thanksgiving,
on November 26th, 1863.
Published by
A. D. F. Randolph, 683 Broadway, New-York.
Give Thanks, all ye People.
With spirit.
1. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord,
Alleluias of freedom, with joyful accord:
Let the East and the West, North and South roll Along,
Sea, mountain and prairie, One thanksgiving song.
Chorus,
Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord,
Alleluias of freedom, with joyful accord.
Give Thanks, all ye People.
1. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord,
Alleluias of freedom, with joyful accord:
Let the East and the West, North and South roll Along,
Sea, mountain and prairie, One thanksgiving song.
Chorus after each verse.
Give thanks, all ye people, give, thanks to the Lord,
Alleluias of freedom, with joyful accord.
2. For the sunshine and rainfall, enriching again
Our acres in myriads, with treasures of grain;
For the Earth still unloading her manifold wealth,
For the Skies beaming vigor, the Winds breathing health:
Give thanks --
3. For the Nation's wide table, o'erflowingly spread,
Where the many have feasted, and all have been fed,
With no bondage, their God-given rights to enthral,
But Liberty guarded by Justice for all:
Give thanks --
4. In the realms of the Anvil, the Loom, and the Plow,
Whose the mines and the fields, to Him gratefully bow:
His the flocks and the herds, sing ye hill-sides and vales;
On His Ocean domains chant His Name with the gales.
Give thanks --
5. Of commerce and traffic, ye princes, behold
Your riches from Him Whose the silver and gold.
Happier children of Labor, true lords of the soil,
Bless the Great Master-Workman, who blesseth your toil.
Give thanks --
6. Brave men of the forces, Life-guard of our coasts,
To your Leader be loyal, Jehovah of Hosts:
Glow the Stripes and the Stars aye with victory bright,
Reflecting His glory, - He crowneth the Right.
Give thanks --
7. Nor shall ye through our borders, ye stricken of heart,
Only wailing your dead, in the joy have no part:
God's solace be yours, and for you there shall flow
All that honor and sympathy's gifts can bestow.
Give thanks --
8. In the Domes of Messiah, ye worshipping throngs,
Solemn litanies mingle with jubilant songs;
The Ruler of Nations beseeching to spare,
And our Empire still keep the Elect of His care.
Give thanks --
9. Our guilt and transgressions remember no more;
Peace, Lord! righteous Peace, of Thy gift we implore;
And the Banner of Union, restored by Thy Hand,
Be the Banner of Freedom o'er All in the Land.
And the Banner of Union, &c.
Give thanks --
For Peace, righteous Peace, thy blest name we adore