Lyrics
How is our glorious country plowed?
Questioning the method of cultivating the country.
Not by iron plows
Rejecting the idea of traditional agriculture using iron plows.
How is our glorious country plowed?
Repetition, emphasizing the unconventional means of cultivation.
Not by iron plows
Reiterating the rejection of conventional plowing methods.
Our lands is plows by tanks and feet,
Describing the land being worked on by tanks and feet (possibly soldiers).
Feet
Emphasizing the involvement of feet, suggesting military march.
Marching
Further emphasizing the marching, possibly militaristic or political.
Our lands is plows by tanks and feet,
Reiteration of the land being worked on by tanks and feet.
Feet
Repeating the emphasis on feet, reinforcing the marching imagery.
Marching
Continuation of the emphasis on marching and militaristic actions.
Oh, America
Addressing America.
Oh, England
Addressing England.
Oh, America
Repeating the address to America.
Oh, England
Repeating the address to England.
How is our glorious country sown?
Questioning the method of sowing in the country.
Not with wheat and corn.
Rejecting the idea of sowing with wheat and corn.
How is our glorious country sown?
Repetition, emphasizing the unconventional means of sowing.
Not with wheat and corn.
Reiterating the rejection of conventional sowing methods.
How is our glorious land bestowed?
Questioning how the land is bestowed or granted.
How is our glorious land bestowed?
Repetition for emphasis on the inquiry about the bestowing of land.
Oh, America
Repeating the address to America.
Oh, England
Repeating the address to England.
Oh, America
Repeating the address to America.
Oh, England
Repeating the address to England.
Oh, America
Repeating the address to America.
Oh, England
Repeating the address to England.
Oh, America
Repeating the address to America.
Oh, England
Repeating the address to England.
What is the glorious fruit of our land?
Questioning the nature of the "glorious fruit" of the land.
Its fruit is deformed children.
Describing the fruit as deformed children, suggesting societal issues.
What is the glorious fruit of our land?
Repetition, emphasizing the deformed and orphaned nature of the fruit.
Its fruit is orphaned children.
Repeating the description of the fruit as orphaned children.
What is the glorious fruit of our land?
Repetition, once again describing the fruit as deformed children.
Its fruit is deformed children.
Reiterating the deformed nature of the fruit.
What is the glorious fruit of our land?
Repeating the description of the fruit as deformed children.
Its fruit is deformed children.
Final repetition of the deformed nature of the land's fruit.
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