(E Pluribus Unum)
copyrighted in 1859 by H. M. Higgins
words and music by Harry Buckline
published in 1865 for Fourth of July
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Fred Feild:
Lyrics
- All hail to our triumph, ye loyal, ye true
All hail to the morn of Columbia’s proud day
The foeman is humbled, and traitors, undone
Have yielded the contest to Liberty’s sway
Long years have we waited for terrors to cease
And pray’d that the hour of deliverance might come
The contest is over, the bright dawn of Peace
Is hailed with delight by the “Many in One”
Chorus
Then hail to our triumph, ye loyal, ye true
All hail to the glorious victory won
Fling out the old Banner, the Red, the White, the Blue
The emblem of Union, and “Many in One”
- With joy for the living, with tears for the dead
We welcome again the glad morning of peace
First day of Millenium from ages foretold
When conflicts and tumults forever shall cease
We’ll raise up the marble, though mute it will tell
The deeds of renown that our “Brave Boys” have done
Oh, dear are their names, and the fields where they fell
Will live in the memory of “Many in One” - We’ll honor the heroes who’ve conquered the foe
And given us our glorious Union again
“In God” is our motto, Heaven smiles on us now
And, united as one, we will ever remain
We followed our “chosen one” through the long war
And wept like his children when God called him home
His spirit hovers o’er us and joins in the song
That tells of the triumph of “Many in One”
Sung here by Vancha March: