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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM "Amazing Grace"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM "Amazing Grace"]
 
|[[John Newton]]
 
|[[John Newton]]
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|A Christian hymn published in 1779.
 
|A Christian hymn published in 1779.
 
|1779
 
|1779
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|"Ballad of the Green Berets"
 
|"Ballad of the Green Berets"
 
|Sergeant Barry Sadler
 
|Sergeant Barry Sadler
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|Pro-American and pro-military.  #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
 
|Pro-American and pro-military.  #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts.
 
|1966
 
|1966
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|[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8"Battle Hymn of the Republic"]
 
|[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8"Battle Hymn of the Republic"]
 
|[[Julia Ward Howe]]/William Steffe
 
|[[Julia Ward Howe]]/William Steffe
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|"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
 
|"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
 
|1856
 
|1856
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|[https://youtu.be/RN3exiuyQJc "Big Bad John"]
 
|[https://youtu.be/RN3exiuyQJc "Big Bad John"]
 
|Jimmy Dean
 
|Jimmy Dean
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|Story of a man who died so that others might live.
 
|Story of a man who died so that others might live.
 
|1961
 
|1961
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"]
 
|Matisyahu
 
|Matisyahu
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|A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat / Ask Hashem (God) for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
 
|A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat / Ask Hashem (God) for mercy and He'll throw you a rope."
 
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|"Do You Hear the People Sing"
 
|"Do You Hear the People Sing"
 
|Claude-Michel Schönberg
 
|Claude-Michel Schönberg
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|Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Misérables''
 
|Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Misérables''
 
|1980
 
|1980
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y"God Bless America"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y"God Bless America"]
 
|[[Irving Berlin]]
 
|[[Irving Berlin]]
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|American patriotic, classic song.
 
|American patriotic, classic song.
 
|1918,<br>1938
 
|1918,<br>1938
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"]
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|[[Louis Armstrong]]
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|[[Louis Armstrong]]|
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|"God Save the Queen"
 
|"God Save the Queen"
 
|Traditional
 
|Traditional
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|Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God.
 
|Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God.
 
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o "God's Gonna Cut You Down"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o "God's Gonna Cut You Down"]
 
|Traditional
 
|Traditional
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|"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down"
 
|"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down"
 
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"]
 
|Edwin Hawkins
 
|Edwin Hawkins
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|Gospel spiritual song (based on [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 8:35]] and first interpreted in hymn form by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge in the mid-18th century) giving praise to the arrival and presence of Jesus on Earth and His forgiveness of the sins of people far and wide.
 
|Gospel spiritual song (based on [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 8:35]] and first interpreted in hymn form by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge in the mid-18th century) giving praise to the arrival and presence of Jesus on Earth and His forgiveness of the sins of people far and wide.
 
|1967 (released 1969)
 
|1967 (released 1969)
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|"Star Spangled Banner"
 
|"Star Spangled Banner"
 
|[[Francis Scott Key]]
 
|[[Francis Scott Key]]
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|The American national anthem.
 
|The American national anthem.
 
|1814
 
|1814
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU "Turn, Turn, Turn"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU "Turn, Turn, Turn"]
 
|Pete Seeger
 
|Pete Seeger
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|An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'', with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".  Covered by The Byrds who landed the song as a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' chart.
 
|An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'', with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn".  Covered by The Byrds who landed the song as a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' chart.
 
|1959
 
|1959
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"]
 
|[[Pat Boone]], the Booth brothers
 
|[[Pat Boone]], the Booth brothers
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|2002
 
|2002
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU "The Well Below the Valley"]
 
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU "The Well Below the Valley"]
 
|Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore
 
|Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore
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|Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life.
 
|Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life.
 
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|"You're a Grand Old Flag"
 
|"You're a Grand Old Flag"
 
|George M. Cohan
 
|George M. Cohan
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|American patriotic classic. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his stage musical which had a patriotic theme
 
|American patriotic classic. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his stage musical which had a patriotic theme
 
|1906
 
|1906

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