*** HISTORY ROCK *** (1974)

The Great Melting Pot

Key to symbols within the lyrics

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 got

Is the great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' 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 can 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 meltin' pot.

Great American meltin' 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 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 Anerican melting pot.

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 U.S.A.

Go on and ask your Grandma,

Hear what she has to tell,

How great to be an 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 meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot.

The great American meltin' pot...

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