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Various Artists
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Schoolhouse Rock 2
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The Great American Melting Pot
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Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens
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Performed by: Lori Lieberman
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My grandmother came from Russia
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A satchel on her knee,
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My grandfather had his father's cap
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He brought from Italy.
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They'd heard about a country
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Where life might let them win,
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They paid the fare to America
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And there they melted in.
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Lovely Lady Liberty
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With her book of recipes
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And the finest one she's got
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is the great American melting pot
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The great American melting pot.
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America was founded by the English,
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But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.
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The principle still sticks;
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Our heritage is mixed.
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So any kid could be the president.
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You simply melt right in,
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It doesn't matter what your skin,
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It doesn't matter where you're from,
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Or your religion, you jump right in
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To the great American melting pot
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The great American melting pot.
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Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.
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America was the New World
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And Europe was the Old.
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America was the land of hope,
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Or so the legend told.
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On steamboats by the millions,
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In search of honest pay,
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Those nineteenth century immigrants sailed
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To reach the U.S.A.
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Lovely Lady Liberty
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With her book of recipes
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And the finest one she's got
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Is the great American melting pot
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The great American melting pot.
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What good ingredients,
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Liberty and immigrants.
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They brought the country's customs,
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Their language and their ways.
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They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
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Helped build the U.S.A.
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Go on and ask your grandma,
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Hear what she has to tell
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HOW great to be American
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And something else as well.
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Lovely Lady Liberty
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With her book of recipes
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And the finest one she's got
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IS the great American melting pot
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The great American melting pot.
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The great American melting pot.
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The great American melting pot.
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