William McCarty, comp. The American National Song Book. 1842.
Immortal WashingtonC
Was her loved chief, fair Freedom’s friend;
Whose fame, renown’d in story,
Shall last till time itself shall end.
Ye muses, bring
Your harps, and sing
Sweet lays that in smooth numbers run,
In praise of our loved hero,
The great, the god-like Washington.
Columbia’s free-born sons shall raise;
The theme each heart engages,
All tongues shall join to sing his praise.
With joy sound forth
His virtuous worth,
And tell the glorious acts he’s done.
Of all mankind, the greatest
Was our beloved Washington.
Who form’d his youth, and watch’d his age,
Since thou, in course of nature,
Hast call’d him from his earthly stage,
Great Power above,
Enthroned in love,
Who was, before this world began,
Receive into thy bosom
Our virtuous hero—Washington.