Text:O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Author:Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929
Tune:MATERNA
Composer:Samuel A. Ward, 1848-1903

178. O Beautiful for Spacious Skies

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 thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Text Information
First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies
Title: O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
Author: Katherine L. Bates, 1859-1929
Language: English
Publication Date: 1962
Topic: Love For Country
Tune Information
Name: MATERNA
Composer: Samuel A. Ward, 1848-1903
Key: C Major



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