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We are coming father Abraham OR Three hundred Thousand more. Inscribed to our VOLUNTEERS. BY A. B. IRVING. CHICAGO PUBLISHED BY H. M. HIGGINS 117 RANDOLPH STREET.
2 WE ARE COMING FATHER ABRAHAM. or THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE. Words from N. Y. EVENING POST. Music by I. B. IRVING. 3. If you look all up our val_ley's, where the grow_ing harvests shine, You may 2. If you look across the hill tops that now meet the northern sky, Long 1. We are coming Father A _ braham, three hundred thousand more, From 4 You have call'd us, and we're com_ing, by Richmond's bloody tide, To Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by H.M.Higgins,in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Northern District of Illinois.
3 see our sturdy far_mer_boys fast form_ing in _ to line; And children at their mother's knees are moving lines of ri _ sing dust your vis _ ion may descry; And now the wind,an in_stant tears the Mississippi's winding stream, & from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs & workshops, our lay us down for freedom's sake, our brother's bones be_side; Or from foul treason's savage grasp to pulling at the weeds, And learning how to reap andsow, a _ gainst their country's needs; And a cloud_y veil a_side, And floats a_loft our spangled flag in glo_ry and in pride; And wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We wrench the murd'rous blade, And in the face of foreign foes its fragments to pa_rade. Six We are coming Father Abraham. 180481
4 farewell group stands weeping at ev'_ry cottage door_ We are coming, Father A_braham, three bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour_ We are coming, Father A_braham, three dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before_ We are coming,Father A_braham, three hundred thousand loy_al men and true have gone before_ We are coming, Father A _ braham, three Chorus. hun_dred thousand more! We are coming, coming, coming, We are hun_dred thousand more! We are coming, coming, coming, We are hun_dred thousand more! We are coming, coming, coming, We are hun_dred thousand more! We are coming, coming, coming, We are We are coming Father Abraham.
5 com_ing, coming, com_ing, We are coming Fath _ er A _ braham, three com_ing, coming, com_ing, We are coming Fath _ er A _ braham, three com_ing, coming, com_ing, We are coming Fath _ er A _ braham, three com_ing, coming, com_ing, We are coming Fath _ er A _ braham, three hundred thousand more. hundred thousand more. hundred thousand more. hundred thousand more. We are coming Father Abraham. Pearson.