AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 
* Words by 
Katharine Lee Bates 
Maestoso 
Music by 
Will C. Macfarlane 
Municipal Organist, Portland, Maine 
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2.0 beau -ti- ful for pil -grim feet, Whose stern, im-pas-sion’d stress 
3. O beau- ti —ful for he-roes proved, In lib - er - at - ing strife. 
4.0 beau ti - ful for pa-triot dream That sees be -yond the years 
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F or pur - pie mountain majesties A- bove the fruited plain ! A- mer - 1 - ca ! A 
A thor-oughfare for freedom beat A-cross the wil-der-ness ! A- mer i - ca ! A 
Who more than self their country loved. And mercy more than life ! Amer * i - ca ! A 
Thine al a- bas-ter cit- ies gleam Undimm'd by human tears ! A- mer - i - ca ! A 
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mer-i - ca ! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood, F rom 
mer-i - ca! God mend thine ev’ry flaw, Con-firm thy soul in self-control, Thy 
mer-i - ca ! May God thy gold re -fine, Till all success be no- ble- ness, And 
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A - mer - i - ca I A - mer -i-ca ! God shed His grace on thee! 
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* By permission oi the author. 
Copyright, 19x3, by Will C. Macfarlan* 
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