God Bless America

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. It is sometimes considered an unofficial national anthem of the United States.

God Bless America!

An earlier and much more obscure song called "God Bless America!" was written by Robert Montgomery Bird and published in 1834. Sheet music for this version is available online from the Library of Congress. The lyrics begin:

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Robert Montgomery Bird - Published in 1834 - Library of Congress

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God bless the land that gave us birth!

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No pray'r but this know we.

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God bless the land, of all the earth,

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The happy and the free.

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And where's the land like ours can brave

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The splendor of the day.

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And find no son of hers a slave?

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God bless America!

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God bless the land, the land beloved

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Forever and for aye!

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God bless the land that gave us birth.

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God bless America!

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