De Laud save Fader Abraham!

"At the 18th corps camp, Lincoln met throngs of black soldiers who circled roundabout him. Tears ran down their faces as they cheered, laughed and sang. They waved their hands and shouted: ‘God bless Massa Linkum!’ ‘De Laud save Fader Abraham!’ The President rode with bowed head; tears in his eyes, and his voice broken with emotion." from Abraham Lincoln: The Man & His Faith by G. Frederick Owen