I AM AN  AMERICAN

On the street,  in the home,  
In a crowd, or a - lone,__
Shout!   Wher-ev-er you may be,  
I AM  AN  A-MER-I-CAN,____
I   am, from the heart of me._____

Rich or poor, young and old,  
Let the mes-sage be told, 
Shout!   Wher-ev-er you may be,  
I AM  AN  A-MER-I-CAN,____
I'm proud of my  lib - er - ty.___________

In the fac-t'ry,  in the mill,  
Thru each val-ley, from each hill,
Raise your voice and give A - mer - i-ca  a thrill!_____
On the farms,  in the schools,  
Let's have one set of rules,
Shout!   Wher-ev-er you may be,  
I AM  AN  A-MER-I-CAN,____
I   am, ev-'ry  part  of me.

From A - las-ka's snow-y peaks, 
To  the  South-land's mud-dy creeks, 
Lis-ten in be-cause A - mer-i-ca now speaks!_______
A - mer - i - ca  now  speaks!

On the farms,  in the schools,  
Let's have one set of rules, 
Shout!   Wher-ev-er you may be,  
I AM  AN  A-MER-I-CAN,____
I   am,_______ ev-'ry  part   of  me!___________                                                       

Circa 1940
Lyric and Music by Ira Schuster, Paul Cunningham and Leonard Whiteup