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Its lack of legal status and its use at official state functions fascinate [[liberal]]s and liberal observers.  For example, the [[Chinese]] performed it during [[Richard Nixon]]'s visit in 1972.  
 
Its lack of legal status and its use at official state functions fascinate [[liberal]]s and liberal observers.  For example, the [[Chinese]] performed it during [[Richard Nixon]]'s visit in 1972.  
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==Lyrics==
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O beautiful for spacious skies,
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For amber waves of grain,
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For purple mountain majesties
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Above the fruited plain!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea!
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O beautiful for pilgrim feet
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Whose stern impassioned stress
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A thoroughfare of freedom beat
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Across the wilderness!
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America! America!
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God mend thine every flaw,
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Confirm thy soul in self-control,
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Thy liberty in law!
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O beautiful for heroes proved
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In liberating strife.
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Who more than self their country loved
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And mercy more than life!
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America! America!
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May God thy gold refine
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Till all success be nobleness
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And every gain divine!
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O beautiful for patriot dream
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That sees beyond the years
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Thine alabaster cities gleam
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Undimmed by human tears!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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And crown thy good with brotherhood
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From sea to shining sea!
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O beautiful for halcyon skies,
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For amber waves of grain,
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For purple mountain majesties
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Above the enameled plain!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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Till souls wax fair as earth and air
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And music-hearted sea!
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O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
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Whose stem impassioned stress
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A thoroughfare for freedom beat
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Across the wilderness!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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Till paths be wrought through
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wilds of thought
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By pilgrim foot and knee!
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O beautiful for glory-tale
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Of liberating strife
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When once and twice,
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for man's avail
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Men lavished precious life!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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Till selfish gain no longer stain
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The banner of the free!
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O beautiful for patriot dream
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That sees beyond the years
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Thine alabaster cities gleam
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Undimmed by human tears!
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America! America!
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God shed his grace on thee
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Till nobler men keep once again
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Thy whiter jubilee!
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==References==
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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