Written by: Earl Robinson
Written by: Lewis Allen
Originally made famous by: Earl Robinson
From the Album: The Voice
Label: Columbia Records
Recorded: August 22, 1945
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INTRO:
What is America to me?
A name, a map, or a flag I see?
A certain word,
"democracy"?
What is America to me?
The house I live in, a plot of
earth, a street
The grocer and the butcher, and
the people that I meet
The children in the playground,
the faces that I see
All races and religions, that's
America to me
The place I work in, the worker
by my side
The little town or city where my
people lived and died
The "howdy" and the
handshake, the air of feeling free
And the right to speak my mind
out, that's America to me
The things I see about me, the
big things and the small
The little corner newsstand and
the house a mile tall
The wedding in the churchyard,
the laughter and the tears
The dream that's been a-growin'
for a hundred and fifty years
The town I live in, the street,
the house, the room
The pavement of the city, or a
garden all in bloom
The church, the school, the
clubhouse, the millions lights I see
But especially the people
That's America to me