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My Country, Tis of Thee

"My Country, Tis of Thee" (also known as "America") is a American patriotic song, sung to the tune of God Save the Queen.

The most famous part of the lyrics run as follows:

 My 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 mountainside
 Let freedom ring.

The rest of the verses run:

 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 fills 
 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 fathers' 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! 

Ani Difranco wrote a parody of it, called 'Tis of Thee[?], which pointed out the flaws of US society, particularly the vast social and economic inqualities.



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