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A Sesquicentennial Song 1818-1968
Illinois
Cover Art by: Mary Win Walter. The sketch is President Lincoln as a young man. It is made from an original daguerreotype given to the artist's great grandfather by "Honest Abe" the lawyer, on a trip to Princeton in 1856. This is the first publication of this portrayal.
Collectors Copy
Words and Music
This song is dedicated to all of the people of Illinois, of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Like bread on the waters may it go forth with humility and return as heritage. Speak it, sing it, march it, dance it. Make it live. Make it your own.
DERBY O'DOWNEY
PRICE 95 cents
RED WHITE AND BLUE PRODUCTIONS/BOX 341/PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 61356
Illinois
Words and Music Derby O'Downey
Sons and Daughters of yesterday, Illinois, Illinois; Children of tomorrow, Illinois, Illinois; Heart of the nation, with God our salvation, We work, we live, we love our home, Illinois, Illinois.
Home on the prairie, Illinois, Illinois; Home in the city, Illinois, Illinois; Brothers of industry, together
Copyright 1968 by Derby O'Downey, Princeton, Illinois 61356
International copyright secured All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A.
in harmony; We pray, we build, we grow, we sing, Illinois, Illinois.
Land of Lincoln, Illinois, Illinois; Land of learning, Illinois, Illinois; Home of the skyscraper, host to the nuclear, Springfield, Peoria, Rockford, and Chicago, Illinois.
Seeds of the pioneer, Illinois, Illinois; Harvested for the new frontier, Illinois, Illinois; Forward we must, for in God we trust, to
lead us ever willing to His blessings, Illinois.
Sons and Daughters, and Sons and Daughters, and Sons and Daughters of Yesterday, Illinois, Illinois; Children of Tomorrow, Illinois, Illinois; Heart of the Nation, with God our salvation, We work, we live, we love our Home (or, your city) Illinois. Illinois.
Sons and Daughters of America
1. Sons and Daughters of yesterday, Americans, Americans,
Children of tomorrow, Americans, Americans,
Heart of the Nation, with God our salvation,
We work, we live, we love our home, America, America.
2. Home on the prairie, America, America,
Home in the city, America, America,
Brothers of industry together in harmony,
We pray, we build, we grow, we sing, America, America.
3. Land of Freedom, America, America,
Land of Democracy, America, America,
Sons and Daughters of Destiny, of Thee we sing,
Of thy love for God and thy love for man, and the great American dream.
4. Seeds of the Pioneer, America, America,
Harvested in a new frontier, America, America,
Forward we must for in God, we trust,
To lead us ever willing to His blessing in America.
Repeat first verse.