"Kingdom Coming", also known as "The Year of Jubilo", is an American Civil War song, written and composed by Henry C. Work in 1862, prior to the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
A pro-Unionist song, the song's lyrics are sung from the point of view of Confederate-owned slaves, who celebrate their impending freedom in the wake of their Confederate master having been frightened into running away by the approaching of Union military forces. They speculate
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