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Henry Clay was Lincoln's political hero. Clay was a founder, leader, and presidential nominee of the Whig party. He was born in Kentucky and served that state as a U.S. senator.
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The Blue Grass Shore "Kentucky" The Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln
Fifty Cents
The Piatt Music Co. [not inc.] Publishers Oakdale Avenue, Chicago, U.S.A.
Slides--Supplied by Moore Bond Co. 108 Franklin Street
The Blue Grass Shore. "The Home of Lincoln and Clay."
Words by W.C. Piatt. Music by Thos. R. Confare.
Moderato
1. In the Blue Grass State lived many years ago,
2. In the Blue Grass Land the sun shines bright and true,
Men of great prominence the people all know,
Over the waving fields of grass so blue,
Copyright, 1906, by W.C. Piatt.
Abraham Lincoln, the honored name today, While
When our country calls for men to meet any fate, The
all speak with reverence, the name of Henry Clay.
answer always quickly comes from the Blue Grass State.
CHORUS.
It was my own dear happy home, I say,
Take me back to see the place I once called home.
Though I have wandered far, far, far away; The
Back to the Blue Grass Land, for evermore; I
birthplace of Lincoln in an early day, "Yes," old
am weary now of wandering away From the
Ashland was the home of Henry Clay.
banks on the old Blue Grass shore.