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"'''This Is My Country'''" is an American patriotic [[folk song]] composed in 1940. The lyrics are by [[Don Raye]] and the music is by Al Jacobs. |
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::''Another song of the same name'' was performed by [[Curtis Mayfield]] and [[The Impressions]] on the 1968 [[This Is My Country (album)|album of the same name]].<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/27/author_walter_mosley_on_writing_mystery "Break"]. Several lines of the Mayfield/Impressions recording played as first musical break on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' interview with [[Walter Mosley]], February 27, 2012. One line: "Some people don't think we have the right to say 'This is my country'."</ref> |
::''Another song of the same name'' was performed by [[Curtis Mayfield]] and [[The Impressions]] on the 1968 [[This Is My Country (album)|album of the same name]].<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2012/2/27/author_walter_mosley_on_writing_mystery "Break"]. Several lines of the Mayfield/Impressions recording played as first musical break on ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' interview with [[Walter Mosley]], February 27, 2012. One line: "Some people don't think we have the right to say 'This is my country'."</ref> |
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* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000021/default.html This |
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000021/default.html This Is My Country: Patriotic Melodies] |
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Revision as of 14:25, 9 December 2012
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"This Is My Country" is an American patriotic folk song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs.
- Another song of the same name was performed by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions on the 1968 album of the same name.[1]
The folk song begins slowly, opening with:
- What difference if I hail from North or South
- Or from the East or West?
- My heart is filled with love
- For all of these.
- I only know I swell with pride
- And deep within my breast
- I thrill to see Old Glory
- Paint the breeze.
It then swings into a march tempo for the verse.
The song is made notable by the fact that it honors both native-born Americans and immigrants. The first verse reads:
- This is my country
- Land of my birth
- This is my country
- Grandest on Earth
While the second verse (sung on a repeat, as the introduction is not repeated) instead reads:
- This is my country
- Land of my choice
- This is my country
- Hear my proud voice.
Both versions join together at the ending:
- I pledge thee my allegiance
- America the bold
- For this is my country
- To have and to hold
References
- ^ "Break". Several lines of the Mayfield/Impressions recording played as first musical break on Democracy Now! interview with Walter Mosley, February 27, 2012. One line: "Some people don't think we have the right to say 'This is my country'."
External links
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