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Date: 1923Description: Sheet music for “It’s your land and my land”

“To the lovers of Law and Order, Peace and Justice we send greeting; and to the shades of the valiant, venerated Dead, we gratefully and affectionately - Dedicate This Song!”

IT’S YOUR LAND AND MY LAND [image]

––Words by–– ––Music By––F Eugene Farnsworth Milton Charles Bennett

F. Eugene Farnsworth Portland, Maine Price 50c

IT’S YOUR LAND, AND MY LAND 3Words by Music byF. E. Farnsworth Milton Charles Bennet INTRO. With vigorVOICE 1. With 2. ThePIANO

brawn and brain and cour - age, He – ro - ic men of yore Builtin - fant now is man - grown, From sea to roll - ing sea, It’s

on these shores a na - tion To –– stand for ev - er - more. Frommight - y bor - ders broad - en To –– shel - ter you and me. They

Copyright 1923 by F Eugene Farnsworth

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wilds of the sa - vage,From temp - ests storm and flood, Theshel - ter and love us, and ‘neath the ver - ger sod, Our

in - fant land they shield - ed, And chris - tened with their blood. A-fa - thers all are sleep - ing Who shed their hal - lowed blood. But

mer - i - ca, they called ––– it, A – mer – I - ca, the Free, Thenlet us not be sleep - ing, For–– could they know and see Our

gave it to their child - ren Their child - ren, you and me. It’sfa - thers would be weep - ing, Be - cause of you and me

It’s your Land, and my land 3

CHORUS

your land, and ––– my land, to ––– own, to rule, to love. It’s

bled for, and––– died for, and blessed by God a - bove. It’s

your land, and my land, and while the world shall be, We’ll

fight to keep it our land, A – mer – I - ca, the Free.

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