Introduced on Armistice Day, 1938
This printing was published in 1939.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The verse is rarely sung but it gives the clear setting of World War 2.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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
Chorus
God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above
From the mountains, to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: