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This poem published anonymously in the Boston Evening Transcript was claimed by several persons three if I remember correctly whose names I have or have had but never thought it worth while to publish	A
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Where are you going soldiers	B
With banner gun and sword	C
We 're marching South to Canaan	D
To battle for the Lord	C
What Captain leads your armies	E
Along the rebel coasts	F
The Mighty One of Israel	G
His name is Lord of Hosts	F
To Canaan to Canaan	D
The Lord has led us forth	H
To blow before the heathen walls	I
The trumpets of the North	H
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What flag is this you carry	J
Along the sea and shore	K
The same our grandsires lifted up	L
The same our fathers bore	K
In many a battle's tempest	M
It shed the crimson rain	N
What God has woven in his loom	O
Let no man rend in twain	N
To Canaan to Canaan	D
The Lord has led us forth	H
To plant upon the rebel towers	B
The banners of the North	H
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What troop is this that follows	P
All armed with picks and spades	Q
These are the swarthy bondsmen	D
The iron skin brigades	Q
They'll pile up Freedom's breastwork	R
They 'LL scoop out rebels' graves	S
Who then will be their owner	T
And march them off for slaves	S
To Canaan to Canaan	D
The Lord has led us forth	H
To strike upon the captive's chain	D
The hammers of the North	H
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What song is this you're singing	R
The same that Israel sung	R
When Moses led the mighty choir	T
And Miriam's timbrel rung	R
To Canaan To Canaan	D
The priests and maidens cried	U
To Canaan To Canaan	D
The people's voice replied	U
To Canaan to Canaan	D
The Lord has led us forth	H
To thunder through its adder dens	V
The anthems of the North	H
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When Canaan's hosts are scattered	W
And all her walls lie flat	X
What follows next in order	T
The Lord will see to that	X
We'll break the tyrant's sceptre	T
We 'll build the people's throne	D
When half the world is Freedom's	Y
Then all the world's our own	D
To Canaan to Canaan	D
The Lord has led us forth	H
To sweep the rebel threshing floors	Z
A whirlwind from the North	H
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August	M

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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