Do you know the words to America the Beautiful? Here they are:
http://evelynsrockpages.blogspot.com (for Renee Fleming's version)
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 crowned thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
2
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crowned thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
3
O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crowned thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
4
O beautiful for patriot dreams that see beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crowned thy good with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea!
Katherine Lee Bates and
Samuel A. Ward
songwriters
The Castle Lady