November 19th – Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address – “Abraham, Martin and John”

In 1863, Abraham #Lincoln delivered the #GettysburgAddress, expounding the principles of human equality.  Here is a #MarvinGaye song that mentions him #singing;#feelgood

19-11 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham, Martin and John

Has anyone here seen my old friend Abraham?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
Oh, he freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.Hmmm

Has anyone here seen my old friend John?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
You know, he freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

Oh yeah

Has anyone here seen my old friend Martin?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
He freed a lot of people
but it seems the good die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

[Insrumental]

Has anyone here seen my friend Bobby?
Can you tell me whe he’s gone?
You know, he freed a lot of people
but the good, they die young, yeah.
I just looked around and he was gone.

Oh, I just looked around and they were gone, oh yes.

19-11 Marvin Gaye  Abraham Martin & John

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