America The Beautiful

“America the Beautiful” is a patriotic song about the United States of America. It was first published in 1910.

Katharine Lee Bates took a train across the great planes of Kansas to the mountaintops of Colorado. She wrote a poem to share how she felt to see the gorgeous landscape. Samuel A. Ward composed the music later.

 This sweet melody with its descriptive lyrics has been performed and recorded by countless musicians. In 1972 it was performed in China to welcome the visit of an American President.

"America the Beautiful" - Lyrics

Oh beautiful

For spacious skies

For amber waves of grain

For purple mountain majesties

above the fruited plane

America

America

God shed his grace on thee

And crown they good

With brotherhood 

From sea to shining sea