From the musical “Hayfoot, Strawfoot”, 1941.
Words by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II.
Music by Jerome Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Take a lesson from old Abe Lincoln
In times of stormy weather
Take a lesson from old Abe Lincoln
And face the storm together
Burthen
Abe Lincoln had just one country
And one banner to wave
One Union of brave brothers
Where no brothers enslave others
We’re still marching along with Lincoln
With one banner to wave
This Union was born in freedom
And this Union must live in freedom
And this freedom is worth saving
And worth fighting to save