Light and Life Songs ‎#188

188. Long Live, Long Live America!

1 America, so proud and free,
My song, my heart I give to thee!
Full high thy brave, strong wing has won,
Thine eagle eye is on the sun;
Still upward be thy heav’nward flight,
Still upward mount, till lost in light,
Still upward mount till lost in light.

Chorus:
America, so proud and free,
My song, my heart I give to thee;
Long live, long live America!
Long live, long live America!

2 Thou art so sweet in thy repose,
The world thy friend, abash’d thy foes;
Thou seekest not the battle plain,
Thy fields wave with the golden grain;
The sheaves which thou dost garner in,
Come with the harvest’s merry din,
Come with the harvest’s merry din. [Chorus]

3 When Freedom’s cause late waked the land,
‘Twas thine to wield war’s flaming brand;
Thy face suffused with God’s own light,
Thou rosest to thy full queen’s height;
And reaped thy flashing sickle then,
Not fields of whet but fields of men,
Not fields of whet but fields of men. [Chorus]

4 Truth’s battle fought, truth’s vict’ry won,
The manacles from man undone,
Thou seemest now some matron fair,
Thy vow fulfilled, and heard thy pray’r;
Thy children playing round thy knee,
Thy song, sweet peace and liberty!
Thy song, sweet peace and liberty! [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: America, so proud and free
• Title: Long Live, Long Live America!
• Author: J. E. Rankin, D. D.
• Refrain First Line: America, so proud and free
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1904

Tune Information

• Name: [America, so proud and free]
• Composer: W. H. Pontius