![]() Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us. High as the list’ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Stanton School in Jacksonville, FL, at the time. Lift every voice and sing, ‘Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land. The words to this venerable hymn are by James Weldon Johnson (18711938), who was principal of the Edwin M. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. ![]() We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast'ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. It is important to note that James Weldon Johnson called his song the Negro National Hymn, as he believed that a nation could have only one anthem, and didnt. ![]() ![]() Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty Let our rejoicing rise Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastning. ![]()
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