The Anti-slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery MeetingsBrown, William Wells
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The Anti-slavery Harp: A Collection of Songs for Anti-slavery Meetings
Brown, William Wells
Antislavery movements -- Songs and music; Slavery -- United States -- Poetry; Songs, English -- United States -- Texts
Come all ye true friends of the nation,
Attend to humanity’s call;
Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,
And roll on the liberty ball--
And roll on the liberty ball--
Come aid the poor slave’s liberation,
And roll on the liberty ball.
The liberty hosts are advancing--
For freedom to all they declare;
The down-trodden millions are sighing--
Come break up our gloom of despair.
Come break up our gloom of despair, &c.
Ye Democrats, come to the rescue,
And aid on the liberty cause,
And millions will rise up and bless you,
With heart-cheering songs of applause,
With heart-cheering songs, &c.
Ye Whigs, forsake slavery’s minions,
And boldly step into our ranks;
We care not for party opinions,
But invite all the friends of the banks--
And invite all the friends of the banks, &c.
And when we have formed the blest union
We’ll firmly march on, one and all--
We’ll sing when we meet in communion,
And _roll on_ the liberty ball,
And roll on the liberty ball, &c.
THE NORTH STAR.
AIR--Oh! Susannah.
Lo! the Northern Star is beaming
With a new and glorious light,
And its cheering radiance streaming
Through the clouds of misty night!
Freemen! in your great Endeavor,
’Tis a signal hung on high,
And will guide us on forever,
Like a banner in the sky!
Oh! Star of Freedom,
’Tis the star for me;
’Twill lead me off to Canada,
There I will be free.
Growing brighter in all ages,
Cheering Freedom on its way,
Shedding o’er Time’s clouded pages
Glimmers of the coming Day--
Ever telling Man the glory
And the freedom of its birth,
Waiting to record the story
Of the Freedom of the Fourth!
Oh! Star of Freedom,
’Tis the star for me,
’Twill lead me off to Canada,
There I will be free.
The mariner, ’mid the surging
Of the stormy waves and dark,
Hails the Northern Star emerging
From the clouds above his bark!
’Tis a trust that faileth never,
And a light that never dies--
’Tis the beacon-star forever
Beaming in the arctic skies!
Oh! Star of Freedom,
’Tis the star for me,
’Twill lead me off to Canada,
There I will be free.
’Tis the star that Freedom claimeth
As her emblem pure and bright,
And we watch it as it flameth
“In the dark and troubled night:”
While we march to battle glorious,
With our weapons, Truth and Love,
Freedom, as she proves victorious,
Hails the _Banner_ Star above!
Oh! Star of Freedom, &c.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN.
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