Behold the smiling, happy land that Freedom calls her own...
Tune name | Denson | Cooper | |
---|---|---|---|
Babylon is Fallen | 117 | 427 | No country escapes the judgment of God. |
Chester | 479 | - | By American composer William Billings, this once was considered the unofficial national anthem. |
Granville | 547 | - | "Lord, while we see whole nations die, our flesh and sense repine and cry, `Must Death forever rage and reign?'" |
Greenwich | 183 | - | No leader escapes the judgment of God. |
Liberty | 137 | 137 | "No more beneath th'oppressive hand of tyranny we groan." |
Mount Vernon | 110 | 110 | A Lament for George Washington |
Murillo's Lesson | 358 | 358 | "Columbia ... The queen of the world and the child of the skies." |
My Country, 'Tis of Thee (America) | - | 484b | "Sweet land of liberty..." |
Ode on Science | 242 | - | All haughty tyrants we disdain, And shout, "Long live America." |
Soldier's Delight | 487 | - | "Fight for your country and your God" |
The American Star | 346 | - | "The spirits of Washington, Warren, Montgomery Look down from the clouds..." |
War Department | 160t | - | Devilishly difficult to sing; the text is considered racist by some; others argue that it is a paean to peacable living. |
Contributors include Paul Figura and Lee Bradley. Any and all errors are mine, of course.
--Will Fitzgerald, July, 2006