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R. Decoste

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Mar 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/8/97
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Need 'America, The beautiful' lyrics.

performed by such artists as Whitney Houston and Ray Charles.

goes something like:
America, oh, sweet America
God put his ?? in thee
From ???, to nobleless??
From sea to shining sea.


-- Rachel. ''~``
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Rachel Decoste University of Guelph
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Mary F. Heath

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Mar 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/9/97
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R. Decoste wrote:
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> Need 'America, The beautiful' lyrics.
> <...>
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Dear Rachel,

Here's the way the lyrics are shown in a book (_Hymns for the Living
Church_, Hope Publishing Company: Carol Stream, Illinois, 1974, p. 520).

Before it was put to music, it was a poem written by Katharine L. Bates
in 1893. I read that she was inspired by the view from the top of
Pike's Peak, in Colorado.

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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 for 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!

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m.h.

Melanie McMichael

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Mar 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/9/97
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For beautiful for spacious skies
For Amber Waves of grain
For purple mountains majesty
Above the Fruited plain
America,AMerica
God shed his grace on thee
And crwon thy good with brotherhood


From sea to shining sea!

OU HOCKEY ROCKS!!! ... (ABSOLUTELY)
WHY DO THEY STERILIZE THE NEEDLE FOR A LETHAL INJECTION?
SOMETIMES...I TALK TO MY TOASTER...IS THAT WEIRD?
"The first taste of love,bittersweet, but green on the vine,like
strawberry wine."

On 8 Mar 1997, R. Decoste wrote:

> Need 'America, The beautiful' lyrics.
>

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