| Lyrics: | Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens
Performed by: Lori Lieberman
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
melting pot
The great American melting 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 could 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 melting pot
The great American melting
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 nineteenth 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 American
melting pot.
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.
They brought the
country's 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 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 melting pot
The great American melting pot.
The great American melting
pot.
The great American melting pot |
