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Edgar Guest - No Better Land Than ThisEdgar Guest - No Better Land Than This
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If I knew a better country in this glorious world today Where a man`s work hours are shorter and he`s drawing bigger pay, If the Briton or the Frenchman had an easier life than mine, I`d pack my goods this minute and I`d sail across the brine. But I notice when an alien wants a land of hope and cheer, And a future for his children, he comes out and settles here. Here`s the glorious land of Freedom! Here`s the milk and honey goal For the peasant out of Russia, for the long-subjected Pole. It is here the sons of Italy and men of Austria turn For the comfort of their bodies and the wages they can earn. And with all that men complain of, and with all that goes amiss, There`s no happier, better nation on the world`s broad face than this. So I`m thinking when I listen to the wails of discontent, And some foreign disbeliever spreads his evil sentiment, That the breed of hate and envy that is sowing sin and shame In this glorious land of Freedom should go back from whence it came. And I hold it is the duty, rich or poor, of every man Who enjoys this country`s bounty to be all American.
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