WHERE is the minstrel's native land? br Where the flames of light and feeling glow; br Where the flowers are wreathed for beauty's brow; br Where the bounding heart swells strong and high, br With holy hopes which may not die-- br There is my native land! br br What is that bright land's music name? br Ere it bent its neck to a foreign yoke, br It was called the land of the broad strong oak-- br The land of the free--the German land-- br But her sons lie slain by the stranger's hand, br And she weeps sad tears of shame.