Vacant Chair

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T:Vacant Chair
C:Melody: George F Root (1820-1895);Words: Henry Washburn
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w:1.We shall meet, but _we shall miss him. _There will
w:2.At our fire-side, _sad and lone-ly, _Of-ten
w:3.True, they tell us _wreaths of glo-ry _ev-er
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w:be one _va-cant chair; We shall
w:will the _bo-som swell, At re-
w:more will _deck his brow, But this
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w:lin-_ger to ca-ress him _while we
w:mem-_brance of the sto-ry. _How our
w:soothes _the an-guish on-ly _sweep-ing
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w:breathe _our ev-'ning pray'r; When a
w:no-_ble Wil-lie fell; How he
w:o'er _our heart-strings now. Sleep to-
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w:year _a-go we gath-ered _joy was
w:strove _to bear our ban-ner _through the
w:day, _oh ear-ly fal-len, _In thy
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w:in _his mild blue eyes, but a
w:thick-_est of the fight, and up-
w:green _and nar-row bed, Dir-ges
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w:gold-_en chord is sev-ered _and our
w:hold _our coun-try's hon-or, _in the
w:from _the pine and cy-press, _min-gle
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w:hopes _in ru-in lie.
w:strength _of man-hood's might.
w:with _the tears we shed.
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w:We shall meet, but we shall miss him. There will be _one va-cant
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w:chair. We shall lin-_ger to ca-
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w:ress him, when we breathe _our ev-'ning pray'r.