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US congressman files bill to make ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ new national hymn
classicfm.com ^ | 01.25.21 | Maddy Shaw Roberts

Posted on 01/27/2021 6:16:53 AM PST by Artemis Webb

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Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift Every Voice And Sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. 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.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening 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, 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.

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. 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.

Songwriters: R.m. Carter, J.r. Johnson, J.w. Johnson

1 posted on 01/27/2021 6:16:53 AM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb

I think “Baby Got Back” is a better choice.


2 posted on 01/27/2021 6:18:19 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I'm sorry the Q thing didn't work out. We were wrong about that.)
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To: Artemis Webb

As long as it’s a “National Hymn” rather than a new National Anthem I don’t see a problem with this. There are other hymns I like a lot more but I see nothing wrong with this hymn. Besides, the progressives will take issue with it because it mentions God.


3 posted on 01/27/2021 6:18:30 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

And if you don’t vote for it, you is a rasis.


4 posted on 01/27/2021 6:18:52 AM PST by Old Yeller (Nana Pelosi is a manure salesman with a mouthful of samples. Thus the slurred speaking.)
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To: Artemis Webb

I was just wondering how long it would take to shorten it in the name of ‘brevity.’


5 posted on 01/27/2021 6:20:03 AM PST by posterchild
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To: Artemis Webb

I think it should be ‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat”............................


6 posted on 01/27/2021 6:21:26 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: ClearCase_guy

B-I-N-G-O....................................


7 posted on 01/27/2021 6:22:10 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: ClearCase_guy

I like your thinking😉


8 posted on 01/27/2021 6:22:37 AM PST by TonyChris (Didn't vote for Amazon in last election)
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To: Artemis Webb

They’ll want to replace mentions of God with “You know, the thing.”


9 posted on 01/27/2021 6:22:38 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Artemis Webb

/sarcasm on/Can I kneel???/sarcasm off/


10 posted on 01/27/2021 6:22:40 AM PST by C19fan
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To: ClearCase_guy

How about, “Boom! There It Is!”


11 posted on 01/27/2021 6:24:02 AM PST by Noumenon (As long as you have a rifle, you still have a vote. (KTF))
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To: Artemis Webb

Oh yes, this will make the people that lost their jobs feel so much better./s
It’s good to see where their priorities are./s
/s/s/s/s!!!


12 posted on 01/27/2021 6:24:40 AM PST by CVS-20
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To: Artemis Webb

Since we’re not the land of the free and the home of the brave anymore I guess anything goes. We’re witnessing the complete and total communist takeover of our country. If there isn’t a revolt against this blatant theft of our liberties THIS year it’s over.


13 posted on 01/27/2021 6:24:42 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Artemis Webb

How about a national opera? National guitar riff? National drum solo? Enough with the official national and state [fill in the blank] silliness. Does Ohio really need a state fossil? < /old man shaking his cane mode>


14 posted on 01/27/2021 6:24:45 AM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: Artemis Webb

Agree with Hymn, but I prefer “Blest Be The Tie That Binds”.

https://hymnary.org/text/blest_be_the_tie_that_binds


15 posted on 01/27/2021 6:25:54 AM PST by Does so (Joe Biden: "I don't know what I'm signing".)
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To: Old Yeller
And if you don’t vote for it, you is a rasis.

And if you vote for it, you are pandering.

A no-win situation.

16 posted on 01/27/2021 6:26:02 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Artemis Webb

How about “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye? We need a little soul to go along with all the chitlins being spread around. Goes good with wallermelon too.

“We Shall Overcome” goes well too. The Black Caucasians should like that one.


17 posted on 01/27/2021 6:26:17 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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To: kosciusko51

Good point.


18 posted on 01/27/2021 6:26:56 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
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To: Artemis Webb

They will want to leave out any reference to God, of course...


19 posted on 01/27/2021 6:26:56 AM PST by richardtavor ( )
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To: Artemis Webb
Clyburn says if passed, the national hymn

Oh, it'll start there, with promises that it won't replace the National Anthem, so the normies don't get too agitated.

But, it will start, immediately, being sung in place of the National Anthem at sporting events, next the schools, after that government events.

And then before you know it, it WILL be the official American National Anthem...and you'll never hear The Star Spangled Banner sung anywhere again because to do so will be deemed punishable Hate Speech.

20 posted on 01/27/2021 6:29:48 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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