Lift Every Voice (James Weldon Johnson)

Lift ev'ry voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmony of liberty.
Let our rejoycing rise
High as the list'ning skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song
Full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song
Full of the hope that the present has brought us

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way
Thou who has by thy might
Let us into the light
keep us forever in the path we pray.

Lest out feet
stray from the places our God where we met thee,
Lest our hearts
drunk from the wine of the world we forget thee.

Lift ev'ry voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmony of liberty.
Let our rejoycing rise
High as the list'ning skies
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.