America The Beautiful
America The Beautiful
Words: Katharine Lee Bates,
Tune: Samuel Ward
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O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN
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FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTIES A-BOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN
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A-MERICA! A-MERI-CA! GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE
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AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHER-HOOD, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA
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O BEAUTIFUL FOR PILGRIM FEET, WHOSE STERN IM-PASSIONED STRESS
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A THOROUGHFARE FOR FREEDOM BEAT, A-CROSS THE WILDER-NESS
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A-MERICA! A-MERI-CA! GOD MEND THINE EV-'RY FLAW
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CON-FIRM THY SOUL IN SELF CON-TOL, THY LIBER-TY IN LAW
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O BEAUTIFUL FOR HEROES PROVED IN LIBER-ATING STRIFE
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WHO MORE THAN SELF THEIR COUNTRY LOVED AND MERCY MORE THAN LIFE
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A-MERICA! A-MERI-CA! MAY GOD THY GOLD RE-FINE
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TILL ALL SUCCESS BE NOBLE-NESS, AND EV'RY GAIN DI-VINE
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O BEAUTIFUL FOR PATRIOT DREAM THAT SEES BE-YOND THE YEARS
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THINE ALABASTER CITIES GLEAM, UN-DIMMED BY HUMAN TEARS
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A-MERICA! A-MERI-CA! GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE
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AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHER-HOOD, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA