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[O beautiful for spacious skies] (Macfarlane)

Composer: Will C. Macfarlane

Macfarlane, William Charles; b. Oct. 2, 1870, London; d. May 12, 1945, North Conway, N.H.; English-born Amer. organist and composer. LOC Name Authority File Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O beautiful for spacious skies] (Macfarlane)
Composer: Will C. Macfarlane
Incipit: 51712 34543 21715
Copyright: Public Domain

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America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies,
for amber waves of grain;
for purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
and crown thy good with brotherhood
from sea to shining sea.

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The American Hymnal for Chapel Service #430b

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