Song Thou Heart Shall Not Break Again

American patriotic song

"America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written past Samuel Francis Smith.^[2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the U.s. (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.South. national anthem in 1931.^[3] The tune used is the aforementioned as that of one of the de facto national anthems of the Great britain, "God Salve the Queen".

History [edit]

Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to "America" in 1831^[4] while a student at the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. The use of the same melody as the British regal canticle can be described as a contrafactum which reworks this symbol of British monarchy to make a statement almost American democracy.^[5]

Well-known composer Lowell Mason had requested that Smith translate or provide new lyrics for a collection of German language songs, among them 1 written to this melody (unrelated to its British use). Smith gave Stonemason the lyrics he had written, and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831,^[4] at a children'south Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. The showtime publication of "America" was in 1832.^[4]

Lyrics [edit]

My state, 'tis of thee,
Sugariness land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let liberty ring!

My native land, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy proper name I dearest;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music not bad the breeze,
And band from all the copse
Sweet freedom'south song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Permit all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The audio prolong.

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee nosotros sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy calorie-free,
Protect usa by Thy might,
Great God our King!

Abolitionist version [edit]

An Abolitionist version was written, by A. G. Duncan, 1843.^[6]

My country, 'tis of thee,
Stronghold of slavery, of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Where men homo'due south rights deride,
From every mountainside thy deeds shall band.

My native country, thee,
Where all men are born free, if white's their peel;
I dearest thy hills and dales,
Thy mounts and pleasant vales;
Just hate thy negro sales, every bit foulest sin.

Permit wailing peachy the breeze,
And ring from all the trees the blackness homo's wrong;
Allow every natural language awake;
Let bond and complimentary partake;
Let rocks their silence interruption, the sound prolong.

Our begetter'south God! to thee,
Author of Liberty, to thee we sing;
Soon may our country exist bright,
With holy freedom's right,
Protect us past thy might, Great God, our King.

It comes, the joyful day,
When tyranny's proud sway, stern as the grave,
Shall to the footing be hurl'd,
And freedom's flag, unfurl'd,
Shall moving ridge throughout the earth, O'er every slave.

Trump of glad jubilee!
Echo o'er state and body of water freedom for all.
Allow the glad tidings fly,
And every tribe reply,
"Glory to God on high", at Slavery's fall!

Additional poesy to celebrate Washington's Centennial: ^[7]

Our joyful hearts today,
Their grateful tribute pay,
Happy and free,
Afterwards our toils and fears,
Afterward our blood and tears,
Strong with our hundred years,
O God, to Thee!

Notable performances [edit]

Marian Anderson performed the vocal at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939.

In the 1961 musical flick Due west Side Story (1961 flick), when the Puerto Rican gang is forced to leave a "war council" by a policeman, they whistle the anthem.^[8]

Martin Luther King Jr. recited the first verse of the song toward the stop of his famous "I Accept a Dream" speech communication at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Baronial 28, 1963.^[9]

Cary Grant and Jim Hutton sang the first verse in the 1966 film Walk, Don't Run, while simultaneously Grant and Samantha Eggar sang "God Save the Queen".

Neil Diamond included the opening lines in his song "America" in the 1980 flick "The Jazz Singer".

The song was recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their 1992 album God Anoint America.

Crosby, Stills & Nash performed the song on the outset episode of The This night Bear witness with Jay Leno to air after the September xi attacks in 2001.^[10]

On January 20, 2009, Aretha Franklin sang the song at the first inauguration of Barack Obama.

On January 21, 2013, Kelly Clarkson sang the song at the public inauguration ceremony of the 2nd inauguration of Barack Obama.

