"Abraham Lincoln" is a song sung by Molly McGee and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln in The Ghost and Molly McGee episode, "Not So Honest Abe". With Abraham Lincoln's help, Molly gives her presentation to the school fair through a musical hip hop/jazz rhythm. Molly sings and pretends to play the piano while Lincoln is the one playing.
Lyrics[]
Molly McGee: Mr. Abraham Lincoln
Stood six foot four
He kept us united
Through the Civil War
'Cause he believed every
Person had the right to be
Unchained, liberated
Completely free
So, he rocked the nation
With a proclamation
The document advanced in emancipation
Abraham Lincoln: Ah-ha!
Molly McGee: But the states in the south
Didn't like him messin'
So, they said peace out
Hashtag succession!
Lincoln said, that's not
Gonna work for me
I don't agree with
The evils of slavery
He said the founding fathers
Abraham Lincoln: Uh, uh
Molly McGee: Had a master plan
Abraham Lincoln: Uh
Both: And a house divided
Can't stand
Abraham Lincoln was the man!
Abraham Lincoln was the man!
Abraham Lincoln: Spit it!
Molly McGee: Everybody give the guy a hand
Abraham Lincoln: Uh, uh, uh!
Both: Abraham Lincoln
Molly McGee: Lincoln was the man!
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Trivia[]
- This song is sometimes informally referred to as the "Lincoln rap" by fans.
- Molly's mention of "a proclamation" references the Emancipation Proclamation (aka Proclamation 95) issued by Lincoln on September 22, 1862.
- The "secession" referenced is the progressive seceding of eleven states from the Union during years preceding the proclamation:
- South Carolina (December 20, 1860)
- Mississippi (January 9, 1861)
- Florida (January 10, 1861)
- Alabama (January 11, 1861)
- Georgia (January 19, 1861)
- Louisiana (January 26, 1861)
- Texas (February 1, 1861)
- Virginia (April 17, 1861)
- Arkansas (May 6, 1861)
- North Carolina (May 20, 1861)
- Tennessee (June 8, 1861)
- Molly's lyrics imply that secession happened in response to the proclamation, when in fact it was the reverse: slaves were declared freemen via War Powers post-secession so that they could bolster the numbers of the Union army to invade Confederate territories.
- In the soundtrack version of this song, it ends with Lincoln making the statement "Take that, Hamilton!". This is no doubt a jab towards the musical Hamilton which documents the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of America.
- The instrumental of this song was used as background music in the episode "Friend-Off", during the part where Scratch tells Libby that he introduced Molly to Lincoln (referencing the events of "Not So Honest Abe")
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