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America the Beautiful Lyrics: O beautiful for spacious skies / For amber waves of grain / For purple mountain majesties / Above the fruited plain! / America! America! / God shed his...
America the Beautiful Lyrics. 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.
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met. Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally entitled "Pikes Peak".
- "Pikes Peak" (lyrics), "Materna" (music)
- Samuel A. Ward, 1883
- Katharine Lee Bates, 1895
- 1910 by Oliver Ditson & Co.
Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward. 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!
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Find the full text, tune, author, and history of "America the Beautiful", a patriotic hymn by Katharine Lee Bates. Compare different versions, arrangements, and media of this hymn on Hymnary.org.
Learn about the origin and lyrics of the 19th-century American song "America the Beautiful", inspired by the view from Pikes Peak in Colorado. The song was first published in 1910 with the name "Pikes Peak" and later adapted to the poem by Katharine Lee Bates.
