A patriotic song from 1919
Words by Stanislaus Stange
Music by Julian Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- My native land, my country dear
Where men are equal, free
For thee each morn new love is born
Sweet land of liberty
With tears my eyes are filling fast
Yes, tears that joy awaits
With love I cry, “For you I’d die”
My own United States
Refrain
I love every inch of her prairie land
Each stone on her mountain side
I love every drop of the water clear
That flows in her rivers wide
I love every tree, every blade of grass
Within Columbia’s gates
The Queen of the earth is the land of my birth
My own United States
- From golden youth to silvered age
Tho’ feeble feet may lag
With joy each heart bids age depart
When gazing on our flag
The flag that ever leads the van
Whose courage naught abates
The flag of youth, the flag of truth
My own United States