The Statue of Liberty stands tall

Upon her pedestal greeting one and all

As they come forth from distant lands across the sea

In their hopeful quest for freedom and opportunity

Oh, Liberty standing by the sea

So gracefully towering majestically

Was sent as a gift of friendship and alliance to our country

By the people of France in their generosity

Created in sculpture by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

This magnificent symbol for America’s freedom and equality

Came to stand and represents

America’s greatest historic event

When the thirteen original colonies united and fought hand in hand

In the revolution that swept throughout this land

Against the British reign of tyranny

And won “the Independence” for this country

With Liberty’s right arm upraised and her hand upholding so high

A flaming torch of freedom straight upward into the sky

She guides the airplanes in flight and the ships out at sea

Unto the shores of America and the land of the free

From Paris, France she came as sent

Aboard the French naval ship Isére to celebrate and represent

The Independence of this land

And the freedom gained for the common man

Oh, Liberty standing tall for all to see

On her island in peaceful tranquillity

Presents our nation’s policy

Of governmental democracy

In New York Harbor on her island there Liberty proudly stands

Welcoming our citizens and tourists visiting her and the people

who travel from overseas and the near and distant foreign lands

Hoping someday to settle here and live in this great nation the U.S.A.

And learn this country’s history, the heritage, and the lifestyle of the

American way

Oh, Liberty greets the aircraft in flight

And the ships coming forth each day and night

From distant lands across the sea

To the gateway of America and the homeland of the free

Standing so grand on her pedestal high above the ground

In her flowing robe of copper sheet and a seven spiked sun-ray crown

She commemorates the birth of America’s freedom and honors the U. S. A

While cradling a tablet in her left arm inscribed with the date of our

Declaration of Independence Day July 4, 1776 “July IV, MDCCLXXVI”

Oh, Liberty stands tall in this country

Presenting America’s freedom and our nation’s democracy

For the end of bondage from the unjust reign of tyranny and British retreat

A broken chain-linked shackle lies at her feet

And with her flaming torch of freedom shining so bright

As a beacon of light among the stars throughout each night

Liberty shows the way to this promised land

Here in America where she came to stand