Song title:America the beautiful
Year:1910
Composer:Samuel A. Ward
Lyricist:Katherine Lee Bates
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Note:Bates originally wrote this as a poem. Music by Ward, “Materna” was originally written for the hymn, “O Mother dear, Jerusalem”. Bates publically revised her poem a few times in 1904 and 1913.
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