My Country, 'tis of Thee - Chase Holfelder

My country 'tis of thee

Stronghold of slavery

Of thee I sing

Land where my fathers died

Where men man’s rights deride

From every mountainside

Thy deeds shall ring

Our Father’s God to thee

Author of liberty

To thee we sing

Soon may our land be bright

With holy freedom’s right

Protect us by thy might

Great God, our king

It comes, the joyful day

When tyranny’s proud sway

Stern as the grave

Shall to the ground be hurled

And freedom’s flag unfurled

Shall wave throughout the world

O’er every slave

Trump of glad jubilee

Echo of land and sea

Freedom for all

Let the glad tidings fly

And every tribe reply

«Glory to God on high!»

At slavery’s fall