Margaret Becker Immigrants Daughter Lyrics

Immigrants Daughter Lyrics

Grandma sailed the Irish coast

When she was barely thirteen

She was
young enough 

To believe in her dreams

And working at a sweatshop


Down on Bleeker Street

Staring out the window 

She could see
Miss Liberty

The price didn't seem too steep



Chorus:

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



Chorus



I look at the photographs 

On my naked wall

The gallery of
legacy 

Has such a haunting call

And falling down on my knees

The calling comes to me

I'm gonna run to the land of the living

And take everyone that I can with me



Chorus



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