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My Purchased Files| Text: | Lift Every Voice and Sing |
| Author: | James Weldon Johnson |
| Tune: | LIFT EVERY VOICE |
| Composer: | J. Rosamond Johnson |
481. Lift Every Voice and Sing
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| First Line: | Lift every voice and sing |
| Title: | Lift Every Voice and Sing |
| Author: | James Weldon Johnson (1921, alt.) |
| Meter: | 12 10.12 10.14 14.12 10 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Topic: | Freedom and Liberation; Human Experience: Pain and Suffering; Pilgrimage |
| Copyright: | © 1921 Edward B. Marks Music Co. |
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| Name: | LIFT EVERY VOICE |
| Composer: | J. Rosamond Johnson (1921) |
| Meter: | 12 10.12 10.14 14.12 10 |
| Key: | F Major or modal |
| Copyright: | © 1921 Edward B. Marks Music Co. |
Text Information:
Musician James Weldon Johnson was the first African-American to pass the bar examinations in Florida. The first performance of this song was by African-American children in Florida to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday
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