| America, Can You Hear Your People Sing? | ||
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By Tom Vance | |
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Key of C |
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The history of our nation is the story of the land; | |
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| The heart and soul of the people here and the things for which we stand; | ||
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| America, America, can you hear your people sing? | ||
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| We love this land we live in and the freedom that you bring. | ||
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We sailed across the ocean, to the eastern shore; | |
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| From Plimoth down to Jamestown, many hardships we endured. | ||
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| Then we fought the King of England, with a volunteer army; | ||
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| A new country with 13 states and a dream to be forever free. | ||
| Chorus | America, America, can you hear your fathers’ call? | |
| Their vision for our country is a promise to us all; | ||
| America, America, can you hear your people sing? | ||
| We love this land we live in, and the freedom that you bring. | ||
| 2. | Then we moved across the land from sea to shining sea; | |
| Through the Cumberland to Kentuck, to Illinois and the wide prairie; | ||
| And we pushed on through the Rockies to the wide pacific shore. | ||
| We built railroads and towns and farmed the land and fought a Civil War. | ||
| Chorus | America, America, can you hear your destiny call? | |
| Your spirit of adventure is, an inspiration to us all; | ||
| America, America, can you hear your people sing? | ||
| We love this land we live in, and the freedom that you bring. | ||
| 3. | Then into the 20th Century where more great wars did loom; | |
| From the horseless carriage and Kitty Hawk to men upon the moon. | ||
| Now our future is before us, but with courage we will stand; | ||
| For it was with our blood and sweat and tears, that we forged out this great land. | ||
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America, America, can you hear your future call? | |
| The greatness of your spirit is a tribute to us all; | ||
| America, America, can you hear your people sing? | ||
| We love this land we live in, and the freedom that you bring. | ||
| We love this land we live in, . . . and the freedom that you bring. | ||
| Words & Music by Tom Vance, © July, 1998. | ||
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