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New Castle July	A
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or a hundred years the pulse of time	B
Has throbbed for Liberty	C
For a hundred years the grand old clime	B
Columbia has been free	C
For a hundred years our country's love	D
The Stars and Stripes has waved above	D
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Away far out on the gulf of years	E
Misty and faint and white	F
Through the fogs of wrong a sail appears	E
And the Mayflower heaves in sight	F
And drifts again with its little flock	G
Of a hundred souls on Plymouth Rock	G
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Do you see them there as long long since	H
Through the lens of History	C
Do you see them there as their chieftain prints	I
In the snow his bended knee	C
And lifts his voice through the wintry blast	J
In thanks for a peaceful home at last	J
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Though the skies are dark and the coast is bleak	K
And the storm is wild and fierce	L
Its frozen flake on the upturned cheek	K
Of the Pilgrim melts in tears	M
And the dawn that springs from the darkness there	N
Is the morning light of an answered prayer	N
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The morning light of the day of Peace	O
That gladdens the aching eyes	P
And gives to the soul that sweet release	O
That the present verifies	P
Nor a snow so deep nor a wind so chill	Q
To quench the flame of a freeman's will	Q
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Days of toil when the bleeding hand	R
Of the pioneer grew numb	B
When the untilled tracts of the barren land	R
Where the weary ones had come	B
Could offer nought from a fruitful soil	S
To stay the strength of the stranger's toil	S
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Days of pain when the heart beat low	T
And the empty hours went by	A
Pitiless with the wail of woe	T
And the moan of Hunger's cry	A
When the trembling hands upraised in prayer	N
Had only the strength to hold them there	N
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Days when the voice of hope had fled	U
Days when the eyes grown weak	K
Were folded to and the tears they shed	U
Were frost on a frozen cheek	K
When the storm bent down from the skies and gave	V
A shroud of snow for the Pilgrim's grave	V
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Days at last when the smiling sun	W
Glanced down from a summer sky	A
And a music rang where the rivers run	W
And the waves went laughing by	A
And the rose peeped over the mossy bank	X
While the wild deer stood in the stream and drank	X
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And the birds sang out so loud and good	Y
In a symphony so clear	Z
And pure and sweet that the woodman stood	Y
With his ax upraised to hear	A2
And to shape the words of the tongue unknown	B2
Into a language all his own	B2
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'Sing every bird to day	C2
Sing for the sky so clear	Z
And the gracious breath of the atmosphere	Z
Shall waft our cares away	C2
Sing sing for the sunshine free	C
Sing through the land from sea to sea	C
Lift each voice in the highest key	C
And sing for Liberty '	-
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'Sing for the arms that fling	D2
Their fetters in the dust	E2
And lift their hands in higher trust	E2
Unto the one Great King	D2
Sing for the patriot heart and hand	R
Sing for the country they have planned	R
Sing that the world may understand	R
This is Freedom's land '	-
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'Sing in the tones of prayer	N
Sing till the soaring soul	F2
Shall float above the world's control	F2
In freedom everywhere	N
Sing for the good that is to be	C
Sing for the eyes that are to see	C
The land where man at last is free	C
O sing for liberty '	-
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A holy quiet reigned save where the hand	R
Of labor sent a murmur through the land	R
And happy voices in a harmony	C
Taught every lisping breeze a melody	C
A nest of cabins where the smoke upcurled	C
A breathing incense to the other world	C
A land of languor from the sun of noon	G2
That fainted slowly to the pallid moon	G2
Till stars thick scattered in the garden land	C
Of Heaven by the great Jehovah's hand	C
Had blossomed into light to look upon	H2
The dusky warrior with his arrow drawn	I2
As skulking from the covert of the night	C
With serpent cunning and a fiend's delight	C
With murderous spirit and a yell of hate	C
The voice of Hell might tremble to translate	C
When the fond mother's tender lullaby	A
Went quavering in shrieks all suddenly	C
And baby lips were dabbled with the stain	J2
