Long Ol' Civil War
from Answers Belie by Anders/O'Bitz
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President Lincoln delivered the 272-word Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania:
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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Long Ol’ Civil War
(©2022 Anders/O’Bitz)
Twelve-score and seven-plus years ago
The white fathers of this diverse nation brought forth
Liberty and slavery juxtaposed
For too long white men much more equal
So engaged in long ol’ civil war
Oh long old civil war
Oh we won’t long endure
Yes we long, long forgot yes forgot all they died for
Liberty and the rot of the right juxtaposed
Again it’s left up to us the livin’ to ensure
They didn’t die in vain eight-score years ago
Oh long old civil war
Oh we won’t long endure
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ah ah oh
Such a long ol’ civil war
Such a long ol’ civil war
Now it’s left up to us to ensure and endure
And that great task remains: not let it perish from the earth
Not let it perish, not let it perish from the earth
Not let it perish from the earth
(©2022 Anders/O’Bitz)
Twelve-score and seven-plus years ago
The white fathers of this diverse nation brought forth
Liberty and slavery juxtaposed
For too long white men much more equal
So engaged in long ol’ civil war
Oh long old civil war
Oh we won’t long endure
Yes we long, long forgot yes forgot all they died for
Liberty and the rot of the right juxtaposed
Again it’s left up to us the livin’ to ensure
They didn’t die in vain eight-score years ago
Oh long old civil war
Oh we won’t long endure
Ooh ah
Ooh ah
Ah ah oh
Such a long ol’ civil war
Such a long ol’ civil war
Now it’s left up to us to ensure and endure
And that great task remains: not let it perish from the earth
Not let it perish, not let it perish from the earth
Not let it perish from the earth
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from Answers Belie,
released June 24, 2023
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Acoustic and Electric Guitar
Mike Butler - Bass
Ben Moore - Keys
John O'Reilly Jr. - Drums
Eric Anders - Vocals
Mark O’Bitz - Acoustic and Electric Guitar
Mike Butler - Bass
Ben Moore - Keys
John O'Reilly Jr. - Drums
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Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more
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