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American Hymn

from Run for Freedom by Larry Long

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American Hymn

Italy, Germany,
Africa we come.
Vietnam by sea and land
into your arms we run.
Refugees filled with dreams
laying our burdens down.
Upon your soil we have toiled
from town to town.

America, America
God shed her grace on thee.
Sisterhood, brotherhood.
Someday, I do believe.

From the mills of Pittsburgh Steel
to the Iron Range.
Way out west to the land
of desert sage.
Cowboy blues, mutton stew,
California sun.
To your ports we travel north
got no place now left to run.

America, America.
God shed her grace on thee.
Sisterhood, brotherhood.
Someday, I do believe.

Potawatomi, Sioux, Ojibwe, too.
Hopi, Cheyenne, Navajo.
Promises unfulfilled.
Still driving them out of their home.
Freedom, Oh Freedom.
For whom, what does that mean?
Like waves out on the ocean
crossing the deep blue sea.

America, America.
God shed her grace on thee.
Sisterhood, brotherhood.
Today, I do believe.

Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1982; renewed 2023 | BMI

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from Run for Freedom, released June 21, 2023
Larry Long: Lead Vocal, Guitar
Claudia Schmidt: Vocal
Howard Levy: Harmonica
Doug Lofstrom: Bass

American Hymn
Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long Publishing 1982; renewed 2023 | BMI

Produced by Marian Moore & Larry Long

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Larry Long Minneapolis, Minnesota

Larry Long is a chip off the old block of American hardwoods, a spoken
word poet, a singer-songwriter, rouser, seeker, storyteller and
conservationist. Well traveled across the world, wherever he
goes, he celebrates people and places in song.

Larry Long is a recipient of the prestigious In The Spirit of Crazy Horse Award for his work in forgotten communities.

www.larrylong.org
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