Anniversary of American Independence

July 4 Tune Rule Britannia

Hail great Republic of the World,
The rising Empire of the West,
Where fam’d Columbus, of mighty mind inspir’d,
Gave tortur’d Europe scenes of rest.
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free,
The land of Love and Liberty.

2

Beneath thy spreading mantling Vine,
Beside thy flow’ry groves and springs,
And on thy lofty, thy lofty, mountains brow,
May all thy sons and fair ones sing,
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free,
The land of Love and Liberty.

3

From (thou) thee may hated Discord fly,
With all her dark, her dreary train,
And whilst thy mighty, thy mighty, Waters roll
May heart endearing concord reign.
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free
The land of Love and Liberty

4

Far as the vast Atlantic pours
Its loaded wave to human sight,
There may thy starry, thy starry; standard shine,
The constellation of thy rights.
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free
The land of Love and Liberty.

5

May ages as they rise proclaim
The glories of thy natal day,
And restless Europe, from thy example learn
To love, to rule, and to obey.
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free
The land of Love and Liberty.

6

Let Laureats sing their birth-day odes,
Or how their death-like thunder’s hurl’d,
Tis ours the Charter, the Charter, ours alone
To sing the birth-day of a World
Be thou for ever, for ever, great and free
The land of Love and Liberty.