OFFICIAL SONG OF COLUMBUS DAY

SONG OF COLUMBUS DAY

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The Youth's Companion 
AIR: Lyons 

 Columbia my, land! all hail the glad day 

When first to thy strand Hope pointed the way:

Hail him who thro' darkness first followed the Flame 

That led where the Mayflower of Liberty came.

Dear Country, the star of the valiant and free!

Thy exiles afar are dreaming of thee. 

No fields of the Earth so enchantingly shine, 

No air breathes such incense, such music as thine.

Humanity's home! thy sheltering breast

 Gives welcome and room to strangers oppress'd. 

Pale children of Hunger and Hatred and Wrong 

Find life in thy freedom and joy in thy song.

Thy fairest estate the lowly may hold, 

Thy poor may grow great, thy feeble grow bold,

 For worth is the watchword to noble degree, 

And manhood is mighty where manhood is free.

O Union of States, and union of souls! 

Thy promise awaits, thy future unfolds, 

And earth from her twilight is hailing the sun,

That rises where people and rulers are one.     

by Theron Brown 

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL HYMN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHANTED IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON OCTOBER 12- COLUMBUS DAY SINCE 1892. THE HYMN I HAVE FOUND IN THE MAGAZINE OF THE MINISTERY OF EDUCATION OF THE USA- THE INDIANA SCHOOL MAGAZINE, NO 10- MONTH OF OCTOBER, YEAR 1892. THE HYMN IS PRESENTED AS IT IS.

INDIANA SCHOOL JOURNAL VOL XXXVII OCTOBER 1892 NUMBER 10