Some national pride for Fourth of July

Title: Reflections on America
Composer: Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.

Since it is the 4th of July weekend I figured this would be a good song to play. Hugh S. Livingston, Jr. grew up in Tennessee and served in music ministries there as well as in Indiana, and Ohio, providing his talents as a choral director, pianist, organist, and trumpeter. He remained active as a church musician, and shared his musical gifts with hundreds of people in assisted living and nursing homes. Many of his unpublished manuscripts were discovered after his death in October 2014. I hope you enjoy this song of his.

Lyrics:
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our father's God to, Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King!