Yes, Lord! ‎#503

503. America the Beautiful

1 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.

2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose 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.

3 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,
'Til all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine.

4 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies
• Title: America the Beautiful
• Author: Katharine Lee Bates
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Patriotic

Tune Information

• Name: [O beautiful for spacious skies]
• Composer: Samuel A. Ward
• Composer (descant): Fred Bock
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Descant © 1976 by Fred Bock Music Company