{"id":43063,"date":"2024-05-04T21:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8b216372-4aa0-47ee-9b98-cede6a338e60"},"modified":"2024-05-07T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:40:00","slug":"america-the-beautiful-what-are-the-lyrics-to-this-patriotic-us-song","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/america-the-beautiful-what-are-the-lyrics-to-this-patriotic-us-song\/","title":{"rendered":"‘America The Beautiful’: what are the lyrics to this patriotic US song?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hold your horses and circle the wagons as we reveal the lyrics to, and some of the history behind, the hugely popular patriotic song ‘America the Beautiful’.<\/p>

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What are the lyrics to ‘America The Beautiful’?<\/h2>
O beautiful for spacious skiesFor 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!<\/p>
O beautiful for pilgrim feetWhose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!<\/p>
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 every gain divine!<\/p>
O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! <\/p>
<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-was-the-song-america-the-beautiful-written-and-composed\">When was the song ‘America The Beautiful’ written and composed?<\/h2><p>American professor and author Katharine Lee Bates wrote the lyrics for ‘America The Beautiful’ in 1895 as a poem for the church periodical <i>The Congregationalist. <\/i>Eight years later, in 1903, the lyrics were paired with the tune ‘Materna’ which had been composed by Samuel A. Ward for the hymn ‘O Mother dear, Jerusalem’ in 1882.<\/p><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/best-american-composers-ever\">25 best American composers of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Today it is one of America’s most popular patriotic songs and there has even been calls for it to replace <a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/the-star-spangledbanner-lyrics\/\"><strong>The Star-Spangled Banner<\/strong> <\/a>as the USA national anthem.<\/p><p>‘America The Beautiful’ is often sung at the Super Bowl and has been performed by many top artists including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Ray Charles. Beyonc\u00e9 also performed it at Barack Obama\u2019s inaugural concert in 2008.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-group highlight-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/best-pieces-music-inspired-american-folk-tunes\/\">The best pieces of music inspired by American folk tunes<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-the-stars-and-stripes-forever\/\">What are the lyrics to ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p\/><p><strong>You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/famous-song-lyrics\/\">lyrics to more famous songs here<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Pic: Getty Images<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Saturday, 04 May 2024 at 19:37 PM Hold your horses and circle the wagons as we reveal the lyrics to, and some of the history behind, the hugely popular patriotic song ‘America the Beautiful’. 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