God Bless Our Native Land
Written by: Siegfried A. Mahlmann and William E. Hickson
God bless our native land;
firm may she ever stand
through storm and night:
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Thou who art strong to save,
be Thou her might!
For her our prayer shall be,
our fathers' God, to Thee,
on Whom we wait:
Be her walls, holiness,
her rulers, righteousness,
in all her homes be peace,
God save the State!
Not for this land alone,
but be God's mercies shown
from shore to shore;
And may the nations see
that men should brothers be,
and form one family
the wide world o'er.
© Siegfried A. Mahlmann around 1740
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