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We are coming Father Abraham three hundred thousand more.
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From Mississipp's winding stream and from New England's shore.
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We leave our plows and workshops our wives and children dear.
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Even if every Republican in the House votes yes,
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far from guaranteed,
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since when has our party unanimously supported anything?
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but say all our fellow Republicans vote for it,
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We'll still be twenty votes short.
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- Only twenty? - Only twenty!
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We can find twenty votes.
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Twenty House Democrats who'll vote to abolish slavery,
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- In my opinion... - To which I always listen.