We are coming, Father Abra'am!

by J. Cullen Bryant. Within chain border of type ornament sections with ornamental corners. Text of song in four five-line stanzas with two-line chorus with both lines repeating the first line of the song. Poem sometimes erroneously attributed to William Cullen Bryant or J. Cullen Bryant; originally published in 1862 as We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong, by James Sloan Gibbons, who wrote on other topics as Robert Morris. Cf. BAL, vol. 1, p. 346. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.