![]() ![]() Refrain: We are coming, Our Fathers, For we hold this country dear, Glad to work and strive as you did, Our Fathers, we are here. Our great Italian Fathers, You who made two countries great. Let us follow' in your footsteps, Let us seek your blessed fate. Refrain: We are coming, Verrazzano, For we hold this country dear, Glad to work and strive as you did, Verrazzano, we are here. Where New York now proudly rises, Greatest city in the land. Westward, forward, Verrazzano Landed with his daring band. Refrain: We are coming, oh Cabotto, For we hold this country dear, Glad to work and strive as you did. At the call of God, Cabotto Forged the path across the sea For the troubled Pilgrim Fathers To be great and to be free. Glad to work and strive as you did, Oh Vespucci, we are here. Refrain: We are coming, oh Vespucci, For we hold this country dear. ![]() Heaven granted through Vespucci The baptismal holy flame When he brought this wondrous country A prophetic, lordly name. Refrain: We are coming, oh Columbus, For we hold this country dear. 7 Italian-American Hymn Dedico all'italica Gente di Mare Per Aspra Ad Astra The Christ bearing dove Columbus Brought the cross unto this shore, Hallowed us for love and duty Evermore and evermore. ![]()
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