Thursday, July 04, 2019

Oh, Say...

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!


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

2 comments:

dellgirl said...

I know the 1st stanza...well. The others, not so well. It's good to see them here, not that I will be singing along through the entire song.

Just stopping by to show my face and say hi and how are you. I hope you had a wonderful day today.

Didja? Texas talk for...did you?

Wishing you all the best!

Happy 4th of July (night) to you, Evelyn!

Evelyn said...

Great to see your words here. The fourth now seems like a distant memory! Time just flies anymore. Hope you are having a great summer.!
Evelyn