Americana |
Give my regards to Broadway,
Remember me to Herald Square,
Tell all
the folk on 42nd Street
That I will soon be there,
Whisper of how I'm
yearning
To mingle with the old time throng,
Give my regards to old
Broadway
And tell them I'll be there ere long
East side, West side, all around the town
The tots sang Ring a Roses,
London Bridge is Falling Down
Boys and girls together, me and Maimie
Rorke
Tripped the light fantastic
On the sidewalks of New York
God Bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the
prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam,
God Bless America, my home
sweet home,
God Bless America, my home sweet home,
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope
play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not
cloudy all day.
CHORUS
Home, home on the range, where the deer and the antelope
play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word,
And the skies are not
cloudy all day.
(Annie get your Gun)
Folks are dumb where I come from,
they aint had any learnin'
Still
they're happy as can be,
Doin what comes natur'lly. [x 2]
Sister Sal who's musical has never had a lesson,
Still she's learned to
sing off key,
Doin what comes natur'lly. [x 2]
You don't have to know how to read or write
When you're out with a feller
in the pale moonlight.
You don't have to come from a great big town
Not
to go picking berries in an evening gown
That comes natur'lly. [x
2]
My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name,
He signs his cheques
with X's, but they cash them just the same.
Grandpa Dick was always sick but
never saw a doctor,
He just died at 93,
Doin what comes natur'lly. [x
2]
Wild Cat Kelly, looking mighty pale,
Was standing by the sherrif's side,
And when that sherrif said "I'm sending you to jail,"
Wild Cat raised
his head and cried :
Oh give me land, lots of land and the starry skies above,
Don't fence me
in,
Let me dream of the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me
in.
Let me be by myself in the evening breeze,
Listenin' to the
murmurin' of the cotton wool trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you
please,
Don't fence me in.
Wild Cat Kelly, looking mighty pale,
Was seated by his sweetheart's side,
And when his sweetheart said "Come on let's settle down,"
Wild Cat
raised his head and cried :
CHORUS
Oh we ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny,
But
we'll travel along, singing a song, side by side.
Don't know what's coming
tomorrow, maybe it's trouble and sorrow,
But we'll travel the road, sharing
our load, side by side.
Through all kinds of weather, what if the sky should
fall,
Just as long as we're together, it doesn't matter at all.
When
they've all had their troubles and parted,
We'll be the same as we started,
Just trav'ling along, singing our song, side by side.
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
we shall overcome some day;
Oh!
Deep in my heart I do believe,
we shall overcome some day.
We'll walk hand in hand, . . .
We are not afraid, . . . today . . .
The truth shall make us free . . .
We shall live in peace . . .