here goes:-

There Is a Land Called America
(Alan Whittle)

I had travelled much that day, and still had miles to go
So I was weary and I sat me down in a place I did not know
The young man on my right was sayin', I better be moving along
The world sure needs my help today , to stop it turning wrong
I could see he was a soldier of the great United States
And I bade him stay, but he said , No sir! for I must achieve
Some things that will not wait

Oh there is a land called America
Where Freedoms bell rings clear
And no good man needs to walk that land, with the downcast heart of fear
And since in that land of America, the hope of freedom first appeared
The joyous peal of the liberty bell
Is a sound all folks hold dear.

Yes there is a land called America
Though I can't be there today
It's there my friends and family live
With humble hearts and decent ways
And while I live and while I breathe
And hold a rifle, this much is clear
Those who would hurt my people
They will live their lives in fear of me

And I wished that young man well and safe
For I knew he had to go
To face difficulty and danger
On a faroff foreign shore
But I felt such admiration for a heart so young and bold
So resolute for the stars and stripes and these truths that we hold

For we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Oh there is a land called America
Where Freedoms bell rings clear
And no good man needs to walk that land, with the downcast heart of fear
And since in that land of America, the hope of freedom first appeared
The joyous peal of the liberty bell
Is a sound all folks hold dear.




©Alan Whittle 02/11/2004 11:12:46