337. My Country, ’Tis of Thee

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1 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 mountainside
let freedom ring.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.

Text Information
First Line: My country 'tis of thee
Title: My Country, ’Tis of Thee
Author: Samuel Francis Smith (1831)
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Freedom; The Life of the Nations
Tune Information
Name: AMERICA
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
Key: F Major
Source: Harmonia Anglicana, c. 1744


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This now-familiar patriotic song was written by a Baptist minister and received its first public performance at an Independence Day celebration by the Boston Sabbath School Union in 1831. It was written to replace a German patriotic text sung to the same tune.


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