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EMANCIPATION SONG AND CHORUS
DEDICATED TO ALL LOVERS OF FREEDOM.
BOSTON. Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St.
Cin. J. Church Jr. N. York. W. A. Pond & Co. Boston. J.C. Haynes & Co. Phila. J.E. Gould
Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1864 by O. Ditson & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of Mass.
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EMANCIPATION.
Spirited. with energy
1. In this land of the free, not a slave shall there be As a cause for rebellion or treason Each
3. With the blood of the slain, we will wipe out this stain Which forced men to blush for this nation That
5. We offer the hand to all in this land Who are fighting for our preservation,
7. This land of the free still a refuge shall be For all the oppress'd who are driven To
fetter and chain in the sod shall be lain For this, if for no other reason.
bartered and sold men and women for gold Who oft were kindred relation.
Upholding just laws and Freedoms' great cause And the Union of all this great nation.
exile from home, to as many as come, To each an asylum is given.
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As brothers all, then follow the call, For Freedom and Emancipation; A man is a man, deny it who can, It shall be so at least in this nation.
CHORUS.
(Handwritten: The first time, the upper notes of the chorus may be sung as a solo.)
As brothers all, then follow the call, For Freedom and Emancipation A man is a man, deny it who can, It shall be so at least in this nation.
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2. O, who is so vile as to linger and smile When a man to the slave pen is driven, And
4. A white slave or black, is a man for all that, Tho' the law may deny him his station, The
6. The nation shall grow and to other lands show, This Republic is firm in foundation, And
8. Then join in the cry 'till it reaches the sky, And there is recorded forever, There'll
sold like a beast, his poor body at least, Tho' his soul may be ransomed in Heaven.
birthright of all is to join in the call For God and for Emancipation.
Despots shall feel that republican steel, Is sharp in defence of this nation.
not be is a slave, in his "home of the brave," If there is, we his fetters will sever.