O, let America be America again — The land that…

O, let America be America again —
The land that never has been yet —
And yet must be — the land where every man is free.

Sourced, Let America Be America Again, from A New Song (1938)

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I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek —
And finding only the same old stupid plan
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