Ray Charles took "America the Beautiful" and made it into something perfect. There is a poetic grace in a man who grew up in the segregated south and totally blind from seven years old singing about the beauty of America. Enjoy your Fourth of July.
Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life,
America, America, may God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine.
When I was in school you know ,
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
(Look it here) I'm talking about
America, sweet America,
You know, God done shed his grace on thee,
He crowned thy good, say with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
America, I love you America,
(Because) My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
Cause he, he, he, he, crowned thy good,
He told me he would, say with brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Jesus
(Shining sea).
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