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Carl Sandburg

Solo 1: The strong men keep coming on.

All: They go down shot, hanged, sick, broken.

Solo 1: They live on fighting, singing, lucky as plungers.

All: The strong mothers pulling them on…

Solo 1: The strong mothers pulling them from a dark sea,

a great prairie, a long mountain.

All: Call hallelujah, call amen, call deep thanks.

Solo 1: The strong men keep coming on.