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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. His friend Lowell Mason had asked him to translate the lyrics in some German school songbooks or to write new lyrics.
A melody in Muzio Clementi 's Symphony No. Rather than translating the lyrics from German, Smith wrote his own American patriotic hymn to the melody, completing the lyrics in thirty minutes. Smith gave Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, , [4] at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston.
First publication of "America" was in Additional verse to celebrate Washington's Centennial: Additional verses by Henry van Dyke:. Additional Abolitionist verses by A.
UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive > Morrison (Gayle) Files on Southeast Asian Refugees > "Tears for my country" handwritten letter. Title: "Tears for my country" handwritten letter. Date: January 29, Contributing Institution: UC Irvine, Southeast Asian Archive · More information about this.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Piano and violin arrangement of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". Retrieved December 6, History of the United States.