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America the Beautiful

patriotic song by Katherine Bates glorifying national ideals (1893). [Am. Music: Scholes, 30]
See: Song, Patriotic
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Songs include traditional children's songs like "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" and "Eency Weency Spider;" spirituals like "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and "All My Trials;" and standards like "After the Ball is Over," "Funiculi, Funicula" and "Annie Laurie." Other songs include "America, the Beautiful" and "Star-Spangled Banner," folk songs like "Freight Train" and "Hava Nagila," Christmas songs like "Away in a Manger" and "Jingle Bells," and favorite hymns like "Amazing Grace" and "Be Thou My Vision," among many others.
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