There Is a Land Whose Sunny Vales

Hymns, 72


1. There is a land whose sunny vales Are fair as dreams of paradise, Where white-robed virtue e’er prevails, And honest manhood has no price; Where mountains capped with virgin snow, Pure as the babe on mother’s breast, The land I sing of would you know? ’Tis Utah, star of all the west; The land I sing of, would you know? ’Tis star of all the west.

Utah, Utah, beautiful, beautiful land, Fair are thy valleys, thy mountains tall and grand. Ever my praise shall be, Utah, for thine and thee, Land of the brave and free; Utah the star of the west.

2. How rich and fertile is thy soil! How vast the wealth thy mountains hold! When sought with diligence and toil, Yield of their treasures manifold; In all the range of man’s desire, Thou art a land divinely blest; None know thee, only to admire, Fair Utah, star of all the west; None know thee, only to admire, Fair star of all the west.

Utah, Utah, beautiful, beautiful land, Fair are thy valleys, thy mountains tall and grand. Ever my praise shall be, Utah, for thine and thee, Land of the brave and free; Utah the star of the west.

3. Then sing her praises loud and long, Ye sons and daughters of her soil, Stand for the right, oppose the wrong, And ’neath oppression ne’er recoil; For truth and honor let your mien Be lofty as the mountain crest; Keep Utah what she’s ever been, The brightest star of all the west; Keep Utah what she’s ever been, The star of all the west.

Utah, Utah, beautiful, beautiful land, Fair are thy valleys, thy mountains tall and grand. Ever my praise shall be, Utah, for thine and thee, Land of the brave and free; Utah the star of the west.