Berlin initially wrote the “God Bless America” in 1918 when he was drafted into WWI stationed at Camp Upton in Yaphank, on Long Island, New York as part of Yip, Yip, Yaphank, a musical revue...

" God Bless America " is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run-up to World War II in 1938. The later version was recorded by Kate …

As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. Through the night with a light from above. God bless America, My home sweet home.

God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans white with foam, God bless America, My …

To the oceans white with foam God bless America, my home, sweet home. God bless America, my home, sweet home. The song was written for the 1918 soldier revue "Yip, Yip, Yaphank" but deleted …

In 1918, while serving in the Army, Berlin wrote “God Bless America,” taking its title from the phrase his mother often used to indicate that “without America, her family would have had no place to go.”

God Bless America, land that I love. Through the night with a light from above. To the oceans white with foam. God Bless America, my home sweet home.

"The original version was as follows: 'God Bless America / land that I love / Stand beside her / And guide her /To the right with a light from above / Make her victorious on land and foam / God Bless America, …

As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. Land that I love. Thru the night with a light from above. God bless America, My home sweet home.

Woody Guthrie wrote This Land Is Your Land, originally titled God Blessed America For Me, as a critical response to Berlin's song, which he thought was unrealistic and complacent.