Lincoln's Dying Refrain

Title

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Ladd, M. B.

Sheet music

Funeral music

Description

"To the memory of Abraham Lincoln who died a martyr to the cause of Freedom."

"Toll O mournfully the bell,
Chant the dirge and ring the knell,
Let it throb and rise and swell,
Up to Heaven, up to the goal,
Of our martyred patriot's soul."

Creator

Ladd, M. B.

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1865

Contributor

W. R. Smith

Format

pdf

Language

en

Identifier

300994

37735985

Coverage

Philadelphia

Transcription

TO THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Who died a martyr to the cause of Freedom

LINCOLN'S DYING REFRAIN

Toll O mournfully the bell, Chant the dirge and ring the knell. Let it throb and rise and swell Up to Heaven, up to the goal of OUR MARTYRED PATRIOT'S SOUL.

COMPOSED BY M.B. LADD author of Darling Minnie &c. Geo. F. Swain

Philadelphia Published by W.R. Smith 135 N. Eighth St.; N. York: W.A. Pond & Co. Boston: D. Ditson & Co. Cinn.: A.C. Peters & Bro. Baltimore: H.McCaffrey.

Ent. according to Act of Congress A.D. 1865 by W.R. Smith in the Clerks Office of the Dist. Court for the En. Dist. of Pa.

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LINCOLN'S DYING REFRAIN

M.B. Ladd.

Slow and Plaintive.

Piano. Alla capella.

Etd. acc. to Act of Con. A.D. 1865 by W.R. Smith in the Clks. Office of the Dt Ct. of the East. Dt. of Pa.

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[music] Refrain.

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