| The
Verses: Lift up
your eyes, desponding free-men!
Fling to the winds your
needless fears!
He who unfurl'd your
beauteous banner,
Says it shall wave a
thousand years
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I
find the more I hear Song of
a thousand years, the
better I like it. If you'd like to take a
listen, I've posted an instrumental only
recording I made of it in the free downloads
section.(For instruments, I chose violin,
harmonica, xylophone, chorals
"ahhs", and trumpet, all from
the excellent Papelmedia GM 2006 sound
library I purchased from Maz
Sound Tools.) If I had the vocal
skill and the right recording equipment
to really do it justice, I'd have sung
the lyrics too - I love the optimistic
message! I also have a scan of the
sheet music available for downloading here.
(item "9" on the page).
There is not as much information
available on abolitionist
composer/songwriter Henry Clay Work as on
some more famous individuals, but if
you're interested in that, this
Wikipedia article, is a good starting
point.
Ted Kuik
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| What if the clouds, one little
moment, Hide the
blue sky where morn appears,
When the bright sun,
that taints them crimson,
Rises to shine a
thousand years?
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