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.
Songbooks:
Pioneer Community Song Sheet (publication year unknown)
Sing Along with Mitch [pamphlet 1] (publication year unknown)
Sing Along with Mitch [pamphlet 3] (publication year unknown)
The Golden Book of Favorite Songs (1915)
The One Hundred and One Best Songs, Revised Edition (1916)
55 Songs and Choruses for Community Singing (1917)
The Service Song Book (abridged) (1917)
Army Song Book (1918)
The Community Chorus Book (1918)
Popular Songs for Community Meetings (1919)
Twice 55 Community Songs (The Brown Book) (1919)
Boy Scout Song Book (1920)
Songs of Kiwanis (1921)
The Golden Book of Favorite Songs (1923)
Singing America (1924)
The Gray Book of Favorite Songs (1924)
Community Song Book (1927)
Twice 55 Community Songs for Treble Voices (The Rose Book) (1927)
Sociability Songs for Community, School, Home (1928)
Twice 55 Plus Community Songs (The New Brown Book) (1930)
The Home and Community Song Book (1931)
The One Hundred and One Best Songs, Revised 37th Edition (1931)
Keep On Singing (1933)
Second Official Song Book Gillette Original Community Sing (1937)
Army Song Book (1941)
Sing and Be Happy (1941)
All-American Song Book (1942)
Geoffrey O’Hara Golden Treasury Song Book (1943)
Keesler Field Song Book (1943)
The Golden Book of Favorite Songs (1946)
Sing Along with Mitch (1963)
Community Sing Session: 101 Songs You Love to Sing (1965)
Get American Singing. . . Again! (1996)
Sheet music:External link