Various Artists - The Great American Melting Pot |
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The Great American Melting Pot
Various Artists My grandmother came from Russia A satchel on her knee, My grandfather had his father's cap He brought from Italy. Where life might let them win, They'd heard about a country They paid the fare to America And there they melted in. Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got The great American melting pot. is the great American melting pot But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French. America was founded by the English, The principle still sticks; Our heritage is mixed. So any kid could be the president. You simply melt right in, It doesn't matter where you're from, It doesn't matter what your skin, Or your religion, you jump right in The great American melting pot. To the great American melting pot Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue. America was the New World America was the land of hope, Or so the legend told. And Europe was the Old. On steamboats by the millions, In search of honest pay, Those nineteenth century immigrants sailed To reach the U.S.A. Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got The great American melting pot. Is the great American melting pot Liberty and immigrants. What good ingredients, They brought the country's customs, They filled the factories, tilled the soil, Their language and their ways. Helped build the U.S.A. Go on and ask your grandma, Hear what she has to tell And something else as well. HOW great to be American Lovely Lady Liberty With her book of recipes And the finest one she's got IS the great American melting pot The great American melting pot. The great American melting potThe great American melting pot. |
