720 | Chalice Hymnal#721 | 722 |
Text: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel Francis 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 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 | |
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First Line: | My country, 'tis of thee |
Title: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel Francis Smith (1831) |
Meter: | 664.6664 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Topic: | Times and Seasons: National Songs; God's World: Times and Seasons: National Songs; Nation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AMERICA |
Meter: | 664.6664 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Thesaurus Musicus, 1744 |