That border line betweenus is not just a set of
marks upon a map.
Beyond,south and east, lay rolling green valleys
not yet claimed fromthe wilderness.
And together well keep that faith, for the years
and thechildren still to be. Look what we did to Coventry and
Rotterdam!
And, now and then, it happens like Jack Brown,Nice
fellow, Jack.
We built them out of freedom and our
sweat.
He looked around and saw his neighbors faces
Weve had Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Teddy Rooseveltand
John A. Let us dropdiplomatic formalities for the moment.
A VOICE: I was always glad to co-operate. But look
in your own minds and memoriesAnd find out what you find and what youd
keep.
They represent the League of Strength Through Joy.
I know you think of that, this time of year. Her fathers dead, her brothers in the
hills,And yet she used to be a merry child.
For those of you who like order, we can supply
order.
VOICE: For the toil, the struggle, the hope and the
great goal. Is it your place to sing against King Herod?
A WOMANS VOICE: I dont know, Im a woman with a
house,I do my work. We built them out of freedom and our sweat.
WIFE: I think that he must be a wicked
man.
Theyll soon have enoughWith grape and with round
shot,Well give them hot stuff. When they came to myhouse, they were welcome; when I
went to their house, I waswelcome.
We know it and well hold it and well keep it.
NARRATOR: What have we got to say,People, you people?
People, you people, growing everywhere,What have
you got to say? But we learned some things in that darkness and kept free. A MAN: Im
on reliefI know what they say about us on relief,Those who never were there. Well,
its a long time coming,And, meanwhile, were the wheat between the stones. That was
theforest when Jim Hunter left the banks of the great lake. They wouldnt even let
him take his specs,The day the troopers came around for him.
A woman sings there in the early morning. It is to
raise a question and a doubtWhere there was faith. King Herod, King Herod,Now what
will you sayOf the child in the stableThis cold winter day?
And abored clerk read in the Senate of the United
States .
Weve had folks who triedto sow dissension too, but
they never raised a crop and theynever will.
The border must be kept with forts,ships and
cannon. For those of you who like Benito Mussolini, we can supply. And you can have
the crumbs from our table and a trustys job in our world-jail.
Not one mans, not the greatest, but the peoples.