America for Me by: Henry Van Dike
'Tis fine to see the old world and travel up and down,
Among the famous palaces and cities of renown,
To admire the crumbling castles and statues of the kings,
But now I think I've had enough of ANTIQUATED things.
So it's home again and home again America for me my heart is turning home again and there I long to be,
In the land of youth and freedom beyond the ocean bars,
Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.
Oh London is a mans town there's power in the air,
And Paris is a woman's town with flowers I'm her hair,
And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and its GREAT to study Rome,
But when it comes to living THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!!!!
I like the German fir-woods, in green battalions drilled,
I like the gardens of Versailles, with flashing fountains filled,
But Oh to take your hand my dear and ramble for a day in the Friendly Western Woodland were Nature had her way!
I know that Europe's wonderful yet something seems to lack,
The Past is to much with her and the people looking back.
But the glory of the Present is to make the future free,
We love our land for what she is and what she is to be.
Oh it's home again and home again America for me,
I want a ship that's Westward Bound to plow the rolling seas,
To the blessed land of room enough beyond the ocean bars,
WHERE THE AIR IS FULL OF SUNLIGHT AND THE FLAG IS FULL OF STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!
