<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "America the Beautiful" Performed by the United States Navy Band and Sea Chanters, arr . Carmen Dragon "America the Beautiful" United States Army Band Brass version </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing these files? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> "America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song . The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey . </P> <P> Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, "Pikes Peak", first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895 . At that time, the poem was titled "America" for publication . </P>

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