John Curlis
Oh such a beautiful song Sam!! I LOVE IT!! I have to shed a tear every time I listen to y'all beautiful music and the message each song brings!! Love ya and keep them coming!!
John Curlis
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Melody composed by Jean Sibelius, 1899. First two verses written in 1934 by Lloyd Stone ("This Is My Song").
lyrics
A Song of Peace
This is my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for lands afar and mine;
this is my home, the country where my heart is;
here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine:
but other hearts in other lands are beating
with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
My country's skies are bluer than the ocean,
and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine;
but other lands have sunlight too, and clover,
and skies are everywhere as blue as mine:
O hear my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for their land and for mine.
May truth and freedom come to every nation;
may peace abound where strife has raged so long;
That we might all seek to work and build together,
a world united, righting every wrong;
O hear my song, O God of all the nations,
a song of peace for their land and for mine.
a song of peace for their land and for mine.
credits
released January 23, 2017
Sam Gleaves - guitar, vocal
Stephanie Jeter - bass, vocal
Deborah Payne - fiddle
Mixed and mastered by Dylan Seals, Audio Engineering, Johnson City, Tennessee.
Recorded by Sam Gleaves in Berea, Kentucky.
Born and raised in Wythe County, Virginia, Sam Gleaves performs innovative mountain music with a sense of history. Sam
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