We've been swallowed up We've been swallowed up Disappeared from this world We've been swallowed up We trusted our skills and our good sails Our faith that with God the righteous in this world prevail But we've been swallowed up We've been swallowed up Disappeared from this world We've been swallowed up We've been swallowed up We've been swallowed up Disappeared from this world We've been swallowed up Lyrics What is this land America so many travel there I'm going now while I'm still young my darling meet me there Wish me luck my lovely I'll send for you when I can And we'll make our home in the American land Over there all the woman wear silk and satin to their knees And children dear, the sweets, I hear, are growing on the trees Gold comes rushing out the rivers straight into your hands When you make your home in the American Land There's diamonds in the sidewalk the's gutters lined in song Dear I hear that beer flows through the faucets all night long There's treasure for the taking, for any hard working man Who will make his home in the American Land I docked at Ellis Island in a city of light and spires She met me in the valley of red-hot steel and fire We made the steel that built the cities with our sweat and two hands And we made our home in the American Land There's diamonds in the sidewalk the's gutters lined in