<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">America My Country</span><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">by </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/florence-d-schmalke/" title="Florence D. Schmalke"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">Florence D. Schmalke</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It's great to live in a country big and strong </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It doesn't matter if you are young or old </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Our thoughts are as good as gold </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Where we go on land or sea </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We can always be happy and free </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Free to express our thoughts and then </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Even express them over again </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To different people no matter what color or race </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In America for them there is always a place </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To make a home </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">For their families to roam </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The fields; the woods. </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The countryside </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Especially the young man and his bride </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">For seniors and teens </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In formals or jeans </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Who ever it may be </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Remember we can always be free </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Just like a bird chirping, singing happily. </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Like chipmunks in the wood </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Calling to his mate and being good. </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Good to his family </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And Grandpa talking to his Emily </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pondering over ideas and thoughts galore </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">And, off to bed and listen to him snore </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Taken up in the morning early light </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Whenever it is nice and bright </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In America where we are always free </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Where in New York Harbor stands the Statue of Liberty </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Her hand raised high toward the sky </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Where our planes in freedom fly </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Where all of us want to be </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">America for you and me </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Liberty and freedom will never end </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I'll get down on both my knees and bend </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">To thank God I am an American </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">In a country great and grand </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Who wants to be anywhere else </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Except in America where we can do so much expand </span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">America will always be my land.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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