by Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?)
A Rational Anthem
Language: English
My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of felony, Of thee I sing-- Land where my fathers fried Young witches and applied Whips to the Quaker's hide And made him spring. My knavish country, thee, Land where the thief is free, Thy laws I love; I love thy thieving bills That tap the people's tills; I love thy mob whose will's All laws above. Let Federal employees And rings rob all they please, The whole year long. Let office-holders make Their piles and judges rake Our coin. For Jesus' sake, Let's all go wrong!
Text Authorship:
- by Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), "A Rational Anthem" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A Rational Anthem", 1998 [medium voice and piano], note: melody by Henry Carey [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 94