Mount Rushmore Lyrics - The New Christy Minstrels

There are four faces on Mount Rushmore 

Carved in a mountain of stone 

Men who lived and died for a nation 

Giants in a land all their own 

From the mansions of Virginia to the tents of Valley Forge 

'cross the waters of the icy Delaware 

Trenton! Saratoga! They remember General George and recall that a giant 

Once was there 

"If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter 

Which may involve the most serious consequences, reason is of no use to us. 

The freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent, we may be led 

Like sheep to the slaughter." 

Yes you've got to have a giant if you want to save the land 

When the savage hungry wolf is at its throat 

It was Jefferson who gave Louisian' to Uncle Sam 

And the world recalls the giant words he wrote 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, 

That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, 

That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 

There are four faces on Mount Rushmore 

Carved in a mountain of stone 

Men who lived and died for a nation 

Giants in a land all their own 

From the backwoods of Kentucky, it was Abe of Illinois 

He swung his axe and with one mighty stroke 

He split the rails of hatred so that all men might enjoy, the 

Freedom-holding giant words he spoke 

"We here highly resolve that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom. 

And the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall 

Not perish from the earth" 

From the magic locks of Panama, from sea to shining sea, to the bloody 

Field of battle at San Juan. 

There's a giant walking softly, and where ever men are free 

The ranks of mighty men will be forever marching on, and on 

All the giants who live high up on the mountains 

Your eyes may beholden no more 

But the spirits of men who share in their glory 

Number full many times more 

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." 

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your 

Country" 

There are four faces on Mount Rushmore 

Carved in a mountain of stone 

Men who lived and died for a nation 

Giants in a land all their own 

This is the land of giants