Liberty Lyrics

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•   Amazing Grace, John Newton (1725-1807) — Haunting hymn of redemption and hope.
•   The Concord Hymn, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837) — Commemorating Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
•  Simple Gifts, Joseph Brackett (1848) — Paean to freedom.
•  Ballad of Serenity (Firefly theme song), Joss Whedon (2002), performed by Sonny Rhodes — Defiance of tyranny.
•  Alternative Greensleeves Lyrics, including "Home in the Meadow".
•   The Minstrel Boy, Thomas Moore (1779-1852) — Lyrics to a beautiful song about a lost battle for freedom.
•    The Impossible Dream, from Man of La Mancha, lyrics by Joe Darion (1948) — To fight for the right....
•  Come On, Brave Boys, Anonymous, New York, 1734.
•  A Song of 1857, Written by Utah rebels.
•  American Taxation, By Peter St. John.
•  Chester, By William Billings.
•  Cornwallis Country Dance, Anonymous.
•  Free America, By Joseph Warren.
•  God Save the Thirteen States, Anonymous.
•  Hail Columbia, By F. Hopkinson.
•  Jefferson and Liberty, Anonymous.
•  John Brown's Body, Anonymous.
•  Liberty Song, John Dickinson.
•  Lincoln and Liberty, 1860 Campaign Song.
•  Revolutionary Tea, Traditional.
•  Rights of Woman, By "A Lady".
•  The American Hero, By Andrew Law.
•  The Underground Railcar, By George N. Allen.
•  America The Beautiful, by Katharine Lee Bates
•  AMERICA (My Country, 'Tis of Thee), by Samuel F. Smith
•  Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Julia Ward Howe
•  Because All Men Are Brothers, by Tom Glazer
•  Erie Canal, by Thomas S. Allen
•  God Bless America, by Irving Berlin
•  God Bless the USA, by Lee Greenwood
•  Home on The Range, poem by Dr. Brewster Higley, lyrics by Daniel E. Kelley
•  I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, by Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas
•  Oh, Freedom, by Lucy Kinchen
•  Semper Fidelis, modern lyrics by Don Farrar
•  The Marine's Hymn, author unknown, no pre-20th century text is known
•  The Star Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key - 1814
•  The Stars and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa - 1897
•  When Johnny Comes Marching Home, by Patrick Gilmore, pseudonym 'Louis Lambert'
•  Yankee Doodle, Anonymous - pre-Revolutionary War

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