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Far round the world thy children sing their song, From east and west their voices sweetly blend, Praising the Lord, in whom young lives are strong, Jesus, our guide, our hero, and our friend. Guide of the pilgrim clambering to the height, Hero on whom our fearful hearts depend, Friend of the wanderer yearning for the light,
Convoy" also peaked at number two in the UK. The song capitalized on the fad for citizens band (CB) radio. The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy, for which McCall rerecorded the song to fit the film's storyline. [4] The song received newfound popularity with its use during the 2022 Freedom Convoy.
The Liberty Song" is a pre-American Revolutionary War song with lyrics by Founding Father John Dickinson [1] (not by Mrs. Mercy Otis Warren of Plymouth, Massachusetts). [2] The song is set to the tune of " Heart of Oak ", the anthem of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom .
"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]
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey, [1] though the two never met. [2] Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally titled "Pikes Peak".
The music was arranged by composer Amanda Kennedy in 1883, for a song called "Star of the Sea". It is not to be confused with several similarly named carols, including an American folk carol named "Star in the East" and an English carol titled "Star of the East" or "Brightest and Best". [1] Judy Garland recorded the song in 1941.
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A version for children appears on the 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids album "A Cabbage Patch Christmas". Woody Guthrie rewrote the lyrics to the song in 1949 and adapted the song to become “Come When I Call You.” Written about the ravages of war in the aftermath of World War II, the song would go unpublished until the late 90s.