The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity

by William Wells Brown

That we so longed to see,

That we so longed to see,

That we so longed to see,

Though the day was long in coming

That we so longed to see.

II.

But bless the great Jehovah,

But bless the great Jehovah,

But bless the great Jehovah,

At last the glad day’s come,