Hello, I just found the site and joined. I have enjoyed all of the movies I've seen John Wayne star in. I downloaded the song America the Good by John Wayne and would greatly appreciate getting the lyrics. I went to several web sites trying to find the lyrics, but in vain. My wife does Minnie Pearl act for people in nursing homes, etc. and wanted to use the lyrics in her shows. It would be a great addition if we could add this. My email address is [email protected].
Thanks in advance for any help.
Ken
Lyrics
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Hi Magican, Welcome to the site. We all sure hope you stick around. And i have just what you are looking for, just copy and paste from my post. Enjoy!!
America, Why I Love Her
Written by John Mitchum
Poet/ActorYou ask me why I love her? Well, give me time, and I'll explain...
Have you seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain?
Have you drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way?
Have you watched the cold fog drifting over San Francisco Bay?Have you heard a Bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines?
Or heard the bellow of a diesel in the Appalachia mines?
Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar?
Do you look with awe and wonder at a Massachusetts shore...
Where men who braved a hard new world, first stepped on Plymouth Rock?
And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock ?Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies...way up high?
Have you seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky?
Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea...
Or bow your head at Gettysburg...in our struggle to be free?Have you seen the mighty Tetons? ...Have you watched an eagle soar?
Have you seen the Mississippi roll along Missouri's shore?
Have you felt a chill at Michigan, when on a winters day,
Her waters rage along the shore in a thunderous display?
Does the word "Aloha"... make you warm?
Do you stare in disbelief When you see the surf come roaring in at Waimea reef?From Alaska's gold to the Everglades...from the Rio Grande to Maine...
My heart cries out... my pulse runs fast at the might of her domain.
You ask me why I love her?... I've a million reasons why.
My beautiful America... beneath Gods' wide, wide sky. -
magician002, a hearty WELCOME to you! We hope to see you around the ol' John Wayne Message Board often! Thanks for asking about those lyrics, and thanks, SXViper, for so promptly providing them. It's been awhile since we've listened to Duke on CD, guess we'll have to break it out tonight and hear it again. Those sure are awesome words, and it's real special to hear them in John Wayne's voice.
Chester
and the Mrs. 
