Lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty. Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies; Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
ATTRIBUTION:
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American hymn-writer. Published in The Hymnal (1982). “Lift every voice and sing,” l. 1-4, Edward B. Marks Music Corporation (1921).
Considered the “African-American National Anthem.”
