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A review by jrkrell
My Country, 'Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights by Claire Rudolf Murphy
5.0
Really enjoyed the history and various versions of the song. I found the 1795 version still appropriate today.
"God save each Female's right,
Show to her ravished sight
Woman is Free;
Let Freedom's voice prevail,
And draw aside the veil,
Supreme Effulgence hail,
Sweet Liberty."
Again in 1920:
"Our country, now from thee
Claim we our liberty,
In freedom's name.
Guarding home's altar fires,
Daughters of patriot sires,
Their zeal our own inspires,
Justice to claim."
Also an older labor song seems apt.
"My country, 'tis of thee,
Once land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land of the Millionaire;
Farmers with pockets bare:
Caused by the cursed snare -
The Money Ring."
Wonderful ending with Marian Anderson's version sung on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Followed by Martin Luther King's version from the March on Washington and finally Aretha Franklin's version at Obama's inauguration.
"God save each Female's right,
Show to her ravished sight
Woman is Free;
Let Freedom's voice prevail,
And draw aside the veil,
Supreme Effulgence hail,
Sweet Liberty."
Again in 1920:
"Our country, now from thee
Claim we our liberty,
In freedom's name.
Guarding home's altar fires,
Daughters of patriot sires,
Their zeal our own inspires,
Justice to claim."
Also an older labor song seems apt.
"My country, 'tis of thee,
Once land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land of the Millionaire;
Farmers with pockets bare:
Caused by the cursed snare -
The Money Ring."
Wonderful ending with Marian Anderson's version sung on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Followed by Martin Luther King's version from the March on Washington and finally Aretha Franklin's version at Obama's inauguration.