Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: My country 'tis of thee
Topic: National
Writer: S Smith
Composer: Henry Carey
Meter: 6s and 4s
Tune: America
Hymn Number: 432
Page Number: 143, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMY country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride:
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring.
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free-
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake,
Let all that breathe partake,
Let rocks their silence break-
The sound prolong.
Our father's God! to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing:
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!