America, The Beautiful Lyrics

Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life,
America, America, may God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.
And you know when I was in school,
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
America, sweet America,
You know, God done shed his grace on thee,
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see,
My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
Cause he, he, he, he, crowned thy good,
He told me he would, with brotherhood,
(From sea to shining sea).
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea).

Ray Charles - Anthology

Oct 1990

1. Hit The Road Jack
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. Let's Go Get Stoned
4. I Don't Need No Doctor
5. Hallelujah I Love Her So
6. One Mint Julep
7. Unchain My Heart
8. Don't Set Me Free
9. Busted
10. Crying Time
11. Cry
12. What'd I Say
13. Here We Go Agian
14. I Gotta Woman
15. Eleanor Rigby
16. You Are My Sunshine
17. America, The Beautiful
18. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
19. I Can't Stop Loving You
20. Born to Lose