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"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
America the Beautiful. " America the Beautiful " is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. [1] The two never met.
Cecil Spring Rice. Meter. 13.13.13.13 D. Melody. "Thaxted" by Gustav Holst. "Abinger" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. " I Vow to Thee, My Country " is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken ...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
The melody is used for the American patriotic song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (also known as "America"). The melody was also used for the national anthem " Heil dir im Siegerkranz " ("Hail to thee in the Victor's Crown") of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 until 1918 and as the anthem of the German Emperor from 1871 to 1918, and as " The Prayer ...
help. Woody Guthrie in March 1943. Sheet music. " This Land Is Your Land " is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of the United States' most famous folk songs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin 's "God Bless America". Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire".
List of episodes. " World Wide Recorder Concert " (also known as " The Brown Noise " [1]) is the seventeenth and final episode of the third season of the animated television series South Park and the 48th episode of the series overall. It was originally broadcast on January 12, 2000. In the episode, the boys feud with children from New York at ...
This Is My Country. " This Is My Country " is an American patriotic song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs. [1] Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians were the first to record the song, in 1942. The song has played at the end of Walt Disney World and Disneyland fireworks shows.