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!
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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
[Optional: Repeat 1st verse]
Other:
- Pitch: G (as published, not choir teste)
- Recording:
- Credits: By Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A Ward
- Notes: Perform with introduction that: We should consider broadly who are our heros and patriots: the self-emancipated on the Underground Railroad, the union coal miners facing thugs in Appalachia, the Marchers on the Edmund Pettus bridge, the Act Up AIDS activists, the transgender youth of today proudly living their best lives: These are all the heroes and patriots that make America beautiful.
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