Immigrant's Daughter Lyrics - Singles - Margaret Becker

Grandma sailed the Irish coast 

When she was barely thirteen 

She was young enough 

To believe in her dreams 

Working at a sweatshop 

Down on Bleeker Street 

Staring out the window 

She could see Miss Liberty 

The price didn't seem too steep 

She believed in a nation 

She believed in love 

She believed in loyalty 

And she put her fate in the hands of God 

I believed in a nation 

That's got more than land and water 

I hope, I have the simple faith 

The silent strength of the immigrant's daughter 

She could not be halted 

By famine or disease 

She married America 

And she scrubbed it on her knees 

Fiercely devoted 

To who was yet to be 

She gladly gave her reverence 

To the high authority 

The price didn't seem too steep 

She believed in a nation 

She believed in love 

She believed in loyalty 

And she put her fate in the hands of God 

I believed in a nation 

That's got more than land and water 

I hope, I have the simple faith 

The silent strength of the immigrant's daughter 

I look at the photographs 

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On my naked wall 

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The gallery of legacy 

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Has such a haunting call 

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Falling down on my knees 

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The calling comes to me 

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I'm gonna run to the land of the living 

And take everyone that I can with me 

I believe in a nation 

I believe in love 

I believe in loyalty 

And I put my fate in the hands of God 

I believe in a nation 

That's got more than land and water 

I hope, I have the simple faith 

The silent strength of the Immigrant's daughter 

I hope, I have that simple faith