We are coming father Abraham three hundred thousand more From Mississippi's winding stream and from new England's shore We leave our plows and workshops our wives and children dear With hearts too full for utterance with but a silent tear We dare not look behind us but steadfastly before We are coming father Abraham three hundred thousand more We are coming coming our union to restore We are coming father Abraham three hundred thousand more If you look across the hilltops that meet the northern sky Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry And now the wind an instant tears the cloudy veil aside And floats aloft our spangled flag in glory and in pride And bayonets in the sunlight gleam and bands brave music pour We are coming father Abr'am three hundred thousand more We are coming coming our union to restore We are coming father Abraham three hundred thousand more If you look up all our valleys where the growing harvests shine You may see our sturdy farmer boys fast forming into line And children not their mother's knees are pulling at the weeds And learning how to reap and sow against their country's needs And a farewell group stands weeping at every cottage door We are coming father Abr'am three hundred thousand more We are coming coming our union to restore We are coming father Abraham three hundred thousand more