Clip: Season 2023 | 3m 15s | Video has closed captioning.
On a night full of amazing performances, Renée Fleming's incredible rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at 2023's A Capitol Fourth was not to be missed.
Aired: 07/09/23
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(bright music) (audience clapping) ♪ My country 'tis of thee ♪ ♪ Sweet land of liberty ♪ ♪ Of thee I sing ♪ ♪ Of thee I sing ♪ ♪ Land where my fathers died ♪ ♪ Land of the pilgrim's pride ♪ ♪ From every mountainside ♪ ♪ Let freedom ring ♪ (fireworks cracking) ♪ My native country, thee ♪ ♪ Land of the noble free ♪ ♪ Thy name I love ♪ ♪ I love thy rocks and rills ♪ ♪ Thy woods and templed hills ♪ ♪ My heart with rapture ♪ fills like that above ♪ ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Let music swell the breeze ♪ ♪ And ring from all the trees ♪ ♪ Sweet freedom's song ♪ ♪ Let mortal tongues awake ♪ ♪ Let all that breathe partake ♪ ♪ Let rocks their silence break ♪ ♪ Let rocks their silence break ♪ ♪ The sound prolong ♪ ♪ The sound prolong ♪ ♪ Sound prolong ♪ ♪ Sound prolong ♪ (bright music continues) (audience cheering and clapping) (upbeat music)
2023 program information
Learn more about the 43rd annual A Capitol Fourth!
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