Text: | My Country, 'Tis of Thee |
Author: | Samuel F. Smith, 1805-1895 |
Tune: | NATIONAL ANTHEM |
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 ev'ry 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 F. Smith, 1805-1895 |
Meter: | 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | National Songs |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NATIONAL ANTHEM |
Meter: | 6 6 4 6 6 6 4 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Thesaurus Musicus, 1744 |