This Is Our Land (from the new musical Genuis Grant)

Music & lyrics by David Rackoff         

          ​VARIOUS TOWNS-FOLK
THIS IS THE LAND WE TEND AND PLOW.
THIS IS OUR FAITH; THE OATH WE VOW.
THIS IS OUR LAND.

     WE SEED THE SEEDS,
     AND WE SQUEEZE THE UDDER.
     WE WEED THE WEEDS,
     AND WE CHURN THE BUTTER.
     WE DON’T WEAR TOPS MADE OF FANCY SILK
     THE MEN-FOLK WORK, AND THE FEM-FOLK MILK.

THIS IS THE LAND WE SEW AND REAP.
MILL THE MILLET ’TIL IT’S FLOUR.
THIS IS OUR OATH; THE FAITH WE KEEP.
LONG AS GOD WILL WILL, THIS IS OUR LAND.

     WE PLANT OUR PLANTS
     UNDER EV’RY ACRE.
     WE CHANT OUR CHANTS, 
​     AND WE PRAISE OUR MAKER.
     WE LIVE OUR LIVES BY THE LORD’S DECREE.
     THE HE- AND SHE-FOLK TOGETHER BE.

THIS IS THE LAND WE SEW AND REAP.
MILL THE MILLET ’TIL IT’S FLOUR.
THIS IS OUR OATH; THE FAITH WE KEEP.
LONG AS GOD WILL WILL, THIS IS OUR LAND.

THIS IS THE LAND THAT SPROUTS AND YIELDS.
DOUGH WILL GROW THEN SLOWLY SOUR.
THIS IS OUR HOME: THE SKY, THE FIELDS.
ON SOLID GROUND WE STAND,
TOGETHER HAND IN HAND,
AS LONG AS GOD WILL WILL, THIS IS OUR LAND!

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