America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful Katharine Lee Bates, Shawn Kirchner

Shawn Kirchner

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     TENOR       Katharine Lee Bates was inspired to write these words

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©2018 by Shawn Kirchner Publishing. All rights reserved.

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