STAND UP AND SING

FOR AMERICA

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AMERICA

My country, ‘tis of thee,

Sweet Land of Liberty,

Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,

Land of the pilgrim's pride;

From every mountain side,

Let Freedom ring.

 

My native country, thee,

Land of the noble free,

Thy name I love;

I love they rocks and rills,

Thy woods and templed hills;

My Heart with rapture thrills,

Like that Above.

 

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.

 

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.

 

                      Melody by Henry Carey

            Lyrics - S.F. Smith