The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/My Country, 'Tis of Thee

by Samuel Francis Smith(America attr. Henry Carey)

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My Country, 'Tis of Thee'

(AMERICA 6,6,4,6,6,6,4)

Samuel F. Smith, 1832

Hery Carey, 1740

1. 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!
   
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. Amen.