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Kate Smith - God Bless America

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Album: The Best Of Kate Smith
Released: 1938

God Bless America Lyrics

God Bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home

From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home
God bless America, my home sweet home

Writer/s: IRVING BERLIN
Publisher: IMAGEM U.S. LLC
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God Bless America

Irving Berlin wrote this in 1918 for the musical Yip, Yip, Yaphank. After writing it, Berlin felt it didn't fit the tone of the musical, which was a comedy, and decided not to use it. In 1938, with war looming in Europe, Berlin updated the lyrics for the purpose of writing a "peace" song.

Smith introduced this on her radio show on Armistice Day in 1938 (November 11). It was an immediate hit.

Berlin donated the royalties from this song, which were considerable, to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America. He established the God Bless America Fund for this purpose.

Berlin was not born in America. His family immigrated from Siberia when he was 5.

A few years after this song was released, Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" as a parody.