America the Beautiful
/əˌmerɪkə ðə ˈbjuːtɪfl/
/əˌmerɪkə ðə ˈbjuːtɪfl/
- a popular US song in praise of the country, written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1893. The first verse is: “O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain.America! America!God shed His grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea.”