AMERICA  AT LAST!

They came on ships from a-cross the sea with the dream of being free.___
And as they en-tered New York har-bor they saw the Sta-tue of Lib - er - ty.
"Oh,  she's beau-ti-ful!  Oh, she's  glo-ri-ous! they cried in a hap-py tone.
Then they land-ed on El - lis  Is-land, know-ing lib-er-ty had wel-comed them home.

In  the in - spec - tion  hall with  bag-gage and  child-ren in their hands, 
they  were greet-ed  by strange sounds and  shouts and friend-ly com-mands:
"Stand o-ver here!   Stand  o-ver there! The doc-tor will ex-am-ine you!"
And when  they re-ceived land-ing cards,  they knew their dream had come true.

And  some were go-ing to  New York,  and  to  New Jer-sey to  stay.
And  some bought rail - road  tick-ets  to towns and ci-ties 'cross the U.  S.  A.
and  on  the  fer-ry to  low-er Man - hat - tan  their hearts beat so fast, 
as  with joy they  cried, "A-mer-i-ca   at   last!  "A-mer-i-ca   at   last!