3 May 1941: The United States Congress jointly approved Public Resolution No. 67, (54 Stat. 178) designating the third Sunday in May every year as Citizenship Day.

I am An American
(Shout! Wherever You May Be)
Lyric and Music Ira Schuster, Paul Cunningham and Leonard Whitcup

On the street, in the home
in a crowd or alone, shout!
Wherever you may be.
I am an American, I am,
from the heart of me.
Rich or liberty.

In the fact'ry, in the mill,
thru' each valley, from each hill,
raise your voice and give America a thrill!
On the farms, in the schools,
show the world we're no fools, shout!
Wherever you may be,
I am an American, I am
ev'ry part of me!

From Alaska's snowy peaks,
to the Southland's muddy creeks,
listen in, because America now speaks!

On the poor, young and old,
let this message be told, shout!
Wherever you may be.
I am an American,
I'm proud of my country!

In the fact'ry, in the mill,
thru' each valley, from each hill,
raise your voice and give America a thrill!
On the farms, in the schools,
let's have one set of rules, shout!
Wherever you may be,
I am an American, I am
ev'ry part of me!
From Alaska's snowy peaks,
to the Southland's muddy creeks,
listen in, because America now speaks!

©1940, 1968 Edwin H. Morris & Co.
The Greatest American Songbook (Milwaukee: Hal Leonard, 1991, p.42)

Note: The American writing team of Cunningham & Whitcup is the same as brought you From The Vine Came The Grapes &
Bible on the Table and the Flag upon the Wall. Here they hook up with Tin Pan Alley legend Ira Schuster.