Below are the 3 songs we will be singing from the stage on Earth Day. Come join us and sing along!
America, The Beautiful for Earth Day
by Katharine Lee Bates and adapted by Lucinda Lucas for Earth Day 2023
Oh beautiful with 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
Oh beautiful, our precious earth, its care lies in our hands
We’re duty bound to hallowed ground, our home across the lands
This fragile globe, our dwelling place with rivers running clear
To towering trees and fertile fields, this land we hold so dear
Oh beautiful, a sight to see a hundred birds take flight
And rise above a field of gold – a whisper of delight
Our planet Earth, our only home this heaven’s here on Earth
We must take good care of all that’s here and treasure all its worth
Oh beautiful the nighttime sky, through crystal air stars shine
Upon our thankful faces – all these gifts we must enshrine
But humankind needs change of mind, God grant us all your grace
To search our souls for vital goals to save this sacred place
Oh beautiful with 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
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This Land Is Your Land (Short version)
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
(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.
As I was 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.
Chorus
I’ve roamed and rambled and I 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.
Chorus
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus
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“We Are the Earth” LYRICS ONLY
By Hardin Minor 2020
Musical intro
Chorus 1
Call Response
We are the Earth! “We are the Earth!”
We are One “We are One”
All Warmed “All warmed”
By the Sun “By the Sun”
We are the Same “We are the Same”
You & me “You & me”
Join us “Join us” “
In Harmony “In Harmony”
Verse 1 / UNISON or C&R
Earth & Water, Fire & Air
Interconnected everywhere
For these gifts that we share
Let us not forget to care!
Chorus 2
Call Response
We are the Earth! “We are the Earth!”
We are One “We are One”
All Warmed “All warmed”
By the Sun “By the Sun”
We are the Same “We are the Same”
You & me “You & me”
Join us “Join us” “
In Harmony “In Harmony”
Verse 2 / UNISON or C&R
Let’s unite behind the Science
See the Facts just as they are
Understand that Woman and Man are
Not the only ones who share our Star.
BRIDGE / UNISON
Join us, join us, Join us, join us, Join us, join….. us
Chorus 3
Call Response
We are the Earth! “We are the Earth!”
We are One “We are One”
All Warmed “All warmed”
By the Sun “By the Sun”
We are the Same “We are the Same”
You & me “You & me”
Join us “Join us” “
In Harmony “In Harmony”
Verse 3 / UNISON or C&R
What will you say when you grow old
Can you tell your children you were bold
Enough to fight for the Right
To sing this Song that unites.
Call Response
We are the Earth! “We are the Earth!”
We are One “We are One”
All Warmed “All warmed”
By the Sun “By the Sun”
We are the Same “We are the Same”
You & me “You & me”
Join us “Join us” “
In Harmony “In Harmony”
Verse 4 / UNISON or C&R
New XRY Verse (in honor of Laura S.)
All Life
Great & Small
Must be protected
By us all
Open our Eyes
So we may see
And Coexist
To set us free
BRIDGE / UNISON
Join us, join us, Join us, join us, Join us, join….. us
(REPEAT)
Join us, join us, Join us, join us, Join us, join….. us