Charles, Ray - America The Beautiful Lyrics






Oh beautiful, for heroes proved,
In liberating strife,
Who more than self, our country loved,
And mercy more than life,
America, America, may God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain devined.
And you know when I was in school,
We used to sing it something like this, listen here:
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties,
Above the fruited plain,
But now wait a minute, I'm talking about
America, sweet America,
You know, God done shed his grace on thee,
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in a brotherhood,
From sea to shining sea.
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see,
My God he done shed his grace on thee,
And you oughta love him for it,
Cause he, he, he, he, crowned thy good,
He told me he would, with brotherhood,
(From sea to shining sea).
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea).





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  1. K.... M....

    Splendid: we who love this version of America The Beautiful, salute Ray Charles for his tribute to our nation!

  2. j.... a....

    2:29 is the best part

  3. C.... C....

    Still try to figure out why white people hate blacks so much ... if we all come together America can really be a beautiful place 😢

    C.... C....

    seems like some blacks hate whites just as much

  4. T.... C....

    No one can sing and play “America The Beautiful” like Ray Charles. He is, and always will be the epitome of America.

  5. C.... F....

    Lord, thank you for your grace. Amen

  6. K.... D....

    That's whut makes AMERICA GREAT.

  7. K.... D....

    Governments fucked up. BUT as a PEOPLE we can RISE.

  8. K.... D....

    Damn America can't say it any better.

  9. D.... S....

    I grew up listening to the oldies (50's and 60's), and was well aware of Ray Charles and this song. But, I'll always think of The Sandlot when I hear this song. Great artist, great song, great movie (The Sandlot).

  10. S.... C....

    I'm a British veteran and makes my heart swell with pride hearing it cousins 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧

  11. w.... ....

    One day this will be our National Anthem.

  12. T.... A....

    The real national anthem and sung by the one that can sing it better than any one else , MR.RAY CHARLES is a
    NATIONAL TREASURE HIMSELF

  13. w.... ....

    Only a commie or the ignorant could dislike this masterpiece. This is Americana at it's best.

  14. c.... c....

    tear jerker. Sweet America.

  15. B.... ....

    And crown thy good (?) with brotherhood from sea to shining sea. Did that used to
    mean something.

  16. M.... M....

    Congratulations Mr
    President , leader of the Free world !!!

  17. R.... A....

    This man is incredible !!!!!

  18. k.... s....

    there's people that died for this county and at least he shows is love for this county

  19. J.... J....

    Well done by the late great Ray Charles. Lots of feeling and soul.

  20. L.... H....

    I love the National anthem.
    Yeah. Me too. No one does it like this.

  21. L.... D....

    Oops you please come please call

  22. D.... Y....

    Who's still listen in 2020 ? God help us! A certain someone in our highest office is making the rest of the world laugh at us! Because of all the bull sh t. What has happen to the land of the FREE ? That man is trying to be a king. what a fu king joke. Rest in peace Mr. Ray Charles God Bless you and our country!

  23. M.... B....

    I am America Woman my Family is All Military...🌷🇺🇸☺

  24. M.... B....

    I believe in the World..🇺🇸🌏🌎🌍🇺🇸🙏🎀 United State's of America

  25. T.... A....

    The 1.1k thumbs down can go to hell, this man as well as the song is a national treasure and you can tell he loved this country and is as AMERICAN
    AS THERE HAS EVER BEEN

  26. T.... A....

    I cry every time he sings it, NOBODY
    WILL EVER SING IT BETTER THAN
    MR.RAY CHARLES

  27. N.... W....

    2020 💕💕💕💕😫😫😫

  28. S.... U....

    “Well you see, to us, baseball was a game. But to Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, baseball was life”

  29. R.... S....

    Take That Iran!!

  30. D.... A....

    Glad Brother Ray Isn't Around to See What's Gone Down ln The White House Since January 20, 2017...

  31. S.... R....

    Goosebumps, tears...chills.....unbelievable - always was, always will be.

  32. L.... D....

    I recalled after seeing the film Ray @ theater, & then going to visit my grandma, tell her about it. The first thing to come out of her mouth was did they have America The Beautiful. It made my day because that was the the 1 song I wanted as well. It was cool to have grandma on the same page with me. 😁😁😁😁😁

  33. 1.... ....

    This rendition of "America, The Beautiful" by Ray Charles, I believe is the best my ears have ever heard, and I believe he sung it from his heart.

