MY OWN UNITED STATES

 MY OWN UNITED STATES - THE HYMN 

Revised Edition- New verses written at the suggestion of 
THE NATIONAL SONG SOCIETY 

Lyric by STANISLAUS STANGE 

Music by JULIAN EDWARDS

1.My native land, my country dear,

Where men are equal free;

For thee each morn new love is born, 

Sweet land of liberty.

With tears my eyes are filling fast,

Yes, tears that joy awaits, 

With love I... cry :

"For you I'd die,

 My own United States !"

Refrain

I I love ev'ry inch of her prairie, 

Each stone on her mountain's side; 

I love ev'ry drop of the water clear,

That flows in her rivers wide. 

I love e' ry tree, ev'ry blade of grass 

With in Columbia's gates!

The Queen of the earth is the land of my birth.

My own United States. 

2. From golden youth to country silver'd age,

Tho' feeble feet may lag,

With joy each heart bids age depart,   

When gazing on our flag. 

The flag that ever filling leads the van,

Whose cour age naught a bates,

The flag of youth, the you flag of truth!

My own United States!

References:

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS  May 1919