Who wrote "My Country 'Tis of Thee"?

sleb82

Samuel Francis Smith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Country,_'Tis_of_Thee Dec 02 07, 8:41 AM

zbeckabee

AMERICA -- Sometimes known by its first line, My Country, 'tis of Thee, this song was written in 1832 by the Reverend Samuel F. Smith. Some references give 1831 as the date, but by Samuel Smith's own testimony, they are not correct. By his own account (in February, 1832), Smith was reading through the music and was particularly attracted to the tune of God Save the King, although he was unable to understand the German words. He had realised that they were patriotic, and, in his own words, "in a brief period of time at the close of a dismal winter afternoon" he penned the verses as they now appear. http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/americasong.htm Dec 02 07, 9:30 AM

Arpeggionist

The composer of the music is not identified. Thoguh the music is probably of British origin, there's no way to tell for sure who wrote thsoe notes. Dec 02 07, 5:53 PM