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The Riverside song book/The Fatherland

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2554294The Riverside song book — The FatherlandC. G. BellmannJames Russell Lowell


THE FATHERLAND.

James Russell Lowell. C. G. Bellmann.

Andatnte con moto.

1. Where is the true man's fa - ther-land? Is it

2. Wher - e'er a hu - man heart doth wear Joy's

3. Wher - e'er a sin - gle slave doth pine, Where


where he by chance was born? Doth not the yearn - ing spir - it

wreath or sor - row's gyves, Where'er a hu - man spir - it

one man may help an-other,—Thank God for such a birth - right, scorn In such scant bor - ders to be spanned?

strives Af - ter a life more true and fair,

broth - er, That spot of earth is thine and mine!


Chorus.

O yes, his fa - ther - land must be. As the blue

 There is the true man’s birth - place grand, His is a

 There is the true man’s birth - place grand, His is a


heav - en, wide and free! Yes, his fa - ther - land must

world - wide fa - ther - land! There is the true man's birthplace

world - wide fa - ther - land! There is the true man's birthplace


be As the blue hea - en, wide and free!

grand, His is a world - wide fa - ther - land!

grand, His is a world - wide fa - ther - land!