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Show " JUST FOLKS V.j Edgmr A. Gect 4 - t it t m NTitY's i nnti. I want to see my country the first of gt thi earth A land where genius may glow wherever wher-ever It has birth A latuj of sturdy manhood, a land of w omen fa ir. Where opportunity's a job which every man may share. I want to see my country supreme on land and sea. An inspiration and a guide to all who would be free, America an honest land, a happy land and true. The guardian of s glorious past, the seeker of the new. 1 know my country's courage can blaze the path" afar, And carry hope to faltering hearts, no matter where they an : I know her genius can shed its rays from pole to pole. And build of Her a nation strong, a nation na-tion with a soul. Beyond the horizon of time her rising glories glow, A promise of the splendors that her future shall bestow . Great wisdom shall be cradled here, with each succeeding age Great men shall rise to write their fame no history's 'hining page. I want to Ree my country grow greater with the years. ,Wtth more that makes for laughter and less that brings the tears. America the ff'e land, the land of mirth and song, Too great to do a selflnh deed, loo big to shield a wrong' ' oo |