author: George W. Clark
published: 1844
language: English
The Liberty Minstrel book by George W Clark, Jr. | 7 available editions | Alibris Books: "Excerpt: ...the tyrant's power, See his dread minions cower; Now, from this glorious hour, Man will be free. Sing me a triumph song, Sing in the mighty throng, Sing Jubilee! Let the broad welkin ring, While to heaven's mighty King, Honor and praise we sing, For man is free. Pg 92 WAKE, SONS OF THE PILGRIMS. Air--"M'Gregor's Gathering." Listen PDF Lilypond Pg 93 Wake, sons of the Pilgrims, and look to your right! The despots of Slav'ry are up in their might: Indulge not in sleep, it's like digging the graves Of blood-purchased freedom--'tis yielding like slaves. Then halloo, halloo, halloo to the contest, Awake from your slumbers, no longer delay, But struggle for freedom, while struggle you may-- Then rally, rally, rally, rally, rally, rally, While our forests shall wave or while rushes a river, Oh, yield not your birth-right! maintain it for ever! Wake, Sons of the Pilgrims! why slumber ye on? Your chains are now forging, your fetters are done; Oh! sleep not, like Samson, on Slavery's foul arm, For, Delilah-like, she's now planning your harm. Then halloo, halloo, halloo, to the contest! Awake from your sleeping--nor slumber again, Once bound in your fetters, you'll struggle in vain; While your eye-balls may move, O wake up now, or never-- Wake, freemen! awake, or you're ruined forever! Yes, freemen are waking! we fling to the breeze, The bright flag of freedom, the banner of Peace; The slave long forgotten, forlorn, and alone, We hail as a brother--our own mother's son! Then halloo, halloo, halloo, to the contest! For freedom we rally--for freedom to all-- To rescue the slave, and ourselves too from thrall. We rally, rally, rally, rally, rally, rally-- While a slave shall remain, bound, the weak by the stronger, We will never disband, but strive harder and longer. Pg 94 OUR COUNTRYMEN ARE DYING. Words by C.W. Dennison. Tune--"From Greenland's Icy Mountains." Listen PDF Lilypond Pg 95 Our countrymen are dying Beneath their cankering... Read Less"
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