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“Oh! Speak to Me Once More!”∗

Oh! speak to me once more, And let thy blessing fall Upon thy wife and child, Who love thee more than all; Tell us we still are dear Oh! hear me, I implore, Smile on us once again, Oh! speak to me once more!

Chorus: Yet we shall meet again, Upon the golden shore, And one, we love so well, Shall speak to us once more!

Oh! speak to me once more, Say but a single word, 'Twill be the sweetest sound That we have ever heard; 'Twill be a song of love, No mortal heard before, Oh! listen to my prayer, Oh! speak to me once more!

Oh! speak to me once more, Nay, all my tears are vain, The lips of one we love Will never speak again; Yet we shall meet again Upon the golden shore, And one, we love so well, Shall speak to us once more!

∗The exclamation of Mrs. Lincoln, as she bent over her dying husband.