"My Country, Tis of Thee" (also known as "America") is a American patriotic song, sung to the tune of God Save the Queen.
The most famous part of the lyrics run as follows:
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 mountainside
Let freedom ring.
The rest of the verses run:
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 fathers' 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!
Ani Difranco wrote a parody of it, called 'Tis of Thee[?], which pointed out the flaws of US society, particularly the vast social and economic inqualities.
