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Hekate

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39. America the Beautiful. It has history, it's easy to sing, it's not warlike.
Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 02:31 AM
Sep 2016

O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountains majesty
Above the fruited plain
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea

O beautiful for patriots' dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law

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we need a new national anthem so post suggestions [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2016 OP
This Land Is Your Land -- as long as it's the entire song. Brickbat Sep 2016 #1
Geronimo's great-grand-daughter told me she would refuse to sing it struggle4progress Sep 2016 #2
Fair enough. Brickbat Sep 2016 #18
I like it. Inclusive, singable. On my list. Lyrics below. Hortensis Sep 2016 #50
Why? LWolf Sep 2016 #59
Born in the USA zipplewrath Sep 2016 #3
+1. It has always been my favorite. Javaman Sep 2016 #60
You are proposing a song in Spanish??? Travis_0004 Sep 2016 #4
I don't know any Spanglish or Chinglish songs struggle4progress Sep 2016 #5
The country's motto is in Latin jberryhill Sep 2016 #57
That's what they speak in Latin America, right? PJMcK Sep 2016 #85
Well, duh, of course jberryhill Sep 2016 #91
The Blasters--"American Music." johnp3907 Sep 2016 #6
There ya go ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #26
Damn, I love that song and The Blasters. :) nt Javaman Sep 2016 #61
What is the judging criteria for "better"? ManiacJoe Sep 2016 #7
I love the second one. It might not be secular enough, Ilsa Sep 2016 #8
America the Beautiful gets my vote too! Jim Beard Sep 2016 #45
On the list as possible, but badly flawed due to religious content. Hortensis Sep 2016 #51
America the Beautiful Motley13 Sep 2016 #76
The current one GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #9
It's an unsingable boozing tune struggle4progress Sep 2016 #84
That's because no one ever looks past the first verse Retrograde Sep 2016 #87
I like it even better now... GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #88
U.S. Blues, Grateful Dead ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #10
You beat me to it nt Buzz cook Sep 2016 #93
My suggestion. Lochloosa Sep 2016 #11
Cyndi Lauper -- Money Changes Everything hunter Sep 2016 #12
The Brains AngryAmish Sep 2016 #68
Thanks! hunter Sep 2016 #74
Trump's new nation anthem doc03 Sep 2016 #13
more like this Revanchist Sep 2016 #73
That's good. I was thinking, how high is this wall going doc03 Sep 2016 #80
My vote Heeeeers Johnny Sep 2016 #14
Gotta listen to the words, all of them... 63splitwindow Sep 2016 #15
Sly & The Family Stone, KMOD Sep 2016 #16
uh nope. The one we have is just fine thank you. eom Purveyor Sep 2016 #17
Anything by J.S. Sousa Doc_Technical Sep 2016 #19
I'd have to ask that we absolutely avoid 'The Liberty Bell'... SeattleVet Sep 2016 #34
Lol. Great story. I had gone to look for lyrics, and that Hortensis Sep 2016 #52
For Those About to Rock, We Salute You - AC/DC. It immediately came to mind. megahertz Sep 2016 #20
We "need" a new national anthem? NanceGreggs Sep 2016 #21
Since some delicate flower got triggered by the one we have now. NuclearDem Sep 2016 #23
Getting rather pathetic now, isn't it... eom Purveyor Sep 2016 #35
Omg. Please tell me where that was. The Star Spangled Banner is hard to sing.... Hekate Sep 2016 #43
It's quite fun to trivialize the concerns of others as you did. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #81
Their concerns were trivial. NuclearDem Sep 2016 #97
Star-Spangled Bigotry struggle4progress Sep 2016 #86
Simple Song of Freedom - Bobby Darin Old and In the Way Sep 2016 #22
I'll stick to the current anthem as it is just fine. MohRokTah Sep 2016 #24
I think the current one is fine. I'll pass on suggestions. n/t Waldorf Sep 2016 #25
"we're bringing the war back home" - firesign theater, since the USA is a war loving society nt msongs Sep 2016 #27
In this day and age, there can only be one answer jmowreader Sep 2016 #28
