With the current state of affairs, it is good to refresh your mind with the things that truly matter: Faith, Freedom, Love, Liberty… Lucky for us, we have a holiday just for those things two days away!
Today I wanted to share this recitation by Charlie Daniels, of a story Red Skelton shared on his show January 14, 1969. The story is of the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, and well worth a listen:
Coming up on Fourth of July weekend I’ve taken 50 very American songs and compiled a patriotic playlist for this weekend – or anytime you want to sing about your love for the US of A. My list is below, but you can listen right away here on Spotify.
- “Ragged Old Flag” (Johnny Cash)
- “American Medley: God Bless America/God Bless the USA/America The Beautiful/National Anthem” (Anthem Lights)
- “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” (Toby Keith)
- “American Soldier” (Toby Keith)
- “Made In America” (Toby Keith)
- “American Ride” (Toby Keith)
- “God Bless the U.S.A.” (Lee Greenwood)
- “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band)
- “The National Anthem” (The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band)
- “God Bless America” (The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band)
- “Don’t Tread on Me (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.)” (Granger Smith)
- “’Merica (feat. Earl Dibbles Jr.)” (Granger Smith)
- “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” (John Mellencamp)
- “Armed Forces Medley” (US Military Bands)
- “This Land is Your Land” (US Military Bands)
- “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (US Military Bands)
- “Only in America” (Brooks & Dunn)
- “It’s America” (Rodney Atkins)
- “America Will Survive” (Hank Williams Jr.)
- “I’m Proud to be an American” (Pat Boone)
- “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (The Andrews Sisters)
- “Arlington” (Trace Adkins)
- “Semper Fi” (Trace Adkins)
- “Still a Soldier” (Trace Adkins)
- “American Man” (Trace Adkins)
- “Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Flies” (Aaron Tippin)
- “Patriot” (Buddy Brown)
- “American Girl” (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
- “American Woman” (Lenny Kravitz)
- “American Boy” (Eddie Rabbit)
- “American Nights” (Morgan Wallen)
- “Red, White, Blue Jean American Dream” (Kip Moore)
- “American Farmer” (Alabama)
- “America” (Waylon Jennings)
- “Back in the U.S.A.” (Chuck Berry)
- “Red, White and Blue” (Travis Denning)
- “America the Beautiful” (Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert)
- “Letters From Home” (John Michael Montgomery)
- “Some Gave All” (Billy Ray Cyrus)
- “Have You Forgotten?” (Darryl Worley)
- “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” (Alan Jackson)
- “American Flag on the Moon” (Brad Paisley)
- “American Saturday Night” (Brad Paisley)
- “God Bless America” (LeAnn Rimes)
- “All-American Girl” (Carrie Underwood)
- “American Made” (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- “American Pie” (Don McLean)
- “Take a Knee, Take a Hike” (Hank Williams Jr.)
- “American by Birth” (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings)
- “That Ain’t My America” (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
What are your favorite patriotic songs?