  34. A.... ....

    GODDAMN 😯👏

  35. H.... M....

    He took us to church on this rendition...RIP🙏

  36. J.... C....

    America The Beautiful 2020!!👏😁

  37. R.... S....

    While Sinbad & a few LTR,Vintage Mermaids are Sitting here in the Keys...after watching the Sun go down on the Gulf for 50 Yrs..We're all Wondering..WTF Happened to America the Beautiful..we all grew up in ?

  38. R.... G....

    God bless our nation 🇺🇸

  39. j.... h....

    Who are the 1,100 who gave this a thumbs down?Communists I bet!

  40. J.... J....

    Keep it up American

  41. m.... h....

    We lost a National Treasure when Ray died.RIP

  42. M.... B....

    Rays voice. Something special. Never replicated.

  43. W.... H....

    The only negative votes on this must be leftists communists or non Americans. God bless America maga

  44. D.... S....

    Still listening in Dec 31 2019

  45. J.... J....

    Ray took it to church.

  46. D.... A....

    such an animated performer adds to his music. Hard to even listen to Ray without picturing his movements

  47. G.... B....

    I wasn't born in this country but I wanna die for this country!

    G.... B....

    Gene America is by far the best country on earth. UNFORTUNATELY America has many people who hate this country. Many of them are Americans, who want to destroy our country.

  48. r.... d....

    1.IK Dislikes? are you kidding me?.

  49. D.... L....

    Always amazing. Goosebumps every time.

  50. e.... ....

    RAY and ELVIS ..
    This 2 Guys Arena the best singers of all Time...

    e.... ....

    elvis29m Elvis could only wish

  51. R.... D....

    When I hiked across the United States I saw and witnessed everything in this song

  52. P.... S....

    December 2019
    We close another decade on our nation.
    In spite of what others might want you to think, we are still a United States of America. Full of piss and vinegar—trouble and pain—truth and lies—beauty and ugliness. We fall short often but we persevere. In Gods guidance and humankind’s best interest. I stand proudly having served in defense of our nation for 22 yrs. I’m so grateful to be born here.

  53. J.... M....

    Who dislikes this???1.1K...really???

  54. M.... H....

    DeBrateD 1896 I concur with you' I found grammatical errors in your comment, becsuse not knowing to the fullest extent of accuracy I hesitate to articulate for fear I might deviate from the paths of rectitude" where it could be and unwarranted assumption"

  55. D.... ....

    Ray Charles "baptizes" America with this rendition. That piano and organ are straight out of Baptist Sunday morning services. There is pain in them there lyrics. Tell it, Mr. Charles.

  56. W.... F....

    Não há Pátria não há etnia a arte a vocação o dom carisma afloram ecoam universos a fora Deus é o autor

  57. 3.... ....

    They should have retired this song the moment he walked away from that
    piano.

  58. W.... E....

    This should be our natonal anthem! And I like Ray Charles' choice of opening: "O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife/ Who more than self their country loved/ and freedom more than life ....."

  59. D.... J....

    Wow, my eyes actually got misty. I wasn’t expecting that at all. What a wonderful rendition. 🇺🇸

  60. J.... M....

    Yes Lord ,God Bless America

  61. J.... J....

    This song is needed now more than ever...Our country is so divided.

  62. E.... P....

    Thank God for President Trump and all the beautiful Deplorables saving this amazing country from the liberal loons #AmericaFirst

  63. t.... ....

    One of several songs NOT taught in public schools today.

    Other songs left out of many public schools today:

    God Bless America
    My Country ‘‘tis of Thee
    This Land is My Land...
    America the Beautiful

    Don’t forget who you are , AMERICA

    GOD BLESS.

    t.... ....

    Well Said! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES!

  64. T.... S....

    This song I heard first at a Subotica Music High School dance, and by then there were Stereo gramophones in Yugoslavia, so the school got one and it sounded more spacious and majestic. The room where the dance was held, was the actual concert room with the chairs removed and the lights dimmed, so us teenage boys and girls holding each other tight and in full bloom of our puberty didn’t really pay attention to the melody, the orchestration nor the words. We just felt the mood, the groove, the feeling, the deep emotion that was captured on the vinyl was that filling the room. And what a groove and emotion it was! Even to this day, after listening to this jewell of American songwriting performed by countless Pop, Rock, Gospel and anything in between performers, I get the goose bumps when I hear Ray Charles singing it. He is the voice that should be always heard, when people want to listen toe America the Beautiful. Period. Thank you Ray Charles.

  65. S.... P....

    Mister Ray Charles. Not need no introduction love you Ray and miss you and I definitely love my wife as well what's Linda Rivera your collection brings peace and love in someone's heart today you like to thank you for allowing us to listen to your collection thank you sweetheart

  66. G.... F....

    CLASSIC

  67. J.... M....

    Harvey sent me here!

