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Hallelujah, I'm a bum again! Hallelujah, I'm a bum again!

Lorenz Hart

Depression (1930s)

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We have not the motive to prepare ourselves for a "life-work" of teaching, of social work—we know that we would lay it down with... - MORE We have not the motive to prepare ourselves for a "life-work" of teaching, of social work—we know that we would lay it down with hallelujah in the height of our success, to make a home for the right man. And all the time in the background of our consciousness rings the warning that perhaps the right man will never come. A great love is given to very few. Perhaps this make-shift time filler of a job is our life work after all.

Ruth Benedict

marriage: unmarried women | employment of women

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Heaven has a Sea of Glass on which angels go sliding every afternoon. There are many golden streets, but the principal thoroughfar... - MORE Heaven has a Sea of Glass on which angels go sliding every afternoon. There are many golden streets, but the principal thoroughfares are Amen Street and Hallelujah Avenue, which intersect in front of the Throne. These streets play tunes when walked on, and all shoes have songs in them.

for the State of Florida

heaven | music | musicians

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Midnight Special on a sabre track movering movering,
first stop Mercy and the last Hallelujah. Midnight Special on a sabre track movering movering,
first stop Mercy and the last Hallelujah.

Robert Earl Hayden

underground railroad | slavery

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Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on. - MORE Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.

Julia Ward Howe

glory | praise | truth

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Oh heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm—that's all. I want to hear a warm, thrilling voic... - MORE Oh heavens, how I long for a little ordinary human enthusiasm. Just enthusiasm—that's all. I want to hear a warm, thrilling voice cry out Hallelujah! Hallelujah! I'm alive!

John Osborne

enthusiasm

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