Text: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 |
Tune: | AMERICA |
Composer (attributed to): | Henry Carey, c. 1690-1743 |
1 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 mountain side
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!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My country, 'tis of thee |
Title: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith, 1808-1895 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | Citizenship, Christian; Memorial Day; National Righteousness(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMERICA |
Composer (attributed to): | Henry Carey, c. 1690-1743 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | "Thesaurus Musicus" 1740 |