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THE NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM-"America, My Country" is said to be the
greatest patriotic song-poem of the war. Some have hailed it as the new National
Anthem. It received the applause of Congress, when Hon. Isaac Siegel of New York
quoted it in his patriotic speech at one of the tensest moments in American history,
on the day war was declared. The National Editorial Association sang it at
Red Wing and Minneapolis. Men have enlisted because of it. You who believe in
the sentiment it expresses, mail copies to your friends to help arouse patriotism and
make the world safe for democracy".
America, My Country
By Jens K. Grondahl
MERICA, my country I come at thy call;
I plight thee my troth and I give thee my all;
In peace or in war I am wed to thy weal-
I'll carry thy flag thru the fire and the steel.
Unsullied it floats o'er our peace-loving race,
On sea nor on land shall it suffer disgrace;
In rev'rence I kneel at sweet liberty's shrine:
America, my country, command, I am thine!
America, my country, brave souls gave thee birth-
They yearned for a haven of freedom on earth;
And when thy proud flag to the winds was unfurled,
There came to thy shores the oppressed of the world.
Thy milk and thy honey flow freely for all-
Who takes of thy bounty shall come at thy call;
Who quaffs of thy nectar of freedom shall say:
America, my country, command, I obey!
America, my country, now come is thy hour-
The Lord of hosts counts on thy courage and power;
Humanity pleads for the strength of thy hand,
Lest liberty perish on sea and on land.
Thou guardian of freedom, thou keeper of right,
When liberty bleeds we may trust in thy might,
Divine right of kings or our freedom must fall-
America, my country, I come at thy call!
Chorus: America, my country, I answer thy call,
VOCAL SOLOS
That freedom may live and that tyrants may fall;
I owe thee my all and my all will I give-
I do and I die that America may live.
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