Where can I find the lyrics and notes to America the Beautiful?
The 1917 version of the sheet music for America the Beautiful is available at http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010520/contactsheet.html; the lyrics, in more compact form, are found at http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010520/lyricsFO.pdf . The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has an interesting bit of history about the song–the lyrics were not always associated with that particular tune. Can you believe that it was sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne? ——————————— http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/america.htm The lyrics to this beautiful song were written by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) an instructor at Wellesley College, Massac
