My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From ev’ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!Samuel Francis Smith (1808–1895) American Baptist minister, journalist, author
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1831)
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