the great american singing challenge ™ sing-along
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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!