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God Bless America
God Bless America.
Land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies ,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home.
God Bless America,
Land that I love
Stand beside her,
And guide her,
Through the night
With the light from above,
From the mountains,
To the prairies,
To the ocean,
White with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
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Song Story
God bless America, one of America's unofficial national
anthems, was composed by an immigrant who left his home in Siberia for America when he was
only five years old. The original version of "God Bless America" was written by
Irving Berlin (1888-1989) during the summer of 1918 at Camp Upton, located in Yaphank,
Long Island. He indeded to use it in his
Ziegfeld-style revue, Yip, Yip, Yaphank. The
original lyric declared: "Make her victorious on land and foam, God Bless
America..."
However, Berlin eventually decided that the solemn tone
of "God Bless America" was somewhat out of keeping with the more comedic
elements of the show and the song was laid aside.
It was in the fall of 1938, as war was again threatening Europe,
that Berlin decided to write a "peace" song.
Then he recalled his "God Bless America" from twenty years earlier. He made some alterations to reflect the different
state of the world and “God Bless America” was born. Singer Kate Smith introduced the revised "God
Bless America" during her radio broadcast on Armistice Day, 1938. The song was an immediate sensation and its sheet
music was in great demand. As a result Berlin
soon established the God Bless America Fund, dedicating the royalties to the Boy and Girl
Scouts of America.
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