The Riverside song book/True Freedom

For other versions of this work, see Stanzas on Freedom.

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True Freedom
by James Russell Lowell, composed by Friedrich Silcher

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2615396The Riverside song book — True FreedomFriedrich SilcherJames Russell Lowell

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