The things our fathers loved

I think there must be a place in the soul
all made of tunes, of tunes of long ago;
I hear the organ on the Main Street corner,
Aunt Sarah humming Gospels;  Summer evenings,
The village cornet band, playing in the square.
The town's Red, White and Blue,
all Red, White and Blue; Now! Hear the words
But they sing in my soul of the things our Fathers loved.

by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954)

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by Gary Bachlund , "The things our fathers loved", 2008. [medium voice and piano]
by Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954) , "The things our fathers loved", subtitle: "(and the greatest of these was Liberty)", 1917.

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