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Oct 24, 2005, 12:01 PM
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The first night that David Letterman hosted his show, after 9/11, his musical guest was Guy Davis. Guy is the song of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Here is what he sang. I wish this was our national anthem.
America the Beautiful Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties 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 pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare of freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till souls wax fair as earth and air And music-hearted sea! O beautiful for pilgrims feet, Whose stem impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till paths be wrought through wilds of thought By pilgrim foot and knee! O beautiful for glory-tale Of liberating strife When once and twice, for man's avail Men lavished precious life! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till selfish gain no longer stain The banner of the free! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till nobler men keep once again Thy whiter jubilee! I'm not as hopeful as I was that night...that everything was going to be okay. That we as Americans, would somehow have a safer place to live and be...... |
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Oct 24, 2005, 12:15 PM
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Thanks, Pat.
Helps get my feet back on the ground and my heart refocused. Petunia 
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Oct 24, 2005, 01:07 PM
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Pat, I've always thought this should be our National Anthem!!
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Oct 24, 2005, 01:13 PM
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I've always thought that it should be too, and I live in the hometown of Francis Scott Key.
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