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Each of these poems is known best in its musical setting.
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Nearer My God to Thee
by Sarah Flower Adams
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All things bright and beauteous
by Cecil Frances Alexander
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America the Beautiful
by Katharine Lee Bates
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Auld Lang Syne
by Robert Burns
The new year's standard. Do you know all of the words?
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The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day
by Lydia Maria Child
Over the river and through the wood...
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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
by Stephen Foster
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Battle Hymn of the Republic
by Julia Ward Howe
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The Star Spangled Banner
by Francis Scott Key
another one you may not know all the verse of
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Abide With Me
by Henry F. Lyte
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Amazing Grace
by John Newton
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Waltzing Matilda
by "Banjo" Paterson
received the popular vote for the Australia national anthem
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The Old Oaken Bucket
by Samuel Woodworth
became the hit song of 1826 and remained popular for much of the nineteenth century
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Down in the Valley
a traditional american song
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A Home on the Range
a traditional american song
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Low Bridge, Everybody Down
a traditional american song
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Oh My Darling Clementine
a traditional american song
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Shenandoah
a traditional american song
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Red River Valley
a traditional american song
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I Know Moonrise
a traditional american spritual
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Free at Last
a traditional american spritual
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Simple Gifts
a traditional shaker song
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She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
an american folk song
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