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

by William Wells Brown

From sorrow, grief, and shame,

From sorrow, grief, and shame,

From sorrow, grief, and shame,

And all who helped to bring us

From sorrow, grief, and shame.

IV.

And blessed be Abraham Lincoln,

And blessed be Abraham Lincoln,

And blessed be Abraham Lincoln,

And the Union army too,