Amerike (America - My Country 'Tis of Thee)
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Samuel Francis Smith (English)
English Lyrics
Mayn landt, mayn libe du,
Mayn frayhayt-landt, nem tsu
Mayn loyb-gezang!
Do foters keyver shteyt,
Do pilgrim-shtolts, tseshpreyt,
Shtrom, landt, fun berger-keyt,
Mit frayhayt-klang!
Du libe heymlandt mayn,
Du landt fun frayhayt-sheyn,
Lib nomen du.
Dayn barg-vald, feldz -- mir nont,
Kh'ob lib dayn kval, vos shtromt,
Dayn frayer horizont,
Git harts mayns ru.
Zol shvebn klang in roym,
Zol zingen yeyder boym
Dos fray gezang;
Zol vakh zayn mentshns tsung,
Gants landt in eyn tsezung,
Brekh, feltdz, dayn shtilkayt-rung,
Un kling mit klang.
Fun mayne oves, -- Got,
Du har fun fray-gebot,
Mayn loyb nem tsu!
Zol shaynen undzer landt
Mit frayhayt nokhanand,
Bashits undz mit dayn handt --
Bashefer du!
Translation
(original lyrics)
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers
died!
Land of the Pilgrim's
pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and
rills,
Thy woods and templed
hills;
My heart with rapture
fills
Like that above.
Let music swell the
breeze,
And ring from all the
trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe
partake;
Let rocks their silence
break,
The sound prolong.
Our father's God to, Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be
bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!
The Yiddish version of the American song "My Country 'Tis of Thee"
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Added September 12th, 1999