Qeybtan waxaa lagu soo bandhigay sheeko dhab ah oo ku saabsan jilaaga George Voskovec, oo lagu xiray Ellis Island xiligii uu Senator Joseph McCarthy ku jiray " ugaarsiga sixirka ".
Dabcan, qaab kale oo adag oo xukunka ah ayaa ah "Qaybta '' 'waxaa la igu eedeeyay '' 'waxay ku saleysan tahay khibrada dhabta ah ee jilaaga George Voskovec, oo lagu hayay Ellis Island intii lagu jiray maalinti abaalmarinta Robert E. Sherwood ee guddiga oo ay kujirtay Eleanor Roosevelt. "