Lincoln Lies Sleeping

Full Title

Lincoln Lies Sleeping

Description

A handwritten ballad in tribute to Lincoln.

Transcription

Lincoln lies Sleeping.

Up, from the homes of the land, a cry
Comes from a nation bewailing;
Lincoln the merciful, doomed to die!
Ah! merciful e'en to a failing.
Chorus
Strike, strike the traitor down!
Cry a sad people, while seeping:
Crown, crown the martyr, crown
Weep o'er the grove where he's sleeping

Lower the flag of the glory of the nation now
Drape the proud banner in sorrow:
Sleeping to-day is that marble brow. -
He'll waken in Heaven to-morrow!
Chorus
Peace, peace, in Heaven peace!
Hos earnest earned. while living;
Peace, peace, in Heave peace!
Never a heart so forgiving!

Tearfully, sadly, gaze on the dead,
While ev'ry bosom is swelling:
Tenderly place him in his last bed.
And shroud in deep ev'ry dwelling.
Chorus
Peace, peace in Heaven peace!
Sing a sad people, while weeping;
Peace, peace, in Heaven peace!
Jesus that while soul is keeping!

Tenderly, sadly, we lay him down,
Mourning his murder so gory -
Heaven will find him a golden crown;
He;s gone from Glory to Glory!
Chorus
Live, live, the Union live!
Sing a firm people, while weeping
Lord! Lord! the crime forgive -
The prayers of him who is sleeping!

Source

MSS027_02_01_AB

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• transcribed

• mourning

Cite this Item

Unknown. "Lincoln Lies Sleeping ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/931

Item Type

Document

Creator

Unknown

Date

1865