- Songwriters: Randy Newman
In America you get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle
Scuff up your feet
You just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American
Ain't no lions or tigers, ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Everybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into the Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
An' we will cross the mighty ocean into the Charleston Bay
In America every man is free
To take care of his home and his family
You be happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You all gonna be an American
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into the Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
An' we will cross the mighty ocean into the Charleston Bay
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