The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing, '61 to '65: Dedicated to the Veterans of the War of the Rebellion : First Published in 1882O. H. Oldroyd, 1902 - 31 pages |
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Abraham Lincoln Abraham-three hundred thousand acquaintance be forgot Assassination of Abraham auld acquaintance auld land auld lang syne back to Dixie badge battle cry blessed three Blue BONNIE BLUE FLAG BOOK Brainard's Sons BRIG canteen CAVALRY CORPS Charity CHORUS CHORUS.-Glory comes marching home comrades cry of freedom darkies days of auld Elbow to elbow elbow we stand Father Abraham-three hundred feel gay flag forget gay When Johnny GEN'L Glory Hally go marching go.-CHORUS hail Hallelujah heart heart's turned back Heaven-born art thou hurrah I'se gwine back John Brown's body Johnny comes marching KEY OF G land syne mother ne'er Nearer to Thee never before published O. H. OLDROYD old camp ground permission sadness into gladness Sherman marched Shouting the battle soldiers soul's marching Star Spangled Banner Sweet land tears tenting tonight thee I sing tis of thee TRAMP Turning sadness wave O'er Words of Lincoln
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Page 8 - Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave...
Page 25 - I'd be Nearer, my GOD, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! 3 There let the way appear Steps unto heaven, All that Thou sendest me In mercy given, Angels to beckon me Nearer, my GOD, to Thee, Nearer to Thee...
Page 13 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword : His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps ; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps ; I have read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps.
Page 14 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ; A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home ! home ! sweet, sweet home ! There's no place like home...
Page 8 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 13 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 22 - My native country thee, Land of the noble free, — Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills Like that above.
Page 8 - Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto— "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST...
Page 30 - Our fathers' God, to thee, Author of liberty, — To thee we sing: Long may our land be bright With freedom's holy light; Protect us by thy might, Great God, our King.
Page 5 - Peace and safety we shall find. Immortal patriots ! rise once more : Defend your rights, defend your shore ; Let no rude foe with impious hand, Let no rude foe with impious hand, Invade the shrine where sacred lies Of toil and blood the well-earned prize. While offering peace sincere and just, In Heaven we place a manly trust, That truth and justice wll prevail, And every scheme of bondage fail.