My Great, Great, Grandfather

Performed by Kate Smith
Recorded May 20, 1942
Written by E. Fischer

The spirit of '76
Marching along through the years
Farmers and bankers and clerks
Ready to dish out the works
When an enemy appears
We're still minutemen, brave and free
For to win it men with a grand old family tree
My great, great, great, great grandfather came to America
Because in America a man was free
He worked and fought for he was the salt of America
To fight with American believe you me
For he had sons and they were the ones
Who fought for July the 4th
And their grandsons, shouldered their guns
Some for the South and the North
And so it goes my grandfathers fought for America
They loved America the same as we
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln
And all my great thoughts me a-thinking
What a fool some guy has to be to try
To take this land from you and me

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