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They're also songs with messages about what America is really like for those who live here, and how we'd like America to be: Land of the free, home of the brave and a place where everyone has the ...
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
From 19th-century anthems to modern pop hits, these Fourth of July songs will make the perfect soundtrack for your Independence Day festivities. “Living in America” by James Brown
The second single, "Southern Cross", was Stills' partial rewrite of a song by brothers Richard and Michael Curtis. [6] [7] The song "Daylight Again" evolved out of Stills' guitar-picking to accompany on-stage stories regarding the South in the Civil War, segueing into "Find the Cost of Freedom", which had been the B-side of the "Ohio" single in ...
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The song "America the Beautiful" was sung before, but it was switched to "God Bless America" in the post-9/11 era. The song for many years was performed by Florence Henderson, a native Hoosier, and a friend of the Hulman-George family, the track's owners at the time. The performance, often not televised, immediately precedes the national anthem.
"Sunrise, Sunset" is a song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof written in 1964 by composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick.The song is performed at the wedding of Tzeitel (Tevye and Golde's eldest daughter).
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