that have to do with immigration?
2007-07-01 14:09:37 · 3 answers · asked by Erica 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Lyrics
I know of two, both oldies.
The song is "America" by Neil Diamond. It was included on his album, The Jazz Singer, in 1980.
Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star
Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm
Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm
Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America
Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today
My country 'tis of thee
Today
Sweet land of liberty
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
The poem is by Emma Lazarus, written in 1883. The last few lines were engraved on a bronze plate that was mounted within the Statue of Liberty in 1903.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
2007-07-01 14:37:58 · answer #1 · answered by Donna R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only one I know is Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
2007-07-01 21:21:35 · answer #2 · answered by wallflower♪ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
America by Heart deals with southern blacks moving north.
2007-07-01 23:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