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Election Hymn 54
Lyrics: Ezra Carter
Tune: Jeremiah Ingalls
Meter: M.H. (6,6,6,6,8,8)
Join, join in tuneful strains,
To praise our God most high,
At whose command earth rose,
And worlds above the sky,
His sov'reign word gave nature birth
And form'd all things in heav'n and earth.
He call'd our fathers forth,
To leave their native land;
And in this western clime,
Rear'd freedom's happy band.
When we were weak, His goodness gave
A Washington, our land to save.
He, all our councils rul'd,
Our troops to conquest led,
While our usurping foes
Before His banner fled.
We'll ne'er forget those vet'rans brave
Who gave their lives our rights to save.
Warren, on Bunker's Hill,
Mercer, on Princeton's Plain,
Montgomery, at Quebec,
Lie with the mighty slain.
High angels guard each Hero's tomb,
And on their breasts may flowerets bloom.
Hail, deathless Washington!
Columbia's pride and boast,
Whose name a bulwark prov'd,
Whose counsel was a host.
Thy name embalm'd in every heart
Shall long survive the works of art.
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