Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor - Cappella Caeciliana conducted by Matthew Quinn

Cappella Caeciliana, conducted by its Musical Director Matthew Quinn, perform "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor", by Irving Berlin arranged by David Chase. This live performance was recorded in the "Ship of Dreams" space in Titanic Belfast on 16th June 2024, as part of a concert "Some Distant Shore".

Narrator: Paul McQuillan

Video recording and production - Neo Digital Media
Sound recording - Patrick Forte


Text:

Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore
Send these the homeless tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning,
and her name Mother of Exiles.

From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbour that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"
cries she with silent lips.