For Independence Day

[omorka]

This is my song, O gods of all the nations,
A prayer for peace 'tween lands afar and mine.
This is my home, this country where my heart is;
Here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine -
But other hearts in other lands are beating
With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.

My country's skies are bluer than the oceans,
And sunlight gleams on cloverleaf and pine,
But other lands have sunlight, too, and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
Hear you my prayer, O gods of all the nations,
A song of peace, fot their lands and for mine.

Words: Lloyd Stone
Music: "Finlandia," Jean Sibellus