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ALL NIGHT ALL DAY
All night, all day,
Angels watchin' over me, my Lord
All night, all day,
Angels watchin' over me.
Now I lay me down to sleep
Angels watchin' over me, my Lord
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
Angels watchin' over me.
If I die before I wake
Angels watchin' over me, my Lord
Pray the Lord my soul to keep
Angels watchin' over me.
All night, all day,
Angels watchin' over me, my Lord
All night, all day,
Angels watchin' over me.
BARGES
Out of my window looking in the night
I can see the barges flickering light.
Silently flows the river to the sea,
And the barges too go silently.
Barges, I would like to go with you,
I would like to sail the ocean blue.
Barges, have you treasures in your hold?
Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?
Out of my window looking in the night
I can see the barges flickering light.
Starboard shines green and port is glowing red
You can see them flickering far ahead.
Barges, I would like to go with you,
I would like to sail the ocean blue.
Barges, have you treasures in your hold?
Do you fight with pirates brave and bold?
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
How many roads must a man walk down,
Before you can call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail,
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times must a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take
'Til he knows that too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
BUDDIES AND PALS
You and me we’re gonna be partners
You and me we’re gonna be pals
You and me we’re gonna be partners
Buddies and pals
CAN A WOMAN?
(Tune- She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain)
New words by Iris Hirsch
Can a woman fly an airplane?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman build a building?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman fight a fire?
Can a woman change a tire?
Can a woman lead a choir?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman be a lawyer?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman fix an engine?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman be a drummer?
Can a woman be a plumber?
Can she play ball in the summer?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman be a doctor?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman drive a tractor?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Can a woman lead a nation?
Can she run a TV station?
Can she head a corporation?
Yes she can, yes she can.
Just you wait until we're older then you'll see,
We'll be women in tomorrow's history,
As we grow up through the years,
We will sing out loud and clear,
Can we start the process here?
Yes we can, yes we can.
IF I HAD A HAMMER
If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning,
I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land.
I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out warning,
I'd hammer out love between the brothers and sisters
All over this land.
If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening, all over this land.
I'd ring out danger, I'd ring out warning,
I'd ring out love between the brothers and sisters
All over this land.
If I had I song, I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening, all over this land.
I'd sing out danger, I'd sing out warning,
I'd sing out love between the brothers and sisters
All over this land.
Well, I got a hammer, and I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing all over this land.
It's the hammer of justice, it's the bell of freedom,
It's the song about love between the brothers and sisters
All over this land.
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing,
Praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the wind.
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where His feet pass.
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light Eden saw play.
Praise with elation, Praise every morning
God's re-creation of the new day.
Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing,
Praise for the morning,
Praise for them springing fresh from the wind.
PEACE
Peace I ask of thee, O River,
Peace, peace, peace.
When I learn to live serenely
Cares will cease.
From the hills I gather courage
Vision of a day to be
Strength to lead and faith to follow,
All are given unto me.
Peace I ask of thee, O River,
Peace, peace, peace.
PURPLE LIGHT
Echo on all lines but last
Purple Light
In the Canyon
That's where I
Long to be
With my three
Good companions
My rifle, my pony and me.
Whip-poor-will In the willow
Sings a song
A melody
For my three
Good companions
My rifle, my pony and me.
Gonna hang
My sombrero
On the limb
Of a tree
For my three
Good companions
My rifle, my pony and me.
No more cows
To be ropin'
No more strays
Shall I see
Just my three
Good companions
My rifle, my pony and me.
TAPS
Day is done, gone the sun
From the lake, from the hill, from the sky,
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky, burning bright
From afar, drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
TELL ME WHY
Tell me why the stars do shine,
Tell me why the ivy twines,
Tell me why the sky's so blue,
And I will tell you just why I love you.
Because God made the stars to shine,
Because God made the ivy twine,
Because God made the sky so blue,
Because God made you, that's why I love you.
I don't know why that God above
Created you for me to love.
He picked you out from all the rest,
Because He knew, I'd love you the best
THE ASH GROVE
Down yonder green valley
Where streamlets meander
When twilight is fading
I pensively rove.
Or at the bright noon-tide
In solitude wander
Amid the dark shades of
The lonely ash grove.
'Tis there where the blackbird
Is cheerfully singing
Each warbler enchants
With his notes from the tree.
Ah, then little think I
Of sorrow or sadness,
The ash grove entrancing
Spells beauty for me
THE HAPPY WANDERER
I love to go awandering
Along the mountain track.
And as I go I love to sing
My knapsack on my back
Chorus:
Val de ri, Val de ra, Va de ri
Val de ra ha ha ha ha ha
Val de ri, Val de ra
My knapsack on my back
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me
Come! Join my happy song.
I wave my hat to all I meet
And they wave back to me
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From every greenwood tree.
High overhead the skylarks wing
They never rest at home.
But just like me, they love to sing
As o'er the world we roam.
Oh may I go awandering
Until the day I die,
Oh may I always laugh and sing
Beneath God's clear blue sky.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
Chorus:
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.
1) As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
2) I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
All around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me.
3) When the sun came shining then I was strolling
And the wheat field waving and the dust clouds rolling
A voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me.