A New National Anthem for the United States - Arise! Arise! by Jean Rohe
Atlantic and Pacific flow
Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
The land between sustains us all
To cherish it, our tireless call
(Chorus)
Arise! Arise!
I see the future in your eyes
To a more perfect union we aspire
And lift our voices from the fire
We reached these shores from many lands
We came with hungry hearts and hands
Some came by force and some by will
At the auction block, or the darkened mill
(Chorus)
We died in your fields and your factories
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
With an old coat hanger in a room somewhere
A trail of tears, an electric chair
(Chorus)
Our great responsibility
To be guardians of our liberty
Till tyrants bow to the people’s dream
And justice flows like a mighty stream
(Chorus)
[media=https://youtu.be/Ay1iC1zt24A]
I long for the day when America will be deserving of this anthem.
Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
The land between sustains us all
To cherish it, our tireless call
(Chorus)
Arise! Arise!
I see the future in your eyes
To a more perfect union we aspire
And lift our voices from the fire
We reached these shores from many lands
We came with hungry hearts and hands
Some came by force and some by will
At the auction block, or the darkened mill
(Chorus)
We died in your fields and your factories
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
With an old coat hanger in a room somewhere
A trail of tears, an electric chair
(Chorus)
Our great responsibility
To be guardians of our liberty
Till tyrants bow to the people’s dream
And justice flows like a mighty stream
(Chorus)
[media=https://youtu.be/Ay1iC1zt24A]
I long for the day when America will be deserving of this anthem.
