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GRANT AND COLFAX
OUR NATION'S CHOICE
Chicago. Published by Lyon & Healy, Clark & Washington Sts.
Boston O. Ditson & Co.
New York C.H. Ditson & Co.
Philadelphia C.W.A. Trampler
St. Paul Munger Bros.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1868 by Lyon & Healy in the Clerk's Office in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Cour for the Northern District of Illinois
1868
U.S. GRANT AND COLFAX
OUR MIGHTY NATION'S
CHOICE
Words by PAULINA Music by Wm SEIBERT.
In grand marching time
Oh! Freedom's mighty host with u- ni-ted voice have spo-ken, And the soul in-spir-ing words have flash'd from sea to sea; They have chosen for their leaders, those whose faith has been un-bro-ken, And whose mighty works have wrought an age of ju-bi-lee.
In the day of doubt and dread, in the night of grief and sorrow, When the hearthstone lay in shadow for the dear ones dead_Look'd the land in des-o-la-tion to her sons their aid to bor-row, And their trus-ty blades a path-way swept, dyed darkly red.
3 We have loved our chieftain's name thro' long years of toil and glory, And his deeds were oft re-count-ed by the bi-vouac's glow; Now our infant lispers gather at our knees to hear the story, How the nation's brave deliv'rers dealt out blow on blow.
4 Oh! the Boys in Blue have come with their votes like leaves in summer, As the truest meed that grat-i-tude can yield her own; They will march in solid phalanx for each glorious in-comer, While our joyous songs shall tell of treason's might o'erthrown.
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Up from the plains, both East and West, Up from the South and from the North, Come the patriot ar-my boys,_ Joining the peo-ple's voice For U.S. Grant and Colfax, Our mighty nation's choice.
Up from the plains, both East and West, Up from the South and from the North, Come the patriot ar-my boys,_ Joining the peo-ple's voice For U.S. Grant and Colfax, Our mighty nation's choice.
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