Arrangement courtesy of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, intended for playing on American Canjo Company™ brand one-string canjos with dulcimer-style fretting, with fret numberings as shown below. The open unfretted string is notated as “0″.
My Country ‘Tis of Thee
3 3 4 2 3 4 5 5 6 5 4 3 4 3 2 3 My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing! 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrims’ pride, 5 6 5 4 3 5 6 8 9 6 5 4 3 from ev--er--y mountainside, let freedom ring! Additional Verses My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love; I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills; My heart with rapture thrills, Like that above. Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong. Our fathers' God to Thee, Author of liberty, To Thee we sing. Long may our land be bright, With freedom's holy light, Protect us by Thy might, Great God our King.
To learn more about this classic spiritual song, check out this Wikipedia article.
Arrangement by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply Copyright 2014 by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply
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