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Patriotic Songs

America
Lyrics by Reverend Samuel F. Smith
10/10/2002

My country, ‘tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.

Taps
10/11/2002

Day is done.......Gone the sun........From the lakes, From the hills, From the skies........ All is Well .........Safely rest.......God is nigh.

Fading light..........Dims the sight........And a star, Gems the sky,
Gleaming bright........... From afar........ Drawing nigh..... Falls the night.

The Star-Spangled Banner
Written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814
10/10/2002

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that...

God Bless The USA
Lyrics by Lee Greenwood
10/10/2002

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I’d worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.

God Bless America
Lyrics by Irving Berlin
10/10/2002

“While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.”

America The Beautiful
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates
10/10/2002

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 they good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!