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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (Kathering Lee Bates & Samuel A. Ward) 1. O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea 2. O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America, America God mend thine ev'ry flaw Confirm thy soul in self control, Thy liberty in law. 3. O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life America, America May God thy gold refine Til all success be nobleness And ev'ry gain divine. 4. O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. There are a number of additional verses and alternate choruses that have been pe nned by more recent singer/songwriters, including the following one, which is us ed by Alaskan singer/songwriter Libby Roderick: "America, America, / God shed Her grace on me / and crown our good with humanhoo d / so we can all be free" HSM Words: Kathering Lee Bates, 1895 Music: Samuel A. Ward, 1882 (melody originally known as "Materna") @American @patriotic filename[ AMBEAUT1 TUNE FILE: AMBEAUT1 CLICK TO PLAY TUNE FILE: AMBEAUT1.2 CLICK TO PLAY RB RF |
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