  68. s.... ....

    This is quite good

  69. J.... J....

    It's not the government that makes America proud remember people. It's us the people that makes this America proud. We done it before we can do it again. What the love of God beside us. God bless all of my fellow Neighbors. And God bless the USA

  70. E.... L....

    Ray, it's one of the reasons human beings on this planet... The memory staying always for many years comes to America!

  71. H.... P....

    Dislikes are from terrorists

  72. W.... M....

    GREATEST NATION EVER!!!!

    W.... M....

    🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  73. W.... M....

    Oh man, AMERICAN CLASSIC!!!! RIP RAY THX FOR EVERYTHING! SAIL THAT SHINING SEA BROTHER! GODSPEED!

  74. T.... ....

    Ray Charles is One,
    of the greatest "Soul Survivors". . .

  75. C.... W....

    Wow! Ray knows how to really put some "soul" in America like nobody else!

  76. N.... J....

    What a voice. My God.

  77. R.... S....

    Send this version to that idiot quarterback (COLIN KAEPERNICK) who knelt during out national anthem

    R.... S....

    Robert Shugart He would not understand.

  78. O.... R....

    Slandlot brought me here ⚾️⚾️

  79. M.... W....

    2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣😎❤😍👊🇺🇸👊✔

  80. D.... B....

    Now, how exactly the hell is Ray supposed to know? He's blind! He could say it smells good, it feels good, it is warm, it feels soft, but to say it's beautiful is the one thing Ray cannot credibly say.

    D.... B....

    IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT RAY CHARLES YOU WOULD KNOW HE BECAME BLIND TO AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
    MANY PEOPLE CAN SEE AND DON'T SEE THE BEAUTY OF AMERICA! FOR YOU TO INSULT A MAN OF GRACE AND LET ALONE NOT HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF IS A SHAME. BUT THERE'S SHAMEFUL AMERICAN'S IN AMERICA TODAY. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES. BY THE WAY. AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THE REASON AMERICA IS STILL BEAUTIFUL TODAY!

    D.... B....

    @Janet Watters Oh, go screw yourself. It was joke, you whack job. Take you phony baloney personal indignation and stick it up your ass where you brains are.


    In case you've never been told this, real American patriotism is not blind ceremonial performance, indignation at assumed irreverence nor recitation of bumper sticker slogans. Real American patriotism is the embrace of our national values set forth in the Constitution including free speech and freedom to think. The nation was founded by people sticking their fingers in the eyes of people like you who seek to compel their brand of dishwasher patriotism on others. Get off your high horse. Two horse's asses in a pile is unsightly.


    I think you don't know a damn thing about America. We are free here. You are not entitled to chill free expression. You don't understand American patriotism and so are last person who should try and force what you think it is on others.


    "AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THE REASON AMERICA IS STILL BEAUTIFUL TODAY!"


    Did you say that?


    Going in harm's way to protect the nation and its values is a duty, an unpleasant task. It is many good things, but not beautiful. The ideals of the nation might be called beautiful. The natural environment might be called beautiful, but here is a clue for you: there is not one American serviceman or woman nor one veteran who think military service is or was "beautiful."


    What a weird whackjob.


    Now that you know it was a joke, how do like it? Too irreverent for you? Maybe, you are not comfortable being a free American and sharing a nation with people who use their freedom mock your misplaced self-righteousness. .


    Should I have used all caps?

    D.... B....

    YOU'RE A DISGRACE TO AMERICA.
    YOU WE'RE NOT JOKING ASSHOLE! OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL. I HAVE! I DO KNOW YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!
    AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
    BY THE WAY ASSHOLE YOUR FREEDOM ISN'T FREE! THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU WILL NEED AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES. BY THE WAY I AM NOT JOKING!

  81. C.... K....

    He did a fantastic job on his song

  82. R.... D....

    Ray Charles a true American. Great music , voice and CLASS... in 2019 we need that...

  83. s.... d....

    I just noticed that there was 1.000 thumbs down.. who the hell are these people and if they don't like being free in the most powerful country in the world.. then thumbs down and get the hell out of our country.. really get the hell out ... we have freedom of speech but not freedom of hate

  84. *.... W....

    2019💞

  85. g.... ....

    He said AMEN at the end. I say Amen for Ray Charles.

    g.... ....

    Ray Charles is a national treasure. I do not think his life could have happened anywhere else in the world, which makes his rendition of this song so important. He LOVED this song, that is so clear, he loved the USA, and he preformed and lived this song brilliantly.
    3:13 - "America, ooh I love you America. Because, my god dun shed his grace on thee".

