A Book of Patriotic Songs

America the Beautiful God Bless America

Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Words and music by Irving Berlin

Melody by Samuel Ward
God Bless America,
O beautiful for spacious skies, Land that I love.
For amber waves of grain, Stand beside her, and guide her
For purple mountain majesties Thru the night with a light from above.
Above the fruited plain! From the mountains, to the prairies,
America! America! To the oceans, white with foam
God shed his grace on thee God bless America, My home sweet home.
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea! I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
America by George M. Cohan

by Rev. Samuel F. Smith I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy

A Yankee Doodle, do or die
My country, 'tis of Thee, A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam
Sweet Land of Liberty Born on the Fourth of July
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died, I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
Land of the pilgrims' pride, She's my Yankee Doodle joy
From every mountain side Yankee Doodle came to London
Let Freedom ring. Just to ride the ponies
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.
You're a Grand Old Flag
by George M. Cohan

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Every heart beats true This Land is Your Land
beneath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag. words and music by Woody Guthrie
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag. This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
When Johnny Comes Marching Home From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream
Again waters
This land was made for you and me
When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah! Hurrah! As I was walking a ribbon of highway
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then I saw above me an endless skyway
Hurrah! Hurrah! I saw below me a golden valley
The men will cheer and the boys will shout This land was made for you and me
The ladies they will all turn out
And we’ll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.
The Star Spangled Banner God Bless the U.S.A. (chorus only)
Composed by Francis Scott
Key. Congress proclaimed it by Lee Greenwood
the U.S. National Anthem in
1931.
And I’m proud to be an
Oh, say, can you see, by American,
the dawn’s early light, where at least I know I’m
What so proudly we free.
hailed at the twilight’s last And I won’t forget the men
gleaming? who died,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through who gave that right to me.
the perilous fight,
Over the ramparts we watched, were so And I gladly stand up, next to you
gallantly streaming? and defend her still today.
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting Because there ain’t no doubt I love this
in air, land,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was God bless the USA.
still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet
wave
Over the land of the free and the home of the
brave?
 The Caissons Go Rolling Along
Dixie

by Daniel Decatur Emmett of Mount

Vernon, Ohio
Over hill, over dale
As we hit the dusty
trail,
And the Caissons go
Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, rolling along.
Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land. In and out, hear them shout,
Counter march and right about,
In Dixie Land, where I was born in, And the Caissons go rolling along.
early on one frosty morning,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land. Then it's hi! hi! hee!
In the field artillery,
I wish I was in Dixie, Hooray! Hooray! Shout out your numbers loud and strong,
In Dixie Land I’ll take my stand For wherever you go,
to live and die in Dixie. You will always know
Away, away, away down south in Dixie. That the Caissons go rolling along.
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.
Marine Corps Anthem
Army Air Corps Song
From the Halls of Montezuma (U.S. Air Force Song)
to the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country’s battles Off we go into the wild
In the air, on land and sea; blue yonder,
climbing high into the sun.
First to fight for right and freedom Here they come, zooming to meet our
And to keep our honor clean; thunder,
We are proud to claim the title at them boys, give her the gun!
of United States Marines.
Down we dive, spouting our flame from
under,
off with one heck of a roar!
Anchors Aweigh We live in fame or go down in flame.
Shout! Nothing will stop the Army Air
A Song of the Navy Corps!

Anchors Aweigh, my boys This is My Country

Anchors Aweigh
Farewell to college joys, This is my country! Land of
we sail at break of day-day-day-day my birth!
Through our last night on shore, This is my country! Grandest
Drink to the foam, on earth!
Until we meet once more I pledge thee my allegiance,
Here’s wishing you a happy voyage home. America, the bold,
For this is my country to have and to hold.