This Is My Country (song)

"This Is My Country"
Song
Written	1940
Genre	Patriotic song
Composer(s)	Al Jacobs
Lyricist(s)	Don Raye

"This Is My Country" is an American patriotic song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs.Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians were the first to record the song, in 1942. The song is played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows.

The folk song begins slowly, opening with this introductory verse:

A second, rarely performed, verse reads,

It then swings into a march tempo for the chorus.

The song is made notable by the fact that it honors both native-born Americans and immigrants. The first chorus reads:

While the second chorus (sung on a repeat, as the introduction is usually not repeated) instead reads:

Both versions join together at the ending:

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