LET FREEDOM RING: MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE

My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountainside,
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 thrills,
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.

Lyrics by Samuel F. Smith, 1832.

P.S. IN JOLLY OLD ENGLAND (YOU-KAY): THE INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE IN THE CASE OF THE MILITANT MUSLIM TERRORIST, AMATUER DOCTORS. MEANWHILE, IN WIMBLEDON VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS FIGHT FOR THE PRIZE.