~ America, Why I Love Her ~

Narration by
John Wayne

You ask me why I love her.
Well, give me time, and I'll explain
Have you seen a Kansas sunset
Or an Arizona rain
Have you drifted on a bayou
Down Louisiana way
Have you watched the cold fog
Drifting over San Francisco Bay

Have you heard a Bobwhite calling
In the Carolina pines
Or heard the bellow of a diesel
In the Appalachia mines
Does the call of Niagara thrill you
When you hear her waters roar
Do you look with awe and wonder
At a Massachusetts shore
Where men who braved a hard new world
First stepped on Plymouth Rock
And do you think of them when you stroll
Along a New York City dock

Have you seen a snowflake drifting
In the Rockies way up high
Have you seen the sun come blazing
Down from a bright Nevada sky
Do you hail to the Columbia
As she rushes to the sea
Or bow your head at Gettysburg
In our struggle to be free

Have you seen the mighty Tetons
Have you watched an eagle soar
Have you seen the Mississippi
Roll along Missouri's shore
Have you felt a chill at Michigan
When on a winters day
Her waters rage along the shore
In a thunderous display
Does the word "Aloha"
Make you warm
Do you stare in disbelief
When you see
The surf come roaring
In at Waimea reef

From Alaska's gold to the Everglades
From the Rio Grande to Maine
My heart cries out; my pulse runs fast
At the might of her domain
You ask me why I love her
I've a million reasons why
My beautiful America
Beneath Gods' wide, wide sky