"This is America"
                             by Walt Perko
                   Natural Digital Musical Productions
                          Copyright 1991-2001


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From the Eastern Shores and Plymouth Rock, to the Hawaiian Islands Sunshine,
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My love for her run deep and strong, my pride is in her soul.
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This is America, America,
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This is America, and my pride is in her soul.

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The Bill of Rights that we believe, the cause that is our Freedom.
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We hold them sacred in our hearts, ideals that we believe, 
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This is America, America,
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This is America, and my pride is in her soul.

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A shrinking world, a growing scheme, Democracy surrounds us,
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Freedom's Bell will ring again, with Liberty Enlightning the World.
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This is America, America,
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This is America, and my pride is in her soul.


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This is America, America,
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This is America, and my pride is in her soul.


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Caring for America, America,
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This is America, and my pride is in her soul.




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I wrote ... "This is America" inspired by the impending end of the cold war.

The song is simple and would only take about 20-minutes to teach a handful 
of kids to sing the song ... and if so, perhaps could be recorded for radio 
play.  

There is no cost to sing this song for the love of America, for school 
children, for scout troops, for honorable non-profit organizations.  My 
reward is that a little work I did helps to encourage a stronger sense of 
American Patriotism.

In fact, I want to encourage children to write more verses for the song.  
Hints:  1776, the United States of America Constitution, the Declaration of 
Independence, our first president George Washington.


For a MIDI file, Score Sheet, Lyric Sheet and sample of me singing the song 
to give to the schools;  http://www.brainless.org/ndmp/tisam.htm


Walt Perko              wperko@brainless.org
HC1 Box 4741
Keaau, HI  96749