God Bless America God Bless America "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 has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. "God Bless America" takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics "as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer") for God's blessing and peace for the nation ("...stand beside her and guide her through the night..."). Irving Berlin wrote the song in 1918 while serving in the U.S. Army at
Bless the Child (song) Bless the Child (song) "Bless the Child" is the ninth single by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released as the second single from their album "Century Child". It is one of two songs which were filmed from the "Century Child" album, with other one being "End of All Hope". It was also the first song bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala worked on after he joined the band replacing Sami Vänskä. There are two versions of the single, each having a slightly different track list. The normal release includes the title track and the two songs, "Lagoon" and "The Wayfarer", which have not