America the Beautiful by ShawnKirchner

    ©2018 by Shawn Kirchner Publishing. All rights reserved. TENOR Baritone BASS Piano ...for mp amberWith a sense of vastness q = c.76 O mp beauti-ful-forspacious-skies,foramberO mp beauti-ful-forspacious-skies,foramberp wavesof mf grain, forpurple- moun f tain-majes-ties- above-thefruited mf -plain! 7 wavesof mf grain, forpurple- moun f tain-majes-ties- above-thefruited mf -plain! wavesof mf grain, forpurple- moun f tain-majes-ties- above-thefruited mf -plain! mf f mf              Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write these words atop Pikes Peak in eastern Colorado, looking out over the Great Plains  America the Beautiful Shawn KirchnerKatharine Lee Bates, Shawn Kirchner            Pedal for sonorous effect throughout                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     PERUSAL ONLY

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    mp ...beneath-thecountless-stars, A few clicks faster, just for flow?22 O mp beauti-ful,-thatancient-feet,beneath-thecountless-stars, O mp beauti-ful,-thatancient-feet,beneath-thecountless-stars, mp ten mf thousand-yearsinbeauty-walked,throughwilder-ness-unmarred.27 ten mf thousand-yearsinbeauty-walked,throughwilder-ness-unmarred.ten mf thousand-yearsinbeauty-walked,throughwilder-ness-unmarred.mf                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 3 PERUSAL ONLY

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others'-lossboughtselfish-gain.

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mp   MEZZOS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           7 PERUSAL ONLY

  A mp mer -i-ca,-Amer-i-ca!-A mf mer -i-ca,- Amer-i ca,-mayGodyet 69 A mf mer -i-ca,- mayGodyet A mp mer -i-ca,-Amer-i-ca!-A mf mer -i-ca,- Amer-i ca,-mayGodyet A mp mer -i-ca,- A mf mer -i-ca,- mayGodyet A mp mer -i-ca,- A mf mer -i-ca,- mayGodyet A mp mer -i-ca,- A mf mer -i-ca,- mayGodyet                                                                                                                                                                                                                 8 PERUSAL ONLY

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thineev'ry-flaw,Redeem-thysoulandbemade whole,

thyliber-ty-inlaw.

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