[philman_36]

Do we go back and change the song from “My country,’tis of Thee” to “My nation, ‘tis of Thee” in the spirit of the correct usage of “nation” vs. “country”?
Ah, yes, the poem "Pikes Peak" later turned into the song "America the Beautiful".
Let's see...choosing between the words of the Founding Fathers and the words of a poem turned into song by a Wellesley College alumni/faculty member...that's such a hard choice.

I'll stick with door number one, Monty, and ask you to come up with something better for comparison.

[Gondring]

Let's see...choosing between the words of the Founding Fathers and the words of a poem turned into song by a Wellesley College alumni/faculty member...that's such a hard choice.

Since you're wanting to be so correct, let me point out that Katharine Lee Bates (the Wellesley College alumna [not alumni] and professor) did not set her poem to music. I am assuming you meant "by a Wellesley College . . ." to jump over "turned into a song" and modify "poem" directly, but it's not clear.