Down into the earth went the plow
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<strong>Down into the earth went the plow</strong>In the free hands and the slave hands,
In iured hands and adventurous hands,
Turning tbbr></abbr>he rich soil went the plow in many hands
That planted and harvested the food that fed
And the cotton that clothed America.
g against the trees <samp></samp>went the ax into many hands
That hewed and shaped the rooftops of America.
Splash into the rivers and the seas went the boat-hulls
That moved and transported America.
Crack went the whips that drove the horses
Across the plains of America.
Free hands and slave hands,
Iured hands, adventurous hands,
White hands and black hands
Held the plow handles,
Ax handles, hammer handles,
Lauhe boats and whipped the horses
That fed and housed and moved America.
Thus together through labor,
All these hands made America.
Labor! Out of labor came villages
And the towns that grew cities.
Labor! Out of labor came the rowboats
And the sailboats and the steamboats,
Came the wagons, and the coaches,
Covered wagons, stage coaches,
Out of labor came the factories,
Came the foundries, came the railroad>藏书网</a>s.
Came the marts and markets, shops and stores,
Came the mighty produ?99lｉb?s moulded, manufactured,
Sold in shops, piled in warehouses,
Shipped the wide world over:
Out of labor-white hands and black hands-
Came the <tt>.t>dream, the strength, the will,
And the way to build America.
Now it is Me here, and You there.
Now its Manhattan, Chicago,
Seattle, New Orleans,
Boston and El Paso-
Now its the U.S.A.
A long time ago, but not too long ago, a man said:
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL--
ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR
WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS--
AMONG THESE LIFE, LIBERTY
AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
His name was Jefferson. There were slaves then,
But in their hearts the slaves believed him, too,
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