We gather here together with joyful heart and mind

We raise our voices ever, our distant souls to bind

To remember in this moment of friendship love and joy

That music made together may one day heal mankind

To remember in this moment of friendship love and joy

That music made together may one day heal mankind

By Woody Guthrie

Refrain 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 was walking that ribbon highway,

I saw above me an endless skyway

I saw below me a golden valley,

This land was made for you and me

Refrain Chorus

2.  I roamed and rambled I followed my footsteps,

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

And all around me a voice was singing

This land was made for you and me

Refrain Chorus

3.  The sun was shining as I was strolling,

Wheat fields waving, dust clouds rolling

A voice was singing, the fog was lifting

This land was made for you and me

Refrain Chorus

Great big house in New Orleans, forty stories high

Every room that I been in, filled with pumpkin pie

Went down to the old mill stream, fetch a pail of water

Put one arm around my wife and the other round my daughter

Fare thee well my darling girl, fare thee well my daughter

Fare thee well my darling girl with the golden slippers on her

Great big house in New Orleans, forty stories high

Every room that I been in, filled with pumpkin pie

Went down to the old mill stream, fetch a pail of water

Put one arm around my wife and the other round my daughter

Fare thee well my darling girl, fare thee well my daughter

Fare thee well my darling girl with the golden slippers on her

Choose 3 music class activities from the list.

Do this twice per week or more if you want!

Sing a song you learned in music class to a friend or family member.

Some suggestions:

We Gather Here Together

I’ve Been Working On The Railroad

I Will Be Your Friend

The Farmer In The Dell

Sing a song and march the beat.

Sing a song and clap the way the words go.

If you have the internet, sing along with Ella Jenkins on these you tubes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-wzAo9w6Hw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXJ1Q_VpfY

Draw a picture of what a very loud sound makes you feel like.

Draw a picture of what a very quiet sound makes you feel like.

Make up a dance to a favorite song or recorded music.

Listen to a favorite song. Describe what you hear using music words such as

loud/quiet, fast/slow, high sounds/low sounds.

Using items you have at home, make them into instruments to show the steady

beat: find things that you can hit, shake, or scrape. Play along with a song.

Here are some great resources for exploring and creating music.

Try two of these per week, or more often if you want to. Let me know what you try and what your thoughts are.

• Chrome Music Lab https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/

• MPR - https://www.classicalmpr.org/topic/musiclesson

• MPR Story Time - https://www.classicalmpr.org/topic/classical-kids-storytime

• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Concert Library

https://content.thespco.org/music/concert-library/

• Rhythm Reading http://www.philtulga.com/counter.html

• Musical Instruments Museum http://www.mim.org

• DSO Kids http://mydso.com/dso-kids

https://drumbit.app/

https://www.onemotion.com/drum-machine/