Songs for the Fourth of July

When celebrating the Fourth of July this year, don't forget about the music. Here are 15 great songs, for your Fourth of July get together.

This Land is your Land- Woody Guthrie, 1940.
"This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me."

America- Neil Diamond, 1980.
"Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star"

America the Beautiful- Katharine Lee Bates, 1895. America's National Hymn.
"O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!"

Star Spangled Banner- Francis Scott Key, 1814. America's National Anthem.
"You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave."

Our Country- John Melloncamp, 2007.
"Well I can stand beside
Ideals I think are right
And I can stand beside
The idea to stand and fight
I do believe
There's a dream for everyone
This is our country"

This Ragged Old Flag- Johnny Cash, 1974.
"I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.
I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."

American Made- Oak Ridge Boys, 1983
"Seems everything I buy these days
Has got a foreign name
From the kind of car I drive
To my video game
I got a NIKKON camera
A Sony color TV
But the one that I love is from the U.S.A.
And standing next to me."

Grand Ole Flag- George M. Cohan, 1906.
"You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave."

The American Way- Hank Williams Jr. 1990."If you fly in from Birmingham you'll get the last
If you blew in from Boston no you sure won't have to wait
and I'm learning, a little more every day
about the power of the dollar, and the people with white collars
and the good old American way"

Stars and Striped Forever- John Philip Sousa, 1896
"Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope."

My Country Tis of Thee- Samuel Francis Smith, 1831.
"My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!"

Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue- Toby Keith, 2001.
"American girls and American guys will always stand up and salute;
Will always recognize
When we see ol' glory flying,
There's a lot of men dead,
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head."

God Bless America- Irving Berlin, 1918 revised 1938.
"God Bless America, Land that I love.
Stand beside her, And guide her,
Thru the night with a light from above."

Born in the USA- Bruce Springsteen, 1984.
"Born down in a dead mans town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up."