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Who wrote these lyrics: Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,/For strip-mined mountain's majesty, above the asphalt plain?"

Question #148181. Asked by LeaRock.
Last updated Dec 05 2020.
Originally posted Dec 05 2020 11:09 AM.

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Answer has 8 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
George Carlin - his very own version of "America the Beautiful"

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1dzYMruNGQ

O Beautiful,
For smoggy skies
Insecticided grain
For strip-mined mountain's majesty
Above the asphalt plains.
America, America,
Man sheds his waste on thee
And hides the pines
With billboard signs
From sea to oily sea!

Response last updated by wellenbrecher on Dec 05 2020.
Dec 05 2020, 11:19 AM
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