The Great American Melting Pot

My grandmother came from Russia

A satchel on her knees.

My grandfather had his father's cap

He brought from Italy.

They'd heard about a country

Where life might let them win.

They paid the fare to America

And there they melted in.

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Lovely Lady Liberty

With her book of recipes

And the finest one she's got

Is The Great American Melting Pot

The Great American Melting Pot.

America was founded by the English

And also by the Germans, Dutch and French.

The principle still sticks

Our heritage is mixed

So any kid could be the president.

You simply melt right in

It doesn't matter what your skin

It doesn't matter where you´re from

Or your religion, you jump right in

To the Great American Melting Pot

The Great American Melting Pot.

Ooh, what a stew, red, white and blue.

America was the New World

and Europe was the old.

America was the land of hope,

Or so the legend told.

On steamboats, by the millions,

In search of honest pay

Those 19th century immigrants

Sailed to reach the USA.

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What good ingredients, Liberty and Immigrants.

They brought their countries' customs

Their language and their ways.

They filled the factories, tilled the soil,

Helped build the USA.

Go on and ask your Grandma

Hear what she has to tell

How great to be  American

And something else as well.

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