Well a link to the full lyrics would be nice. Like most people and I suspect many Americans, I didn't know the rst of the story. These are dark days when the first verse is sounding loudly. It is in the songs complete lyric that a hope for an America truly the land of the free might be obtained. When the rest of the world hears verse one and sees the military adventurism it's an incomplete narrative. And the hockey fans chanting USA USA to an NHL team with less than 30 % Americans. Here's the link https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
If only we all were truly free and bravery was a shared virtue by rich and poor alike instead of so many of the poor being used as cannon fodder in never-ending warfare all thanks to money and bone spurs.
Two things of note, a uniformed marine who is also a Green Party Senate candidate from NC protested the war during the Senate Armed Services Committee meeting yesterday. The Capitol police were forcing him from the room when Montana’s Senator, Tim Sheehy added his brute force to the scrum and proceeded to break the man’s arm. Sheehy not being brave but definitely being an asshole.
Irony is truly dead now because apparently the US is having problems shooting down the Iranian drones that they have been turning out for Russia for its war of aggression in Ukraine. Consequently, we have gone begging to President Zelenskyy for help because the Ukrainian people have developed the very drone that can handle those exact Iranian/Russian drones. What goes around is coming back around, it seems. Frankly, I hope that, 1. President Zelenskyy holds our feet to the fire for a full commitment for enough materiel to send Putin back to the Stone Age or, barring no commitment on our part, that 2. President Zelenskyy will tell Trump, Vance, Miller and that drip of a reporter who made the comment about Zelenskyy’s lack of a suit, to go straight to Hell and don’t come back. He probably won’t because he’s much too classy for that. But if anyone ever had a reason to respond like that, Zelenskyy does.
And apparently Noem is out and Markwayne Mullin is stepping into her heels. I wonder if he will be getting Lewandowski privileges too.
It’s easy to find the full lyrics of America the Beautiful, and they far better exemplify what I grew up considering the American Ethos. I’ve always wished more people would sing beyond the first verse, and preferred it to the Star Spangled Banner, because anyone can sing it, not just sopranos.
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Katharine Lee Bates
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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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
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!
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
Wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
For man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
Written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem in 1893 and first published in 1895, it was combined with music composed by church organist Samuel A. Ward in 1910. Bates wrote the poem after a journey to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado, saying the views there inspired her.
It’s easy to find the full lyrics of America the Beautiful, and they far better exemplify what I grew up considering the American Ethos. I’ve always wished more people would sing beyond the first verse, and preferred it to the Star Spangled Banner, because anyone can sing it, not just sopranos.
America the Beautiful Lyrics
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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
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!
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
Wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
For man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
Written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem in 1893 and first published in 1895, it was combined with music composed by church organist Samuel A. Ward in 1910. Bates wrote the poem after a journey to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado, saying the views there inspired her.
Well a link to the full lyrics would be nice. Like most people and I suspect many Americans, I didn't know the rst of the story. These are dark days when the first verse is sounding loudly. It is in the songs complete lyric that a hope for an America truly the land of the free might be obtained. When the rest of the world hears verse one and sees the military adventurism it's an incomplete narrative. And the hockey fans chanting USA USA to an NHL team with less than 30 % Americans. Here's the link https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf
Great follow up story. Well done! If we do not have controversy we would not have the USA! We were "Born to be Wild"!
Chris Vargo
If only we all were truly free and bravery was a shared virtue by rich and poor alike instead of so many of the poor being used as cannon fodder in never-ending warfare all thanks to money and bone spurs.
Two things of note, a uniformed marine who is also a Green Party Senate candidate from NC protested the war during the Senate Armed Services Committee meeting yesterday. The Capitol police were forcing him from the room when Montana’s Senator, Tim Sheehy added his brute force to the scrum and proceeded to break the man’s arm. Sheehy not being brave but definitely being an asshole.
Irony is truly dead now because apparently the US is having problems shooting down the Iranian drones that they have been turning out for Russia for its war of aggression in Ukraine. Consequently, we have gone begging to President Zelenskyy for help because the Ukrainian people have developed the very drone that can handle those exact Iranian/Russian drones. What goes around is coming back around, it seems. Frankly, I hope that, 1. President Zelenskyy holds our feet to the fire for a full commitment for enough materiel to send Putin back to the Stone Age or, barring no commitment on our part, that 2. President Zelenskyy will tell Trump, Vance, Miller and that drip of a reporter who made the comment about Zelenskyy’s lack of a suit, to go straight to Hell and don’t come back. He probably won’t because he’s much too classy for that. But if anyone ever had a reason to respond like that, Zelenskyy does.
And apparently Noem is out and Markwayne Mullin is stepping into her heels. I wonder if he will be getting Lewandowski privileges too.
It’s easy to find the full lyrics of America the Beautiful, and they far better exemplify what I grew up considering the American Ethos. I’ve always wished more people would sing beyond the first verse, and preferred it to the Star Spangled Banner, because anyone can sing it, not just sopranos.
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America the Beautiful
Katharine Lee Bates
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Written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem in 1893 and first published in 1895, it was combined with…
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290.1K
13
3
America the Beautiful Lyrics
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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
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!
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
Wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
For man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
Written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem in 1893 and first published in 1895, it was combined with music composed by church organist Samuel A. Ward in 1910. Bates wrote the poem after a journey to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado, saying the views there inspired her.
It’s easy to find the full lyrics of America the Beautiful, and they far better exemplify what I grew up considering the American Ethos. I’ve always wished more people would sing beyond the first verse, and preferred it to the Star Spangled Banner, because anyone can sing it, not just sopranos.
America the Beautiful Lyrics
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!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
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
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
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!
O beautiful for halcyon skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!
O beautiful for pilgrims feet
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
Wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!
O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice
For man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
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
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!
Written by Katharine Lee Bates as a poem in 1893 and first published in 1895, it was combined with music composed by church organist Samuel A. Ward in 1910. Bates wrote the poem after a journey to the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado, saying the views there inspired her.
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