<Li> God Bless America, a 2011 film written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, is a dark comedy that satirizes the present - day American values . The story revolves around a loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill man and his 16 - year - old female companion, who go on a killing spree, offing the stupidest, cruelest, and most repugnant members of American society . </Li> <P> An earlier and much more obscure song called "God Bless America!" was written by Robert Montgomery Bird and published in 1834 . Sheet music for this version is available online from the Library of Congress . The lyrics begin: </P> <P> God bless the land that gave us birth! No pray'r but this know we . God bless the land, of all the earth, The happy and the free . And where's the land like ours can brave The splendor of the day . And find no son of hers a slave? God bless America! God bless the land, the land beloved Forever and for aye! God bless the land that gave us birth . God bless America! </P>

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