Anthem: Lamentation Over Boston chords by Cantus
Verse 1
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By the rivers of Watertown
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we sat down and wept,
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B
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we wept, we wept, we wept,
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When we remembered Thee,
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O Balsam,
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When we remembered Thee, O Balsam,
As for our friends,
B
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Lord God of heaven,
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preserve them, defend them,
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Deliver an d restore them unto us,
B
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preserve them, defend them,
B
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Deliver an d restore them
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unto us again.
For they that held them in bondage
require of them
To take our arms against their brethren,
Forbid it, Lord God, forbid!
B
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B
Forbid it, Lord God, for bid!
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That those who have succoured
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the Stony and Breasts
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Should thirst for American blood.
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A voice was heard in Roxbury,
B
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Which echoed through the continent,
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Weeping, weep ing, weeping,
E
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Weeping for Boston
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because of their danger.
B
Weeping for Boston,
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weeping for Boston,
B
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Weeping for Boston
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because of their danger.
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Is Boston my dear town?
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Is it my native place?
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For since their calamity
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B
I do earnestly remember it still.
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I do earnestly, I do earnestly,
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I do earnestly remember it still.
B
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If I forget thee, if I forget thee,
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Yea, if I do not remember thee,
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Then let thy numbers cease to flow,
B
then be thy news un kind,
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Then let thy tongue forget to move,
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and never be confined.
B
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Let horrid jargon split the air,
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and drive my nerves asunder.
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B
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Let hateful discord greet my ear
B
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as terrible as thunder.
B
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Let harmony be banished,
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dance and consolements depart.
B
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Let dissonance erect her throne
B
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and reign within my heart.
B
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If I forget Thee, if I forget Thee,
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yea, if I do not remember Thee,
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Then let my numbers cease to flow,
B
Then be my muse unkind,
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Then let my tongue forget to move,
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And never be confined.
B
Let foreign jargons split the
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air
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and my minders asunder,
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Let hateful discord breed my ear
as terrible as thunder,
Let harmony be banished
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and sun consonants depart,
B
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Let his honours erect a throne
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and reign within my heart.
Anthem: Lamentation Over Boston
Cantus
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