Lyrics
Everybody has a native land
In the North, South, East and West
And it's only right your native land
Should be the place you love the best
It makes no difference where you are
Don't wait for fame to come
Just go and get it
They'll give you credit
No matter where you're from
It's not your nationality
It's what you do
Sometimes a technicality
Will bring great fame to you
Bismarck made his mark
In Germany, we know
And young Marconi
Had a scheme that sounded phony
But he upset all the dough
Just think of Rockefeller
And what he can buy
He started in a cellar
But he climbed away up high
So if you've got the spirit
Never mind your name
Folks will hear it
If you play the game
It's not your nationality
It's simply you
It's not your nationality
It's what you do
Sometimes a technicality
Will bring great fame to you
Bryan kept trying
He never gave up hope
And young Marconi
Had a scheme that sounded phony
But he upset all the dope
Just think of Henry Ford
And his old flivver bus
We laugh, but all the dough he got
He took away from us
So if you've got the spirit
Never mind your name
Folks will hear it
If you play the game
It's not your nationality
It's simply you
So if you've got the spirit
Never mind your name
Folks will hear it
If you play the game
It's not your nationality
It's simply you