‘Let the bondmen all go free!’
‘No Compromise with Slavery!’ we hear the cheering sound, The road to peace and happiness ‘Old Abe’ at last has found:
With earnest hearts and willing hands to stand by him we’re hound, While he sets the bondmen free!
The morning light is breaking: we see its cheering ray,—
The light of Truth and Justice, that can never fade away;
And soon the light will brighten to a great and glorious day,
When the slaves shall all go free!
And when we on the ‘other side’ do all together stand,
As children of one family we’ll clasp the friendly hand:
We’ll be a band of brothers in that brighter, better land,—