America, My Country 'Tis of Thee
Lyrics Composed by Samuel Francis Smith (1832)
Plainchant Melody by John Bull (1619)

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!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
They 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 song prolong.

Our father's 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!


Source:  U.S. Army Song Book, 1918
Note:  Melody is the same as God Save The Queen.

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