David Trum

Composer

Oh, Mother of Exiles (2017)

SATB Chorus a cappella
Text adapted from "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

Oh, mother of exiles,

Oh, mighty woman with torch,

Whose flame is the imprisoned lightning,

Shine bright, that we may see truth amidst the fog.

Stand tall, that we may have courage to weather the storm.

Proclaim your wisdom, that we may know justice and freedom in darkest of night.

 

Oh, mother of exiles,

Oh, mighty woman with torch,

Whose flame is the imprisoned lightning,

From your beacon hand glows world-wide welcome,

And from your lips flows our nation's creed:

 

Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to be free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

 

I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

I lift my lamp beside an open door.

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