Misc Traditional – My Country Tis Of Thee (Guitar)

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sweet land of liberty,

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of thee I sing

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Land where my fathers died,

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land of the pilgrims' pride

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From every mountain side,

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let freedom ring.

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My native country, thee,

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land of the noble free,

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thy name I love

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I love thy rocks and rills,

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thy woods and templed hills

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My heart with rapture thrills,

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like that above.

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Let music swell the breeze,

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And ring from all the trees

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Sweet Freedom's song;

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Let mortal tongues awake;

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Let all that breathe partake;

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Let rocks their silence break,

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The sound prolong.

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Our fathers' God to Thee,

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Author of Liberty,

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To thee we sing,

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Long may our land be bright

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With Freedom's holy light,

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Protect us by thy might

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Great God, our King.

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Our glorious Land to-day,

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'Neath Education's sway,

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Soars upward still.

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Its hills of learning fair,

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Whose bounties all may share,

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behold them everywhere

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On vale and hill!

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Thy safeguard, Liberty,

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The school shall ever be,

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Our Nation's pride!

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No tyrant hand shall smite,

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While with encircling might

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All here are taught the Right

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With Truth allied.

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Beneath Heaven's gracious will

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The stars of progress still

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Our course do sway;

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In unity sublime

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To broader heights we climb,

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Triumphant over Time,

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God speeds our way!

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Grand birthright of our sires,

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Our altars and our fires

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Keep we still pure!

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Our starry flag unfurled,

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The hope of all the world,

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In peace and light impearled,

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God hold secure!