It was played at Senator John McCain's funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Sep 1, 2018.^[11]

The Doors used a guitar riff of the song at the beginning of their song "L.A. Woman" on the 40th anniversary editions of 50.A. Woman in 2001 and on The Very Best of The Doors 2007 re-release.^{[ citation needed ]}

Madonna and Steven Klein sing some verses of the song in their Secret Project video.^[12]

Dan Berggren updated the vocal's lyrics in 2004 in a version slanted towards the environment and freedom. It appears every bit "From Every Mount Side" on the 2006 Sleeping Behemothic Records anthology Fresh Territory.^{[thirteen] [ non-primary source needed ] [ relevant? ]}

Alec Benjamin sings the first two lines of the song in his song titled "1994".^[fourteen]

See too [edit]

Other texts set to the same music:

• "God Save the Queen"
• "Heil dir im Siegerkranz"
• "Kongesangen"
• "Oben am jungen Rhein"
• "The Prayer of Russians"
• "Rufst du, mein Vaterland"

Organ variations by Charles Ives:

• Variations on "America"

References [edit]

1. ^ Gratis scores of "My country, 'tis of thee" #16830 in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki), PDF
2. ^ "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". The Gilder Lehrman Found of American History. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. Retrieved Dec 6, 2014.
3. ^ Snyder, Lois Leo (1990). Encyclopedia of Nationalism . Paragon Business firm. p. 13. ISBN1-55778-167-ii.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Garraty, John A. & Carnes, Mark C., eds. (1999). American National Biography. Vol. 20. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 281.
5. ^ Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2014). Music in the Medieval West (Beginning ed.). New York. p. 5. ISBN978-0-393-92915-7. Examples of contrafacta abound in many times and cultures. My Land, 'Tis of Thee, for instance, is a contrafactum of an earlier English language anthem, God Save the King, and the reworking makes a statement about American republic.
6. ^ Jarius Lincoln, [ed.] Antislavery Melodies: for The Friends of Freedom. Prepared for the Hingham Antislavery Society. Words by A. K. Duncan. (Hingham, [Mass.]: Elijah B. Gill, 1843), Hymn 17 6s & 4s (Tune – "America") pp. 28–29.
   Some of these verses can be heard in the recording of the Arizona State University Antislavery Ensemble. "My Country 'Tis of Thee" (Vimeo). Arizona State University – Section of English. March 1, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2019. .
7. ^ Andrews, Due east. Benjamin (1912). History of the United states of america. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
8. ^ Wise, Robert. "West Side Story (1961 motion-picture show) Part iii Summary and Analysis | GradeSaver". www.gradesaver.com . Retrieved 8 December 2020.
9. ^ Hansen, Drew D. (2003). The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Spoken language that Inspired a Nation. New York: Harper Collins. p. 83.
10. ^ Keveney, Nib (September 19, 2001). "Audience identifies with depression-cardinal Leno". Us Today . Retrieved July 3, 2009.
11. ^ "Was God Save the Queen played at John McCain's funeral?". BBC News. 1 September 2018. Retrieved iii September 2019.
12. ^ Fine art For Freedom. "Art For Freedom". Archived from the original on 2013-09-07. Retrieved 2013-09-04 .
13. ^ Dan Berggren (2004). "From Every Mountainside". soundcloud.com.
14. ^ 1994, xvi November 2018, retrieved 2021-02-24

Bibliography [edit]

• Collins, Ace (2003). Songs Sung, Cerise, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs . HarperResource. ISBN0060513047.
• Music, David G.; Richardson, Paul A. (2008). I Volition Sing the Wondrous Story: A History of Baptist Hymnody in North America. Macon, Georgia: Mercer Academy Press. ISBN978-0865549487.

External links [edit]

• Page near the vocal at the Library of Congress, with scans, etc.
• Public Domain version of the sail music in multiple formats for viewing, printing, editing, etc. – (from the Choral Public Domain Library)
• Review of a book virtually the vocal from the Journal of American History
• CyberHymnal – contains history, lyrics, and infinitely-looping MIDI music.
• "America. The American national hymn". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(My_Country,_%27Tis_of_Thee)

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