“Can
you help me? I need the lyrics and music to the first verse of God Bless
America.” The Newton Falls Public Library staff thought they were very familiar
with the song, but did not realize there was another verse.
We located the words to both the lesser known
first verse and the more well-known second verse at www.god-bless-america-lyrics.com.
This site said that Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 and revised it in
1938. According to the information there, the words to the first verse are actually
a spoken introduction and are:
“While the storm clouds gather far
across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land
that’s free
Let us all be grateful for a land so
fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn
prayer.”
The
website, SheetMusicPlus.com has an image of the music to the first verse and
information for ordering. We informed our patron about it. There were also
sites were the music could be downloaded to a personal computer.
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