HomeMy WebLinkAbout2596 Program, "Reception of the Old Belfry," April 18, 1891RECEPTION OF THE
OLD BELFRY,
ON BELFRY HILL, LEXINGTON,
(After an absence of 124 years)
SATURDAY P.M., APRIL 18th, 1891, AT 4 O'CLOCK.
1. SONG BY THE ASSEMBLY. - Auld Lang Syne.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind,
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And things of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne we meet to-day
for auld lang syne,
To view the house our fathers built
In days of auld lang syne.
It's passed through many a changing scene
Since first they placed it here;
The smoke of battle 'round it rolled,
Where men thought not of fear;
And from its bell the sound rang out
To summon men to prayer,
Or told some friend had passed away
Beyond the reach of care.
Or call it gave for patriots brave
To meet the invading foe,
And stake their lives their homes to save,
And guard from nameless woe.
It held throughtout full many a year
The hearse that bore the dead --
It journeyed far to shelter toil
Where Parker earned his bread.
Now here we place the humble house
Our fathers built of yore,
That it may teach through coming days
The truth their living bore, --
That duty's call should sacred be
To every patriot heart,
And none is worthy to be free
Who beareth not his part.
2. ADDRESSESS.
3. OUR FATHERS. -- Tune, "America."
Gone are the brave and good,
Who here, in peril, stood
In Freedom's name.
Peace to the noble dead!
The light that on their head
A hundred years have shed
Shall never wane.
Ye trees, that on this sod
Grow where our fathers trod,
Guard well the spot. --
In faith they dared the sea,
In truth they would be free,
For love of liberty,
They faltered not.
Thou high and holy One,
Whose care for sire and son
All nature fills, --
While day shall break and close,
While night her crescent shows,
Oh, let Thy light repose
On these our hills.