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Vote it Out

There's a question we must settle

Author: Eben E. Rexford
Tune: [If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands]
Published in 5 hymnals

Printable scores: MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

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1 There's a question we must settle,-
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
O, my brother, show your mettle,-
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Shall the dram-shop rule the nation
With its crime and dissipation?
Vote it out, vote it out, vote it out, out, out!

2 It's a most important question,-
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Act upon this wise suggestion,-
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Wrong is wrong, who dares defend it?
There is but one way to end it,-
Vote it out, vote it out, vote it out, out, out!

3 It is "up to you," my brother,
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Face the question, there's no other,
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Let us settle it forever,
Voters, it is now or never!
Vote it out, vote it out, vote it out, out, out!

4 In the name of Right and Justice
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Help us, Lord, in whom our trust is,-
Vote it out! (vote it out!)
Vote to end this degradation,
Vote to have a clean, pure nation,-
Vote it out, vote it out, vote it out, out, out.


Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #352

Author: Eben E. Rexford

Rexford, Eben Eugene.M (Johnsburg, New York, July 16, 1848--October 16, 1916, Shiocton, Wisconsin). Horticulturalist and editor of a Wisconsin farm journal. Many of his verses were used to fill empty corners of the journal. He also wrote many books on gardening. Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisc.), Litt.D. Twenty-five years, organist at First Congregational Church, Shiocton. See: Smith, Mary L.P. (1930). Eben E. Rexford; a biographical sketch. Menasha, Wis., George Banta Pub. Co. --Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives and Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: There's a question we must settle
Title: Vote it Out
Author: Eben E. Rexford
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #352

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Songs of Salvation and Service. #d257

The Anti-Saloon League Song Book #6

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The New Praiseworthy #352

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Treasury of Song #367

World Revival Hymns #d232

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