Holiday Inn movie - Abraham lyrics
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Music: Irving Berlin<br>
Lyrics: Irving Berlin<br>
Premiere: 1942<br>
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Upon a February morn<br>
A tiny baby boy was born<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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When he grew up this tiny babe<br>
Folks all called him Honest Abe<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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In eighteen sixty, he became<br>
The sixteenth president<br>
And now he's in the hall of fame<br>
A most respected gent<br>
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That's why we celebrate<br>
This blessed February date<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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When black folks lived in slavery<br>
Who was it set the darkie free?<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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When trouble came down from the shelf<br>
Who's heart was bigger than himself?<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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The country's going to the dogs<br>
They shouted loud and long<br>
Then from a cabin made out of logs<br>
The right man come along<br>
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And that is why we celebrate<br>
This blessed February date<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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The U.S.A.'s united thanks<br>
To one whose name was Nancy Hanks<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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She gave this land the finest son<br>
Who ever went to Washington<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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Someone told him General Grant<br>
Was drinking every night<br>
He answered, "Go see if you can't<br>
Get all my generals tight"<br>
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That's why we celebrate<br>
This blessed February date<br>
Abraham, Abraham<br>
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Thank the Lord for<br>
Abraham<br>
Abraham<br>
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