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Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895)

MY Country, ’tis or thee,

Sweet land of Liberty,

Of thee I sing:

Land where my fathers died,

Land of the Pilgrims’ 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 sounds prolong.

Our father’s God! to thee,

Author of Liberty,

To thee I sing.

Long may our land be bright

With Freedom’s holy light;

Protect us by thy might,

Great God our King!