Videos to Sing With On Your Own
Lift Every Voice and Sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS2nBMVDm-Y
Any Dream Will Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wsr5DwIqMA
Acadian Lullaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygyaJOWkMXI
Scat Cat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muR43DhYePE
Dona Nobis Pacem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bURklF4aULM
40 Little Birdies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7176EYCdQcQ
Flying Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysgO4wx77tM
Raise Up Your Voices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDBgtwLK8kY
Lyrics
40 Little Birdies
Forty little birdies sittin' on the wire.
Forty little birdies a-practicing for choir.
Some sing low. Peep, peep, peep.
Some sing higher. Peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep.
All of them together sounding mighty pretty,
Singin' in the choir on the telephone wire.
Peep, peep …
Forty little birdies sittin' on the wire.
Forty little birdies, all of them retired.
They don't work. Peep, peep, peep.
They cannot be fired. Peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep.
If work is for the birds, oh, what an occupation;
Restin' and retirin' on the telephone wire.
Peep, peep …
Forty little birdies sittin' on the wire.
Doin' just whatever their little hearts desire.
Chat all day. Peep, peep, peep.
Read circulars and flyers. Peep, peep, peep, peep, peep, peep.
Doin' mainly nothin' 'cause nothin' is required;
Visitin' with neighbours on the telephone wire.
Peep, peep …
PEEP!
Acadian Lullaby
Dors, dors, le petit bibi,
C’est le beau petit bibi á maman.
Dors, dors, dors, dors,
Dors, dors, le bibi á maman.
Demain s’y fait beau
J’irons au grandpére;
Dors dors le petit bibi.
Dors, dors, dors, dors,
Dors, dors, le bibi á maman.
Any Dream Will Do
I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
To see for certain, what I thought I knew.
Far, far away, someone was weeping,
But the world was sleeping. Any dream will do.
I wore my coat, with golden lining,
Bright colours shining, wonderful and new.
And in the east, the dawn was breaking,
And the world was waking. Any dream will do.
A crash of drums, a flash of light,
My golden coat flew out of sight.
The colours faded into darkness, I was left alone.
May I return to the beginning?
The light is dimming, and the dream is too.
The world and I, we are still waiting,
Still hesitating. Any dream will do.
Ah. Ah.
The colours faded into darkness, I was left alone.
May I return to the beginning?
The light is dimming, and the dream is too.
The world and I, we are still waiting,
Still hesitating. Any dream will do. Any dream will do.
Any dream will do. Any dream will do.
Flying Free
There is a place I call my own
Where I can stand by the sea
And look beyond the things I've known
And dream that I might be free.
Like the bird above the trees
Gliding gently on the breeze
I wish that all my life I'd be
Without a care and Flying Free.
But life is not a distant sky
Without a cloud, without rain
And I can never hope that I
Can travel on without pain
Time goes swiftly on its way
All too soon we've lost today
I cannot wait for skies of blue
Or dream so long that life is through
So life's a song I must sing
A gift of love I must share
And when I see the joy it brings
My spirits soar through the air
Like that bird up in the sky
Life has taught me how to fly
For now I know what I can be
And now my heart is Flying Free!
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift every voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Let us march on till victory is won.
Raise Up Your Voices
Raise up your voices. Sing and be joyful.
Raise up your voices. Sing we, all sing.
Sing we together in celebration.
Joining our voices, Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing.
Sing we together in celebration. Joining our voices sing.
Raise up your voices. Sing and be joyful.
Raise up your voices. Sing we, all sing.
Raise up your voices. Sing and be joyful.
Raise up your voices. Sing we, all sing.
Sing we together in celebration.
Joining our voices, Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing.
Sing we together in celebration. Joining our voices sing. We sing!
Raise up your voices. Sing and be joyful.
Raise up your voices. Sing we, all sing.
Raise up your voices. Sing and be joyful.
Raise up your voices. Sing we, all sing.
Sing we, all sing. Sing we, all sing.
Sing we, all sing. Sing we, all sing.
Scat Cat
It was late one night when I heard the strangest sound. Ringing through the dark of how it did astound. Jumped up from my bed and I took a good look all around. Hoping to reveal what made that sound resound.
It went do be do. Do be do, be wow, me-ow! Do be do be do. Do be do do -wah. Me-ow, me-ow, me ow. Me-ow, me-ow, meow.
Sitting all alone up on top the old fence-pole. Was a cool cat scatting sweet riffs bathed in soul. He was grooving totally awesome, a furry creole. And he stirred and purred his jazzy casserole.
It went do be do. Do be do, be wow, me-ow! Do be do be do. Do be do do wah. Me-ow, me-ow, me ow. Me-ow, me-ow, meow.
And in the night his song took flight Because he was a true “mew”sician. Et dans la nuit, le chat sourit Parce qu’il est un vrai “mew”sicien. “Mew” sician. “Mew”sician. Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow. Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow. Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow. Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow. Cool Cat!