| Song | America the Beautiful |
| Artist | Ray Charles |
| Album | A Message from the People |
| [00:18.40] | Oh beautiful, for heroes proved, |
| [00:25.85] | |
| [00:27.16] | In liberating strife, |
| [00:32.20] | |
| [00:36.35] | Who more than self, THEIR country loved, |
| [00:42.57] | |
| [00:44.52] | And mercy more than life, |
| [00:49.26] | |
| [00:55.48] | America,OH America, may God thy gold refine, |
| [01:06.95] | |
| [01:10.61] | Till all success be nobleness |
| [01:19.08] | |
| [01:20.17] | And every gain devined. |
| [01:25.75] | And you know when I was in school, |
| [01:26.99] | We used to sing it something like this, listen here: |
| [01:29.57] | |
| [01:30.44] | Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, |
| [01:37.65] | |
| [01:40.77] | For amber waves of grain, |
| [01:45.87] | |
| [01:48.90] | For purple mountain majesties, |
| [01:53.05] | |
| [01:58.65] | Above the fruited plain, |
| [02:02.17] | |
| [02:03.97] | But now wait a minute, I'm talking about |
| [02:07.62] | |
| [02:08.50] | America, sweet America, |
| [02:13.97] | |
| [02:16.20] | You know, God done shed his grace on thee, |
| [02:20.72] | |
| [02:23.16] | He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood, |
| [02:30.54] | From sea to shining sea. |
| [02:38.92] | You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this |
| [02:42.94] | |
| [02:45.26] | (America, America, God shed his grace on thee) |
| [02:47.19] | America, I love you America, you see, |
| [02:53.03] | My God he done shed his grace on thee, |
| [02:58.14] | And you oughta love him for it, |
| [03:00.13] | Cause he, he, he, he, crowned thy good, |
| [03:03.93] | He told me he would, with brotherhood, |
| [03:07.69] | |
| [03:09.49] | (From sea to shining sea). |
| [03:14.82] | |
| [03:17.17] | Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord |
| [03:22.43] | (Shining sea). |
| [00:18.40] | Oh beautiful, for heroes proved, |
| [00:25.85] | |
| [00:27.16] | In liberating strife, |
| [00:32.20] | |
| [00:36.35] | Who more than self, THEIR country loved, |
| [00:42.57] | |
| [00:44.52] | And mercy more than life, |
| [00:49.26] | |
| [00:55.48] | America, OH America, may God thy gold refine, |
| [01:06.95] | |
| [01:10.61] | Till all success be nobleness |
| [01:19.08] | |
| [01:20.17] | And every gain devined. |
| [01:25.75] | And you know when I was in school, |
| [01:26.99] | We used to sing it something like this, listen here: |
| [01:29.57] | |
| [01:30.44] | Oh beautiful, for spacious skies, |
| [01:37.65] | |
| [01:40.77] | For amber waves of grain, |
| [01:45.87] | |
| [01:48.90] | For purple mountain majesties, |
| [01:53.05] | |
| [01:58.65] | Above the fruited plain, |
| [02:02.17] | |
| [02:03.97] | But now wait a minute, I' m talking about |
| [02:07.62] | |
| [02:08.50] | America, sweet America, |
| [02:13.97] | |
| [02:16.20] | You know, God done shed his grace on thee, |
| [02:20.72] | |
| [02:23.16] | He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood, |
| [02:30.54] | From sea to shining sea. |
| [02:38.92] | You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this |
| [02:42.94] | |
| [02:45.26] | America, America, God shed his grace on thee |
| [02:47.19] | America, I love you America, you see, |
| [02:53.03] | My God he done shed his grace on thee, |
| [02:58.14] | And you oughta love him for it, |
| [03:00.13] | Cause he, he, he, he, crowned thy good, |
| [03:03.93] | He told me he would, with brotherhood, |
| [03:07.69] | |
| [03:09.49] | From sea to shining sea. |
| [03:14.82] | |
| [03:17.17] | Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord |
| [03:22.43] | Shining sea. |