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"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a British patriotic song, created in 1921, when a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice was set to music by Gustav Holst. "Thaxted" is the name of the tune by Gustav Holst and is based on the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets. It is named after Thaxted, the English village where he resided much of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Vow_to_Thee,_My_Country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaxted_(tune) [Verse 1]

^CI v^Fow to ^Gthee, my ^Ccountry, ^Emall ^Fearthly things ^Gab^Amove, ^Ement^Fire and w^Ghole and p^Cerfect, the s^Fervice of m^Dmy l^Cove.

^CThe ^Glove that ^Amasks no ^Gquestion, ^Cthe ^Glove that ^Cstands the ^Ftest, that ^Amlays u^Empon ^Fthe ^Caltar the ^Dmdearest and ^Amthe ^Gbest.

^EmThe ^Flove that ^Gnever ^Cfalters, ^Emthe ^Flove that pays ^Gthe ^Amprice, ^Emthe ^Flove that ^Gmakes un^Cdaunted the ^Ffinal sa^Dmcri^Cfice.

[Verse 2]

^CAnd ^Fthere’s ^Ganother ^Ccountry, ^EmI’ve ^Fheard of long ^Gag^Amo, ^Emmost ^Fdear to ^Gthem that ^Clove her, most ^Fgreat to them ^Dmthat ^Cknow.

^CWe ^Gmay not ^Amcount her ^Garmies, ^Cwe ^Gmay not ^Csee her ^FKing, her ^Amfortress ^Emis ^Fa ^Cfaithful heart, her ^Dmpride is su^Amffe^Gring.

^EmAnd ^Fsoul by ^Gsoul and ^Csilently ^Emher ^Fshining bounds ^Gin^Amcrease, ^Emand her ^Fways are ^Gways of ^Cgentleness, and ^Fall her paths ^Dmare ^Cpeace.

Sir Cecil Spring Rice - I vow to thee my country