Lyrics Lift Every Voice and Sing - The Boys Choir of Harlem

Lift ev'ry voice and sing
Till earth and heav-en ring,
Ring with the har-mo-nies of lib-er-ty
Let our re-joic-ing rise
High as the lis-t'ning skies

Let it re-sound loud as the roll-ing sea
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
Sing a song full of the hope that the pres-ent has brought us
Fac-ing the ris-ing sun
Of our new day be-gun
Let us march on till vic-tory is won

Ston-y the road we trod
Bit-ter the chas-t'ing rod
Felt in the days when hope un-born had died
Yet with a stead-y beat
Have not our wea-ry feet
Come to the place for which our fa-ther sighed?

We have come o-ver a way that with tears has been wa-tered
We have come
Tread-ing our path through the blood of the slaugh-tered
Out from the gloom-y past
Til now we stand at last
Where the bright gleam of our bright star is cast

God of our wea-ry years
God of our si-lent tears
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way
Thou who hast by Thy might
Led us in-to the light
Keep us for ev-er in the path, we pray

Lest our feet stray from the plac-es our God, where we met Thee
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we for-get Thee
Shad-owed be-neath Thy hand
May we for ev-er stand
True to our God, true to our na-tive land (Amen)