Song 20 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
Also known as: America, AMERICA (tune)
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For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.
Slow (70% speed) (0:48)
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All the words
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 thy 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.
About this song
- Music
- Traditional (the tune of "God Save the King", printed c. 1744)
- Words
- Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895)
- First published
- Tune c. 1744 (Thesaurus Musicus); words first sung 4 July 1831, printed 1832
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.