America (Smith)
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| "America" or "My Country 'Tis of Thee" is an American patriotic song. The melody was derived from the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen", by way of a German adaptation. The song served as a de facto national anthem of the United States for much of the 19th century.— Excerpted from My Country, 'Tis of Thee on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
From every mountain side,
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.
