the great american singing challenge ™ sing-along

The Great AmericanSinging Challenge ™

SING-ALONG

The Great AmericanSinging Challenge ™

SING-ALONG

My Country ‘Tis of TheeMy Country ‘Tis of Thee

Words by Samuel Francis Smith Words by Samuel Francis Smith

My country ‘tis of theeSweet land of libertyOf thee I sing. Land where my fathers diedLand of the pilgrims’ prideFrom ev’ry mountain sideLet freedom ring.

My country ‘tis of theeSweet land of libertyOf thee I sing. Land where my fathers diedLand of the pilgrims’ prideFrom ev’ry mountain sideLet freedom ring.

Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong.

Let music swell the breeze, And ring from all the trees Sweet freedom's song; Let mortal tongues awake; Let all that breathe partake; Let rocks their silence break, The sound prolong.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Words by Jack Norworth Music by Albert von Tilzer

Words by Jack Norworth Music by Albert von Tilzer

Take me out to the ballgame, Take me out to the crowd.Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if we never get back.

Take me out to the ballgame, Take me out to the crowd.Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don’t care if we never get back.

So, it’s root, root, root for the home teamIf they don’t win it’s a shame.For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out At the old ball game!

So, it’s root, root, root for the home teamIf they don’t win it’s a shame.For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out At the old ball game!

This Land is Your Land

This Land is Your Land

By Woody GuthrieBy Woody Guthrie

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway

I saw above me an endless skywayI saw below me a golden valley

This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway

I saw above me an endless skywayI saw below me a golden valley

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

And all around me a voice was sounding

This land was made for you and me

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

And all around me a voice was sounding

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

The sun comes shining as I was strolling

The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling

The fog was lifting a voice come chanting

This land was made for you and me

The sun comes shining as I was strolling

The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling

The fog was lifting a voice come chanting

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California, to the New York Island

From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me

Michael Row

Traditional Spiritual

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah

Sister help to trim the sail, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

River Jordan is chilly and cold, hallelujah

Chills the body but not the soul, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Jordan’s river is deep and wide, hallelujah

Milk and honey on the other side, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael’s boat is a music boat, hallelujah

If you stop singing, then it can’t float, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Michael row the boat a’shore, hallelujah

Make New Friends

Traditional round

Make new friends,

but keep the old.

One is silver and the

other gold.

America the BeautifulAmerica the Beautiful

Words by Katherine Lee Bates

Music by Samuel A. Ward

Words by Katherine Lee Bates

Music by Samuel A. Ward

O beautiful for spacious skiesFor amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed His grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for spacious skiesFor amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed His grace on thee,And crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feetWhose stern impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness.America! America!God mend thine ev'ry flaw,Confirm thy soul in self-control,Thy liberty in law.

O beautiful for pilgrim feetWhose stern impassioned stressA thoroughfare for freedom beatAcross the wilderness.America! America!God mend thine ev'ry flaw,Confirm thy soul in self-control,Thy liberty in law.

Puff, the Magic DragonPuff, the Magic Dragon

by Peter Yarrow & Leonard Liptonby Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton

Puff, the magic dragon lived by

the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist

in a land called Honalee.

Little Jackie Paper loved that

Rascal Puff

And brought him strings and

sealing wax and other fancy stuff.

Puff, the magic dragon lived by

the sea

And frolicked in the autumn mist

in a land called Honalee.

Little Jackie Paper loved that

Rascal Puff

And brought him strings and

sealing wax and other fancy stuff.

Oh, Puff, the magic dragonlived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumnmist in a land called Honalee.

(2x)

Together they would travel ona boat with billowed sail.

Jackie kept a lookout perchedon Puff’s gigantic tail.

Noble kings and princes wouldbow whene’er they came.

Pirate ships would lower theirflags when Puff roared out hisname.

Together they would travel ona boat with billowed sail.

Jackie kept a lookout perchedon Puff’s gigantic tail.

Noble kings and princes wouldbow whene’er they came.

Pirate ships would lower theirflags when Puff roared out hisname.

Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumnmist in a land called Honalee.

(2x)

A dragon lives forever but not

so little boys.

Painted wings and giant’s rings

make way for other toys.

One gray night it happened,

Jackie Paper came no more,

And Puff that mighty dragon, he

ceased his fearless roar.

A dragon lives forever but not

so little boys.

Painted wings and giant’s rings

make way for other toys.

One gray night it happened,

Jackie Paper came no more,

And Puff that mighty dragon, he

ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow,

green scales fell like rain.

Puff no longer went to play

along the cherry lane.

Without his lifelong friend, Puff

could not be brave.

So Puff that mighty dragon

sadly slipped into his cave.

His head was bent in sorrow,

green scales fell like rain.

Puff no longer went to play

along the cherry lane.

Without his lifelong friend, Puff

could not be brave.

So Puff that mighty dragon

sadly slipped into his cave.

Oh, Puff, the magic dragonlived by the seaAnd frolicked in the autumnmist in a land called Honalee.

(2x)

This Little Light of Mine

Traditional Gospel Song

This Little Light of Mine

Traditional Gospel Song

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, (3x)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, (3x)

Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!

Everywhere I go… Building up the world…Put it under a bushel, No!…

This little light of mine…

Everywhere I go… Building up the world…Put it under a bushel, No!…

This little light of mine…

We Shall Overcome

Gospel song by Charles TindleyAdapted by Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy

Carawan and Pete Seeger

We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome some dayO deep in my heart, I do believeWe shall overcome some day!

We’ll walk hand in hand (3x) some day…

We shall live in peace (3x) some day…

We shall all be free (3x) some day…

Keep Singing!