America the beautiful - Katharine Lee Bates & Samuel Ward

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 22 June 2004, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. CRAZY-FOR1 BEAUTIFUL SKY OPEN (2h)FAR-AWAY'both directions'2.

GRAIN3 YELLOW WAVE-IN-WIND4.

MOUNTAIN PURPLE MIGHTY5 RIPPLING-SURFACE6.

THEREABOUTS FRUIT FOREST SCADS-OF7.

AMERICA! AMERICA!

GOD SEND HIS GRACE8 FOR (2h)YOU

AND CROWN9 GOOD~THING WITH BROTHER~SISTER COOPERATE

(<) FROM SEA B-CL'sweep > rt'10 (>) SEA SHINY@rt SHINY@lf11.

3. BRAVE PEOPLE PROVE OUR COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL.

WE GO-FOR-GOAL OPPRESSION-OFF14.

THEY-lf LOVE HERE COUNTRY MORE-THAN SELF.

LOVE KINDNESS MORE-THAN LIFE.

AMERICA! AMERICA! GOD MAKE US LIKE GOLD PURE15.

REALLY-WANT NOBLE16 LIFE SPREAD.

WE HOPE GOOD CONQUER BAD.

5. OUR SKY BEAUTIFUL, PEACE CALM.

GRAIN YELLOW (2h)5-CL'wave in wind'.

MOUNTAIN PURPLE STRONG (1h)5-CL'rippling surface'.

THEREABOUTS LAND SMOOTH FLAT.

AMERICA! AMERICA!

GOD SEND HIS GRACE (2h)5wg-CL'falling upon thee'.

REALLY-WANT OUR SOUL BECOME BEAUTIFUL

LIKE EARTH, HEAVEN, SEA.

7. STORY BEAUTIFUL, SHOW"all" OUR GLORY22

STRUGGLE LEAD-TO LIBERATION23.

FROM-TIME-TO-TIME24

MUST HELP WORLD FREE

MEAN LIFE, SOME SOLDIER SACRIFICE25.

AMERICA! AMERICA!

GOD SEND HIS GRACE FOR (2h)YOU.

WE LOOK-FORWARD DAY PEOPLE SELFISH GONE.

(2h)#ALL26 FREE FLAG flag-WAVE27.


  1. Notes: CRAZY-FOR - [5:], PO > singer, FO up, - shaken slightly from side to side.

Lyrics:

1. O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

2. O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

3. O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife.
Who more than self the country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

4. O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

5. O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

6. O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America ! America !
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

7. O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life !
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

8. O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to America the beautiful - Song lyrics.

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