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We're coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand moreWe leave our homes and firesides with bleeding hearts and soreSince poverty has been our crime, we bow to thy decree;We are the poor and have no wealth to purchase liberty.

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We're coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand moreWe leave our homes and firesides with bleeding hearts and soreSince poverty has been our crime, we bow to thy decree;We are the poor and have no wealth to purchase liberty.

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