Johnny Cash Recites 'I Am The Nation'

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Added: 26-Sep-08

A previously unheard recitation by the late Johnny Cash called "I Am The Nation" will be released Oct. 28 on Legacy Recordings' DVD/CD package Johnny Cash's America

In the spoken word track which was found in the iconic singer's personal belongings after his death in 2003 at the age of 71 Cash speaks poetically about America's diversity and the fundamentals of freedom.

The poignant words were originally a public relations advertisement written in 1955 for the Norfolk and Western Railway by Otto Whittaker.

"May I possess always the integrity, the courage and the strength to keep myself unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the entire world," Cash says on the track.

A rep for the DVD/CD package, said "Johnny's oration of "I Am The Nation" from the film's soundtrack reminds us what our country stands for at a time when Americans seem more divided than ever."
(9-25-08)