The Emancipation Car being an Original Composition of Anti-Slavery Ballads |
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THE CAR OF EDUCATION, IN HONOR TO THE PRESENT SCHOOL LAWS. |
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THE CAR OF EDUCATION, IN HONOR TO THE PRESENT SCHOOL LAWS.
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The following song I composed for the benefit of my school while I was teaching; thinking perhaps that some other scholars might sing it to advantage. Air—Dan Tucker.
Ho! the Car of Education
Loudly thunders through the nation;
Come, ye little lads and lasses,
Jump on board before she passes.
Loudly thunders through the nation;
Come, ye little lads and lasses,
Jump on board before she passes.
Jump on the cars all are singing,
Jump on the cars all are singing,
Jump on the cars all are singing,
Education's bell is ringing.
Jump on the cars all are singing,
Jump on the cars all are singing,
Education's bell is ringing.
Some folks say we have no knowledge,
Though we go to school and college;
We intend to prove them liars.
Though we travel through the fires.
Though we go to school and college;
We intend to prove them liars.
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Jump on the cars, &c.
We intend while young and ruddy,
Never to forsake our study;
For whene'er we look around us,
Ignorance does quite confound us.
Never to forsake our study;
For whene'er we look around us,
Ignorance does quite confound us.
Jump on the cars, &c.
Lo! a brilliant light is rising,
Which to some is quite surprising,
People once despised, rejected,
Now enlightened, are respected.
Which to some is quite surprising,
People once despised, rejected,
Now enlightened, are respected.
Jump on the cars, &c.
Come, young men, by pride exalted,
Now the cars for you are halted,
While the wheels are slowly turning,
Come on board and get some learning.
Now the cars for you are halted,
While the wheels are slowly turning,
Come on board and get some learning.
Jump on the cars, &c.
Ladies young, with smiling faces,
If you wish to shun disgraces,
Drudge no longer for your neighbor,
Come and put your minds at labor.
If you wish to shun disgraces,
Drudge no longer for your neighbor,
Come and put your minds at labor.
Jump on the cars, &c.
We are making preparations
Now to fill some useful stations;
Some for doctors, teachers, lawyers.
None for ‘boot-blackers’ and wood-sawyers.
Now to fill some useful stations;
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None for ‘boot-blackers’ and wood-sawyers.
Jump on the cars, &c.
Prejudice will not retard us,
Neither poverty discard us.
We are bound for Art and Science.
At our enemy's defiance.
Neither poverty discard us.
We are bound for Art and Science.
At our enemy's defiance.
Jump on the cars, &c.
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