I have always thought "America the Beautiful" spoke to the natural beauty of our land as well as the ideals of its people. It's a much healthier choice than a song obsessed with warfare stuck in the early 19th CE. Alternatively, "This Land is Your Land.." speaks to an America in which everyone has a place.
Another vote for America the Beautiful! Amber waves of grain and purple mountains' majesty...
Also, singer/songwriter Jean Rohe composed another alternative national anthem and made a beautiful video recording of it you can watch online. I love *almost* everything about it, but feel it focuses too much on the negative, discounting the good.
On further consideration, having just refreshed myself on all four verses, there's nothing racist in there, you unreflective twit. The use of the word ‘slave’ in it is used as an imprecation, and has nothing to do with the American society of that day.
I have always wished for America the Beautiful.
I absolutely love Bruce Springsteen's "American Land," but would also strongly favor "This Land Is Your Land."
I have always thought "America the Beautiful" spoke to the natural beauty of our land as well as the ideals of its people. It's a much healthier choice than a song obsessed with warfare stuck in the early 19th CE. Alternatively, "This Land is Your Land.." speaks to an America in which everyone has a place.
The "Black National Anthem" by James Weldon Johnson
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.
This song acknowledges the pain of the past but points us together to a shared hope for the future. It also points to God as our only source of hope.
I love this hymn, but it is long and difficult to sing.
And is it truly a "national" anthem with meaning for all?
This Land is Your Land
Another vote for America the Beautiful! Amber waves of grain and purple mountains' majesty...
Also, singer/songwriter Jean Rohe composed another alternative national anthem and made a beautiful video recording of it you can watch online. I love *almost* everything about it, but feel it focuses too much on the negative, discounting the good.
Atlantic and Pacific flow
The Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico
The land between sustains us all
To cherish it, our tireless call
Arise! Arise!
I see the future in your eyes.
To a more perfect union we aspire
And lift our voices from the fire.
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Worth a listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay1iC1zt24A&list=RDAy1iC1zt24A&start_radio=1
Agree with those who support "America the Beautiful."
But in today's America it would be impossible to adopt a new anthem that mentions God four times.
Recommending "American Anthem" by Gene Scheer.
https://youtu.be/hdM8S-8R7sI?si=zePqiIwYjEfJjEHS
This Land is Your Land
the masterpiece by Francisco González Bocanegra:
Ciña ¡Oh Patria! tus sienes de oliva
de la paz el arcángel divino,
que en el cielo tu eterno destino
por el dedo de Dios se escribió.
Mas si osare un extraño enemigo
profanar con su planta tu suelo,
piensa ¡oh Patria querida! que el cielo
un soldado en cada hijo te dio.
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
This stanza
Our father’s God to Thee,
Author of Liberty
To Thee we sing
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom’s holy light
Protect us by Thy Might
Great God our King
“This Land Is Your Land” and "Free Bird" are good options. Also thinking about the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
On further consideration, having just refreshed myself on all four verses, there's nothing racist in there, you unreflective twit. The use of the word ‘slave’ in it is used as an imprecation, and has nothing to do with the American society of that day.
You're an ignorant child and hateful punk.
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