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America The Beautiful Lyrics

Artist: Ray Charles (Buy Ray Charles CDs)

Oh beautiful for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life,

America, America may God thy gold refine,
Til all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.

And you know when I was in school,
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:

Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple maountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,

But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee,
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.

You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see,
My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
Cause he, he, he ,he crowned thy good,
He told me he would, with brotherhood,
(From sea to shining Sea).
Oh lord, oh lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea).

Comments/Interpretations

by Don Scott on 2/23/2011 12:38am
So very beautiful, thank you and God bless you Ray.

by Timothy brown on 2/26/2011 7:20pm
That's a beautiful song because god done good things all over the world.God do and will bless amarica.

by Nalado Yusuf. on 12/30/2011 5:59pm
I appreciate the way the song ended thanking our lord.Thank you Ray,And God bless you.

by Brianna on 3/24/2012 11:06am
i cannot believe it. someone finally appreciates america ive searched everywhere for this song.Thank u!