Lyrics - The Great American Melting Pot by Various Artists

Lyrics &
Music by:
Lynn
Ahrens
Performed by:
Lori
Lieberman
My grandmother came from
Russia
A satchel on her knee,
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.
Lovely
Lady
Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she's gotis the great
American melting pot
The great
American melting pot.
America was founded by the
English,
But 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 nineteenth century immigrants sailed
To reach the
U.
S.
A.
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.
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.
They brought the country's customs,
Their language and their ways.
They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
Helped build the
U.
S.
A.
Go on and ask your grandma,
Hear what she has to tell
HOW great to be
American
And something else as well.
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.
The great
American melting pot.
The great
American melting pot.

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