lyrics -- in memory of Leon Uris

[Briar Rose 7457]

Exodus

Artist: Andy Williams
Music written for 1960 film "Exodus" by Ernest Gold, who won an Oscar for the
score. Words added in 1961 by Pat "White Bucks" Boone as "This Land Is Mine."
Various versions charted in 1961 by Ferrante and Teicher (#2); Mantovani (#31);
Eddie Harris (jazz rendition, #36); Pat Boone (#64); and Edith Piaf (#116)


This land is mine, God gave this land to me
This brave and ancient land to me
And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plain
Then I see a land where children can run free

So take my hand and walk this land with me
And walk this lovely land with me
Though I am just a man, when you are by my side
With the help of God, I know I can be strong



Though I am just a man, when you are by my side
With the help of God, I know I can be strong

To make this land our home
If I must fight, I'll fight to make this land our own
Until I die, this land is mine

 

[esmerelda51]

Thank you for those lyrics. I had forgotten those. the Theme from the movie has been going through my head all morning. Exodus was the first real novel that I read in about 6th or 7th grade. It had a profound effect on my life. Back in the early 60's not much was ever said about the Holocaust and growing up in a heavily protestant area, I didn't really know that much about anti-semitism in general. Exodus really made me much more tolerant about other people and their religions. I have read this book again many times in the years since then as well as Mila 18. I can highly recommend these if someone has never read them.