Patriotic Songbook

Iroquois Girl Scouts

The Star Spangled Banner God Bless America
by Francis Scott Key by Irving Berlin

Oh, say can you see God bless America,

By the dawn's early light Land that I love,
What so proudly we hailed Stand beside her, and guide her
At the twilight's last gleaming? Through the night with a light from
above.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight, From the mountains, to the prairies,
O'er the ramparts we watched To the oceans, white with foam
Were so gallantly streaming?
God bless America,
And the rocket's red glare, My home sweet home
The bombs bursting in air, God bless America,
Gave proof through the night My home sweet home.
That our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled

banner yet wave O'er the land of the
free and the home of the brave.
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 Red, White and Blue
Red, white and blue,
Red, white and blue,
My flag and your flag
Is red, white and blue
My Country Tis of Thee
by Samuel Francis Smith
My country 'tis of thee, Let music swell the breeze,
Sweet land of liberty, And ring from all the trees
Of thee I sing. Sweet freedom’s song.
Land where my fathers died! Let mortal tongues awake;
Land of the Pilgrim's pride! Let all that breathe partake;
From every mountain side, Let rocks their silence break,
Let freedom ring! The sound prolong.
My native country, thee, Our father’s God to, Thee,
Land of the noble free, Author of liberty,
Thy name I love. To Thee we sing.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills; Long may our land be bright
My heart with rapture fills With freedom’s holy light;
Like that above. Protect us by Thy might,
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Great God, our King!
God Bless the U.S.A.
Lee Greenwood
From Detroit down to Houston
If tomorrow all the things were gone
And New York to L.A.
I worked for all my life
Where's pride in every American
And I had to start again
heart
With just my children and my wife
And it's time we stand and say
I thank my lucky stars
That I'm proud to be an American
To be living here today
Where at least I know I'm free
'Cause the flag still stands for
And I won't forget the men who died
freedom
Who gave that right to me
And they can't take that away
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And I'm proud to be an American And defend Her still today
Where at least I know I'm free 'Cause there ain't no doubt
And I won't forget the men who died I love this land
Who gave that right to me God Bless the U.S.A.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And I'm proud to be an American
And defend Her still today
Where at least I know I'm free
'Cause there ain't no doubt
And I won't forget the men who died
I love this land
Who gave that right to me
God Bless the U.S.A.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
From the lakes of Minnesota And defend Her still today
To the hills of Tennessee 'Cause there ain't no doubt
Across the plains of Texas I love this land
From sea to shining sea God Bless the U.S.A.
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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
beneath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.
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Fifty Nifty United States
Fifty nifty United States from thirteen Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
This Land is Your Land
by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land
this land is my land
From California
to the New York Island
From the redwood forest
to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking
a ribbon of highway
I saw above me
an endless skyway
I saw below me
a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
by George M. Cohan
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
A Yankee Doodle, do or die
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam
Born on the Fourth of July
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
She's my Yankee Doodle joy
Yankee Doodle came to London
Just to ride the ponies
I am the Yankee Doodle Boy.
America the Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates
When Johnny Comes
Marching Home Again
When Johnny comes marching home
again,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then
Hurrah! Hurrah!
The men will cheer and the boys will
shout
The ladies they will all turn out
And we’ll all feel gay,
When Johnny comes marching home.
Oh beautiful, for glory-tale
original colonies;
Fifty nifty stars in the flag that billows New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
so beautif'ly in the breeze.
Each individual state contributes a
quality that is great.
Each individual state deserves a bow, Dakota, Tennessee, Texas;
we salute them now.
Fifty nifty United States from thirteen West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
original colonies,
Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about
'em,
One by one till we've given a day to
ev'ry state in the U.S.A.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut;
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana;
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Michigan;
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada; Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Above the fruited plain!
North Dakota, Ohio; America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
And crown thy good with
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South
brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Oh beautiful, for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Al -a -o ming.
Thine alabaster cities gleam
North, south, east, west, in our calm, Undimmed by human tears!
objective opinion, America! America!
(New York) is the best of the God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with
Fifty nifty United States from thirteen brotherhood
original colonies, From sea to shining sea!
Shout 'em, scout 'em, Tell all about
'em,
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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!
Oh beautiful, for patriot dreams
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!
 One by one till we've given a day to
ev'ry state in the good old U. S. A.
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