"While the storm clouds 

gather far across the sea,

Let us swear allegiance 

to a land that's free,

Let us all be grateful

 for a land so fair,

As we raise our voices in

 a solemn prayer."

Irving Berlin(1888-1989) 

The unofficial national anthem of the United States was composed by an immigrant who left his home in Siberia for the USA when he was only five years old. The original version of "God Bless America" was written in 1918