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We’re sailing to America A nation of resplendent liberty And every rolling wave brings us closer to the day When we’ll dwell in the land of the free
acoustic singersongwriter
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Dave Preston is an acoustic folk artist who performs original music in Upstate New York. He is also one half of Half Pint Harmony, a Rochester based duo provid
is a songwriter from Western New York State. When not performing solo he plays his guitar for the at local child care centers and preschools with his friend, Bev.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #143
Peak in subgenre #17
Author
David Elon Preston
Rights
2002 David Elon Preston
Uploaded
January 25, 2004
Track Files
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MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
This is written for my Irish ancestors
Lyrics
The sky stretches clean, across the sea blue and green Oh, to place my two feet on the earth ‘tis I once again, asking, “god am I sane?” To be leaving the land of my birth We’re coming to America To a land of endless opportunity This vessel is full of hopeful, weary souls Seeking life in the land of the free ‘tis two weeks that’s passed, beneath this mizzen mast ‘tis two weeks of rolling misery Behind us our home, and all we’ve ever known Ahead us the wide Atlantic sea We’re sailing to America A nation of resplendent liberty And every rolling wave brings us closer to the day When we’ll dwell in the land of the free May our sons and daughters never know What it’s like to live in bitter tyranny And may God keep us well as we traverse the swells To build a life in the land of the free And I young and strong only want to belong To a people who’ll take me as I am But this light that we seek is for all, strong or week It’s a light that shines bright for every man We’re coming to America Where freedom is a sacred guarantee And we each have a dream, a longing so it seems To make a home in the land of the free We’re sailing to America A nation of resplendent liberty And every rolling wave brings us closer to the day When we’ll dwell in the land of the free
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