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Thread #39077   Message #553636
Posted By: Mary in Kentucky
18-Sep-01 - 10:33 PM
Thread Name: Extremely Difficult Trivia Question
Subject: Lyr Add: AMERICA
Here's one answer to Wolfgang's single word title. However, I don't think it's "traditional" and there are not many, many verses, so I'm sure he has another in mind. It's in the DT, but I couldn't get to it tonight. So, here 'tis:

AMERICA

My country, 'tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty,
of thee I sing;
land where my fathers died,
land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside
let freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
land of the noble free,
thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
thy woods and templed hills;
my heart with rapture thrills
like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees
sweet freedom's song;
let mortal tongues awake,
let all that breathe partake,
let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.

Our fathers' God, to thee,
author of liberty,
to thee we sing;
long may our land be bright
with freedom's holy light;
protect us by thy might,
great God, our King.