Yeah, the theme song from the Team America movie was the first one I thought of too Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2016 #71
The Grateful Dead's US Blues Retrograde Sep 2016 #29
It's a money obsessed country, so... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #30
This is hilarious Cartoonist Sep 2016 #31
Phil Ochs - Power And Glory jg10003 Sep 2016 #32
American Pie radical noodle Sep 2016 #33
It sure won't hold true if Drumpf somehow gets elected POTUS True Dough Sep 2016 #36
My 86 year old mother agrees with you choice........... mrmpa Sep 2016 #42
I love this choice! JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #56
Moms favorite song!!!!! nt. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #70
What we really need, ronnie624 Sep 2016 #37
So what happens when you win a gold medal at the Olympics? philosslayer Sep 2016 #102
AC/DC JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #38
That's my rant against fossil fuels. hunter Sep 2016 #95
America the Beautiful. It has history, it's easy to sing, it's not warlike. Hekate Sep 2016 #39
Excellent! Jim Beard Sep 2016 #47
Yes, I agree Emilybemily Sep 2016 #53
Religious elements? brooklynite Sep 2016 #55
At the time it was penned, we had an unspoken agreement about civic rituals... Hekate Sep 2016 #75
But now the Rs have stomped all over that. SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #110
This has always been my preference! . . . . n/t annabanana Sep 2016 #83
My choice, too AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #92
Excellent! Jim Beard Sep 2016 #98
Let's start with the notion of not playing the............ mrmpa Sep 2016 #40
I like that. When I was growing up we got to sing the state anthem at every aporting event... Hekate Sep 2016 #44
You don't think that some of the state songs are even more controversial? Tanuki Sep 2016 #49
Oh dear. And here I was waxing nostalgic over "Hawai'i Pono'i" Hekate Sep 2016 #90
"Let them all go to hell except cave 76" Behind the Aegis Sep 2016 #41
we need somethin with a good beat tytrace Sep 2016 #46
You might want one... TipTok Sep 2016 #48
Funny that nobody has mentioned "God Bless America" rogerashton Sep 2016 #54
Urk. SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #106
Walk This Way jberryhill Sep 2016 #58
Kill the poor by the Dead Kennedys. nt Javaman Sep 2016 #62
America the Beautiful LynnTTT Sep 2016 #63
Back in the USA... PassingFair Sep 2016 #64
Got my vote! nt SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #107
911 is a joke. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #65
HA! Love it. PE is one of my faves. megahertz Sep 2016 #69
Eve of Destruction (nt) matt819 Sep 2016 #66
Wiggle It, Just a Little Bit AngryAmish Sep 2016 #67
Bob Marley, Redemption Song? Glassunion Sep 2016 #72
Geez! BlueInPhilly Sep 2016 #77
I'm proud to say I'm not required to show respect. SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #108
This one bigbrother05 Sep 2016 #78
Lift Every Voice and Sing would be fine with me! raging moderate Sep 2016 #79
I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke teach1st Sep 2016 #82
America the Beautiful is also great. raging moderate Sep 2016 #89
"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath Victor_c3 Sep 2016 #94
It has to be written in Maryland and have a place to shout "O" during the lyrics. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #96
I've always like "O Canada!" Is anyone using that song? Takket Sep 2016 #99
Dunno. But if it's already taken, mebbe we could use "God Defend New Zealand" struggle4progress Sep 2016 #100
America the Beautiful...done by Ray Charles. roamer65 Sep 2016 #101
I would totally agree, if not for the "God." SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #109
Phil Ochs - Power and the Glory 1964 JenniferJuniper Sep 2016 #103
The original one is OK... SeattleVet Sep 2016 #104
Oh wow! Thanks! nt SusanCalvin Sep 2016 #111
Upbeat, singable, and the essence of America Proud Public Servant Sep 2016 #105
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YES WE DO!!!!!!!! burrowowl Sep 2016 #115
Pete Seeger - This Land is Your Land Mosby Sep 2016 #116
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