America the Beautiful

"America the Beautiful", yurtsever temalı bir ABD şarkısı. Şarkının sözleri Katharine Lee Bates tarafından yazılırken müziği Samuel A. Ward tarafından bestelendi. Şarkı, ABD'deki en bilinen yurtsever şarkılardan biridir. == Sözleri == Orijinal şiir (1893) :America. A Poem for July 4. :O beautiful for spacious 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 pilgrim feet : Whose stern, 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 or 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! 1904 versiyonu :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 ev'ry flaw, :Confirm thy soul in self-control, :Thy liberty in law. :O beautiful for glorious tale :Of liberating strife, :When valiantly for man's avail :Men lavish precious life. :America! America! :May God thy gold refine :Till all success be nobleness, :And ev'ry 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. 1913 versiyonu :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! == Kaynakça == * Sherr, Lynn (2001). America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-085-1. Kategori:1895 şarkıları Kategori:Barbra Streisand şarkıları Kategori:Charlie Rich şarkıları Kategori:Elvis Presley şarkıları Kategori:Ray Charles şarkıları Kategori:Mariah Carey şarkıları