The Great American Singing Challenge ™ SING-ALONG

My Country ‘Tis of Thee Words by Samuel Francis Smith

My country ‘tis of thee Sweet land of liberty Of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died Land of the pilgrims’ pride From ev’ry mountain side Let 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.

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.

So, it’s root, root, root for the home team If 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 By 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

As I was walking a ribbon of highway I saw above me an endless skyway I 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

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

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

Michael Row Traditional Spiritual

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 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 skies For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.

Puff, the Magic Dragon by 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.

Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee. (2x)

Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail. Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail. Noble kings and princes would bow whene’er they came. Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail. Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff’s gigantic tail. Noble kings and princes would bow whene’er they came. Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name.

Oh, Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist 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 dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee. (2x)

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 Tindley Adapted by Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome some day O deep in my heart, I do believe We 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!