Of crimson at the bosom of the slain	J2
And peaceful homes and fortunes ruined lost	C
In smoldering embers of the holocaust	C
Yet on and on through years of gloom and strife	K2
Our country struggled into stronger life	K2
Till colonies like footprints in the sand	C
Marked Freedom's pathway winding through the land	C
And not the footprints to be swept away	C2
Before the storm we hatched in Boston Bay	C2
But footprints where the path of war begun	W
That led to Bunker Hill and Lexington	W
For he who dared to lead where others dared	C
To follow found the promise there declared	C
Of Liberty in blood of Freedom's host	C
Baptized to Father Son and Holy Ghost	C
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Oh there were times when every patriot breast	C
Was riotous with sentiments expressed	C
In tones that swelled in volume till the sound	C
Of lusty war itself was well nigh drowned	C
Oh those were times when happy eyes with tears	M
Brimmed o'er as all the misty doubts and fears	E
Were washed away and Hope with gracious mien	L2
Reigned from her throne again a sovereign queen	L2
Until at last upon a day like this	M2
When flowers were blushing at the summer's kiss	M2
And when the sky was cloudless as the face	N2
Of some sweet infant in its angel grace	N2
There came a sound of music thrown afloat	C
Upon the balmy air a clanging note	C
Reiterated from the brazen throat	C
Of Independence Bell A sound so sweet	C
The clamoring throngs of people in the streets	O2
Were stilled as at the solemn voice of prayer	N
And heads were bowed and lips were moving there	N
That made no sound until the spell had passed	C
And then as when all sudden comes the blast	C
Of some tornado came the cheer on cheer	Z
Of every eager voice while far and near	Z
The echoing bells upon the atmosphere	Z
Set glorious rumors floating till the ear	A2
Of every listening patriot tingled clear	Z
And thrilled with joy and jubilee to hear	A2
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I	A
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'Stir all your echoes up	P2
O Independence Bell	Q2
And pour from your inverted cup	P2
The song we love so well	Q2
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'Lift high your happy voice	R2
And swing your iron tongue	S2
Till syllables of praise rejoice	R2
That never yet were sung	S2
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'Ring in the gleaming dawn	I2
Of Freedom Toll the knell	Q2
Of Tyranny and then ring on	H2
O Independence Bell	Q2
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'Ring on and drown the moan	B2
Above the patriot slain	J2
Till sorrow's voice shall catch the tone	B2
And join the glad refrain	J2
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'Ring out the wounds of wrong	T2
And rankle in the breast	C
Your music like a slumber song	T2
Will lull revenge to rest	C
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'Ring out from Occident	C
To Orient and peal	U2
From continent to continent	C
The mighty joy you feel	U2
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'Ring Independence Bell	Q2
Ring on till worlds to be	C
Shall listen to the tale you tell	Q2
Of love and Liberty '	-
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IV	K2
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O Liberty the dearest word	C
A bleeding country ever heard	C
We lay our hopes upon thy shrine	V2
And offer up our lives for thine	V2
You gave us many happy years	E
Of peace and plenty ere the tears	M
A mourning country wept were dried	C
Above the graves of those who died	C
Upon thy threshold And again	W2
When newer wars were bred and men	W2
Went marching in the cannon's breath	X2
And died for thee and loved the death	X2
While high above them gleaming bright	C
The dear old flag remained in sight	C
And lighted up their dying eyes	P
With smiles that brightened paradise	Y2
O Liberty it is thy power	Z2
To gladden us in every hour	Z2
Of gloom and lead us by thy hand	C
As little children through a land	C
Of bud and blossom while the days	A3
Are filled with sunshine and thy praise	A3
Is warbled in the roundelays	A3
Of joyous birds and in the song	T2
Of waters murmuring along	T2
The paths of peace whose flowery fringe	B3
Has roses finding deeper tinge	B3
Of crimson looking on themselves	A3
Reflected leaning from the shelves	A3
Of cliff and crag and mossy mound	C
Of emerald splendor shadow drowned	C
We hail thy presence as you come	B
With bugle blast and rolling drum	B
And booming guns and shouts of glee	C
Commingled in a symphony	C
That thrills the worlds that throng to see	C
The glory of thy pageantry	C
And with thy praise we breathe a prayer	N
That God who leaves yo	T