John Brown was the first to undertake,
To set the poor slaves free;
Douglass, Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Went before Congress to plead.
Next comes Lincoln, the Emancipator,
His name let us praise;
For writing the emancipation,
In the bloom of slavery days.
Their names are honored in history,
Their names are sung in song;
Their names shall ever be honored,
For honor to them belong.
Oh what weeping, oh what shouting,
Oh what shaking hands;
When a voice cried out it’s finished,
Ye are free men in this land.
The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments,
Are ones we all should note;
Declared us free, made us citizens,
And gave us the right to vote.
Let’s look back to slavery days,
Before freedom’s victory was won;
Then from ’65 to the present time,
You can see what we have done.
We can be a greater race,
By taking life’s staff and rod;
Helping self and our fellowman,
Putting our trust in God.
O let us not be selfish,
O let us not deceive;
But “be thoughtful and earnest,”
And give as we receive.