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W;' :*o.n Johnson
Lift Everv Voict* And Sin<r
National Negro Hymn
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3.	God of our wea- ry	years, God of our si -	lent	tears, Thou who hast
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wea - ry feet, Come to	the place for which our	fa- ther.s	sighed? We	have
to the lig.it t Keep us	for- ev - er m the	path, we	pray. Lest	our
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song full of the faith that thedarkpast has taught us , Sing a song full of the come o-ver away that with tears has been wa-tered,We have come, tread-ingour feet stray from the places.our God,where we met Thee, Lest our hearts,drunk with the
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hope that	the pres- eat	has	brought	us,	Fat: - mg	the	ris -	ing	sun
path thro	the blood of	the	si laugh -	tered,	Out from	the	gloom-v	past
wine of	the world, we	for - get	Thee;	Shadowed	be - p.eath	Thv	hand,
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of our r.ew day be - gun, Let us march on till v:c-to - rv till now we star.d at last Where the whitegleam of our bright star mav we for ev - er stand,True to our God, true to our ca -
is won. is cast. tive land.