  86. M.... L....

    2019? Wow still one of the #1

  87. L.... G....

    Playing this because of Nationals World Series Champs 2019

  88. P.... O....

    Without a doubt the best rendition of America the beautiful. Just maybe I'm a bit biased since my father was a big fan of Ray Charles, but it still doesn't take away from the fact that he nailed it!!

  89. R.... B....

    I must be allergic to this version. I always get a burning sensation in my throat and watery eyes when I listen to it.

    R.... B....

    Must be contagious. ;)

  90. E.... ....

    LOVE This!

  91. W.... B....

    This is one of the best renditions of this song ever. We conducted multiple Flag Folding ceremonies to this song for coworker's retirement ceremonies. It is/was just amazing.

  92. K.... G....

    USA is a criminal enterprise that destroys the freedom of other countries to give it's citizens the illusion of freedom. Throughout history, they've left nothing but death, destruction and blooded the soil of every continent around the globe. USA has never been a great country, it's citizens only believe it because they have been desensitized to the ageless atrocities administered by this Roman government!

    K.... G....

    Keith Greene IF IT WASN'T FOR AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES YOU MOST LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ALIVE.
    AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO DEFEND INNOCENT PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T GET ON A PLANE AND SAY HERE WE ARE.
    IF YOU BELIEVE OTHER COUNTRIES PROTECT THEIR OWN PEOPLE. YOU'RE NOT IN THE REAL WORLD.
    THERE'S NO DISSOLUTION IN AMERICA AND AMERICA'S PEOPLE.
    REAL AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE AND SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES FOR AMERICA AND AMERICA'S PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY. HONESTLY IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING. CONSIDER MOVING TO MEXICO. MEXICO HOUSES THE LARGEST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WORLDWIDE.
    ALL AMERICA'S PEOPLE LIVE IN THE GREATEST NATION IN THE WORLD. PEOPLE HAVE A TENDENCY TODAY TO SPEAK WITHOUT KNOWING THE TRUTH.
    MAY THE LORD BLESS AMERICA AND AMERICA'S DEFENSE FORCES.

    K.... G....

    Lol, no, sorry, the most evil empire in history goes to the Brits, who slaughtered bilions in only a few hundred years. If you tank the United States against the rest of the world's atrocities, we'd be somewhere near Mexico, at the middle/bottom of the list. Hundreds of countries have killed more people than us, we haven't even broken the 10,000,000 casualties yet, and that includes WW2. Germany, and Hitler, alone killed tens of millions of Russians, but, nice try though. Spread that anti-American propaganda garbage somewhere else.

    K.... G....

    It's obvious that most Americans are conditioned to believe that the USA is a ethical and moral entity, the history of the European has brought nothing but death and destruction everywhere they've gone. Your so called freedom came by taking the freedom from other countries and the robbing and annihilation of other cultures. Who discovered America? of course you believe what they taught you in their whitewashed and false education system, when this land was always populated by indigenous people. What about the European religions, all stolen and copied from other cultures then transcribed in a backwards manner to fit their backwards nature. The USA has and continues to destroy the minds and rights of millions, they've bombed, caused famine, spread diseases, created false propaganda about other divine cultures of indigenous races just to convince naive citizens to think they're a superior race..when they are not. Brits and Germans are European, they're all part of the same corrupt devil's seed, their laws are just as backwards as their nature, Europeans are designed to be carnal in nature.

    K.... G....

    @Keith Greene Everything in life has been going on since the beginning of time. How do you blame USA for atrocities in other countries when those people continue to destroy themselves.
    Let's talk about MEXICO CARTELS THE WORLD'S LARGEST TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.
    MEXICO CARTELS DESTROY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, THEY USE DRUGS, FENTANYL, WEAPONS, GENOCIDE AND ELECTRIC TO DESTROY PEOPLE, AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY!
    LET'S TALK ABOUT MEXICO CARTELS! Oh by the way MEXICO CARTELS ON TRACK FOR KILLING PEOPLE 2019, THERE GOAL TO KILL MORE THAN LAST YEAR! MEXICO CARTELS HAVE A GREAT DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIVES. MEXICO CARTELS ARE EVERYWHERE, COULD BE YOUR NEIGHBORS. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAITORS IN AMERICA WHO BELIEVE THEY'RE IMPORTANT BEING INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME! MEXICO CARTELS ARE ORGANIZED CRIME!

  93. M.... K....

    God Bless America

  94. V.... ....

    could anyone let me know of more songs like this one? i like the gospel-ish chords
    thnx from argentina x

  95. D.... l....

    Mi vengono i brividi quando ascolto Ray Charles

  96. L.... S....

    America needed a cigarette after this song!