The New Praiseworthy ‎#351

351. A Thousand Years of Prohibition

1 Lift up your hearts in exultation,
Ye who have feared your fight was vain,
Hear the glad cry that thrills the nation,
We shall be free from liquor's chain.

Chorus:
A thousand years of prohibition,
Lift up your eyes, behold the dawn!
The Nation's hope shall find fruition,
When from our land the curse has gone.

2 Long have we fought against the demon,
Luring our sons to drunkard's graves:
Brothers of mine, let us be freemen,
Down with the drink that makes men slaves. [Chorus]

3 O land of ours, that weeps in sorrow
Over the graves that drink has made,
Pray and be glad, for on the morrow
Low in the dust the foe be laid. [Chorus]

4 God's on our side, He will not fail us,
Rise in the strength God gave us to-day;
Strike down the foes that would assail us,
Banish the liquor-curse for aye. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: Lift up your hearts in exultation
• Title: A Thousand Years of Prohibition
• Author: Eben E. Rexford
• Refrain First Line: A thousand years of prohibition
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Patriotic and Temperance
• Copyright: Copyright, 1914, by E.O. Excell. Words and Arr.
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: [Lift up your hearts in exultation]
• Composer: Henry C. Work
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Copyright, 1914, by E.O. Excell. Words and Arr.
• Notes: Public Domain.