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Lincoln And Liberty

(Lincoln's campaign song)

Words and Music by Jesse Hutchinson - 1860

Other names for this melody include: "Acres Of Clams", "Rosin The Bow" and "Old Settler's Song"

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	-	C7
F	-	Gm	C7
F	-	-	Bb
F	C7	F	-
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	C7	Bb	-
F	-	Gm	C7
F	-	-	Bb
F	C7	F	-  (to verse)

12-beat intro with one lead-in note.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

Hur - rah for the choice of the na - tion,

A lead - er so brave and so true.

What - ev - er in life be your sta - tion,

Abe Lin - coln will look af-ter you.

 

Chorus:

Then up with the ban - ner so glo - ri ous,

The star span - gled red, white and blue,

May this, our great cause, be vic - to - rious,

For Lin - coln and Li - ber - ty too.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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