Was Ist Des Deutschen Vaterland

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QUARTETTE AND CHORUS FOR MALE VOICES.
Music arr. by A. CULL.

[Quartette]
1. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Is't Maryland? Virginialand?
Is't where Potomac's rushing tide
Swift thro' the mountain gorge doth glide?

[Chorus]
Ah! no, no, no!
Greater by far that land, I trow,
Greater by far that land, I trow.

2. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Is't Jerseyland? Missouriland?
Is't where the clanging sea - fowls scream?
Where rolls the Mississippi's stream?
Ah! no, &c.

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3. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Is't eastern land? Is't western land?
Is't where the granite mountains rise?
Is't where the flowery prairie lies?
Ah! no, no, &c.

4. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Is't middle land? Is't border land?
Is't where the iron forges glow?
Is't where primeval forests grow?
Ah! no, no, &c.

5. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Name to me, then, the glorious land.
Is't where the snow - white plant expends?
Is't California's golden sands?
Ah! no, no, &c.

6. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Is't where once stood a noble band,
The freedom we enjoy to gain,
On Bunker's height, or Eutaw's plain?
Ah! no, no, &c.

7. What is the Patriot's Fatherland?
Name, then, at least, the glorious land.
Where'er the starry flag doth wave.
North, South, East, West, that land we have,
That should it be -- that should it be,
True Fatherland to you and me.

8. The whole should be our Fatherland,
Unsevered by the traitor's hand,
Unshaken by fanatic zeal,
Where all shall seek the common weal.
That shall it be -- that shall it be,
True Fatherland to you and me.