Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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Audio: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mfOrx1S7A-Te8TXhjct1LpM9hhBQNt2jc
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor

0:00 I. Moderato assai
'All my life long twell de night has pas'
Let de wo'k come ez it will,
So dat I fin' you, my honey, at last',
Somewhaih des ovah de hill.' - Paul Laurence Dunbar

7:24 II. Adagio
'It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun'
Dis sorrer-laden earfly groun',
An' oftentimes I thinks, thinks I
'Twould be a sweet t'ing des to die
An' go 'long home.' - Paul Laurence Dunbar

12:31 III. Animato
'An' we'll shout ouah halleluyahs,
On dat mighty reck'nin' day.' - Paul Laurence Dunbar

15:59 IV. Lento, con risoluzione
'Be proud, my Race, in mind and soul.
Thy name is writ on Glory's scroll
In characters of fire.
High mid the clouds of Fame's bright sky
Thy banner's blazoned folds now fly,
And truth shall lift them higher.' - Paul Laurence Dunbar

He who develops his God-given gifts with view to aiding humanity, manifests truth.

With humble thanks to God, the source of inspiration - William Grant Still