America (My Country Tis of Thee) 1st dia

America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) w 6 verses for Diatonic
Music by Henry Carey
Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith 
& Henry Van Dyke (verses 5 & 6)
Key of G Major		Range F#4 to E5

This is the 1st harpist’s part of America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) Harp Quartet for Diatonic. It requires a key of "G" Richter tuned Diatonic.

Tab Notations:	none = blow    - = draw   ____= hold    

3/4 Time

   4   4    -4     -3___  4   -4
1. My  coun-try   ‘tis__ of   thee,
2. My  na - tive   coun- try, thee,
3. Let mu - sic    swell the  breeze,
4. Our fa - ther's God   to,  Thee,
5. We  love thine  in_ - land seas,
6. Thy sil--ver    Eas - tern strands,

   5     5      -5   5___  -4   4
1. Sweet land   of   lib – er - ty,
2. Land  of     the  no_ - ble  free,
3. And   ring   from all__ the  trees
4. Au -- thor   of   li_ - ber- ty,
5. Thy   groves and  gi__- ant  trees,
6. Thy   Gold - en   Gate  that stands,

   -4    4    -3    4_____
1. Of    thee I     sing__:
2. Thy   name I     love__.
3. Sweet free-dom's song.
4. To    Thee we    sing.
5. Thy   roll-ing   plains;
6. Front-ing  the   West;
  
   6    6     6    6___    -5    5
1. Land where my   fa -    thers died!
2. I    love  thy  rocks   and   rills,
3. Let  mor - tal  tongues a  -  wake;
4. Long may   our  land    be    bright
5. Thy  riv - er’s migh -- ty    sweep,
6. Thy Flow – ‘ry  South – land  fair,

   -5   -5      -5    -5__   5      -4
1. Land of      the   Pil -- grim's pride!
2. Thy  woods   and   tem -- pled   hills;
3. Let  all     that  breathe par - take;
4. With free--  dom's ho___ - ly    light;
5. Thy  my --   stic  can__ - yons  deep,
6. Thy  North’s sweet, crys - tal   air:

   5    -5 5 -4 4    5___ -5   6
1. From ev – ry___   moun-tain-side,
2. My   he-a-rt with rap--ture fills
3. Let  rocks  their si - lence break,
4. Pro- tect us____  by   Thy  might,
5. Thy  moun-tains   wild and  steep,--
6. Oh   Land__  be - yond com- pare,

   -6 -5     5    -4   4____
1. Let_____  free-dom  ring!
2. Like____  that a -- bove.
3. The_____  sound pro-long.
4. Great___  God, our  King!
5. All_____  thy  do - mains.
6. We______  love thee best!