Text: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith |
Tune: | AMERICA |
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 sovereign 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 | |
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First Line: | My country, 'tis of thee |
Title: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith (1831) |
Meter: | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | The Church on Mission: National Songs; Nation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMERICA |
Meter: | 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Thesaurus Musicus, 1744 |