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?. Nancy Hanks [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Rosemary Benét (1900 - 1962), "Nancy Hanks", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933, copyright ©
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1 Abraham Lincoln's mother
?. P. T. Barnum
Language: English
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "P. T. Barnum", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Captain Kidd
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Captain Kidd", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Thomas Jefferson
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Thomas Jefferson", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Abraham Lincoln [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Lincoln was a long man. He liked the out of doors. He liked the wind [a-]blowing and the talk in country stores. He liked telling stories. He liked telling jokes. "Abe's quite a character," said quite a lot of folks. Lots of folks in Springfield saw him every day, [Just a-]walking down the street in his gaunt, long way. Shawl around his shoulders, letters in his hat. "That's Abe Lincoln." They thought no more than that. [Knew that he was honest, guessed that he was odd, Knew he had a cross wife, though she was a Todd. Knew he had three little boys who liked to shout and play, Knew he had a lot of debts it took him years to pay.]1 Knew his clothes and knew his house. "That's his office, here. Blame good lawyer, on the whole, though he's sort of queer. Sure he went to Congress, once. But he didn't stay. Can't expect us all to be smart as Henry Clay. Need a man for troubled times? Well, I guess we do. Wonder who we'll ever find? Yes -- I wonder who." That is how they met and talked, Knowing and unknowing. Lincoln was the green pine. Lincoln kept on growing.
Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Abraham Lincoln", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Peter Stuyvesant
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Peter Stuyvesant", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. John Quincy Adams
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "John Quincy Adams", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Wilbur Wright and Oliver Wright
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Wilbur Wright and Oliver Wright", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Jesse James
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- by Rosemary Benét (1900 - 1962), "Jesse James", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933, copyright ©
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Peregrine White and Virginia Dare", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Hernando de Soto
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Hernando de Soto", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Western wagons
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Western wagons", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Apology
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Apology", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Theodore Roosevelt
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Theodore Roosevelt", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Oliver De Lancey
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Oliver De Lancey", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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?. Woodrow Wilson
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- by Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943), "Woodrow Wilson", appears in A Book of Americans, first published 1933
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