Text: | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies |
Author: | Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929 |
Tune: | MATERNA |
Composer: | Samuel A. Ward |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 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 crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea.
2 O beautiful for heroes proved
in liberating strife,
who more than self their country loved,
and mercy more than life:
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
till all success be nobleness,
and ev'ry gain divine.
3 O beautiful for patriot dream
that sees beyond the years
thine alabaster cities gleam,
undimmed by human tears:
America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw,
confirm thy soul in self-control,
thy liberty in law.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O beautiful for spacious skies |
Title: | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies |
Author: | Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929 |
Meter: | C M D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2006 |
Topic: | National Songs |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MATERNA |
Composer: | Samuel A. Ward |
Meter: | C M D |
Key: | B♭ Major |