Words by J. CULLEN BRYANT.---Music by D. A. WARDEN
We are coming,
father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more,
From
Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore;
We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children
dear,
With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear.
We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before.---
We are coming,
father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
We are coming, father
Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
If you look across the hill-tops,
that meet the northern sky,
Long moving lines of rising dust your
vision may descry;
And now the wind an instant tears the cloudy veil
aside,
And floats aloft our spangled flag, in glory and in pride;
And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour.---
We
are coming, father Abr'am, six hundred
thousand more!
We are coming, father Abr'am, six hundred
thousand more!
If you look up our valleys, where the growing harvest
shine,
You may see our sturdy farmer boys, fast
forming into line.
And children from their mothers' knees are
pulling at the weeds,
And learning how to reap and sow,
against their country's needs;
And a farewell group
stands weeping at every cottage door.---
We are coming,
father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
We are coming,
father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
You have called
us, and we're coming, by Richmond's bloody tide
To lay us
down for freedom's sake, our brothers' bones-beside;
Or
from foul treason's deadly grasp to wrench the murderous
blade,
And in the face of foreign foes its fragments to
parade,
Six hundred thousand loyal men and true have gone before,
We are coming, father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
We are
coming, father Abr'am, six hundred thousand more!
THE END.
|
|
Note: Part of the attribution on the title page of this
piece is erroneous. The words are actually by Robert Morris (1810-1892).
It is doubtful that J. Cullen Bryant even existed; other
published versions of the song have attributed the lyrics to William
Cullen Bryant, which may be who the publishers of this version had in
mind. Thanks to John Pull of the Library of Congress for providing this
information.
Back to the top
 Small Lincoln Star
pin as compared to the size of a penny. The black inlay on the
sides of the pin suggest that it was worn after the assassination
as a sign of mourning.
|
