3rd Grade Spring Concert Music

Erie Canal

Verse 1: I’ve got a mule, her name is Sal. Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. She’s a good old worker and a good old pal. Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. We’ve hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal, and hay. And we know every inch of the way, From Albany to Buffalo.

Chorus: Low bridge, everybody down! Low bridge, for we’re comin’ to a town! And you’ll always know your neighbor, You’ll always know your pal, If you’ve ever navigated on the Erie Canal!

Verse 2: We better get on our way, ol’ gal. Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. ‘Cause you bet your life I’d never part with Sal, Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. Git up there, mule, here comes a lock, We’ll make Rome ‘bout six o’clock. One more trip and back we’ll go, Right back home to Buffalo.

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Home on the Range

 Verse 1 o Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, o Where the deer and the antelope play. o Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, o And the skies are not cloudy all day.  Refrain o Home, home on the range o Where the deer and the antelope play, o Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word o And the skies are not cloudy all day.  Verse 2 o Where the air is so pure, and the zephyrs so free, o The breezes so balmy and light o That I would not exchange my home on the range, o For all of the cities so bright.  Refrain (see above)  Verse 3 o How often at night when the heavens are bright o With the light from the glittering stars, o Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed, o If their glory exceeds that of ours.  Refrain (see above)  Verse 4 o Oh, I love these wild flowers in this dear land of ours, o The curlew I love to hear cry, o And I love the white rocks and the antelope flocks, o That graze on the mountain slopes high.  Refrain (see above)  Verse 5 o Oh give me a land where the bright diamond sand, o Flows leisurely down in the stream; o Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along, o Like a maid in a heavenly dream.  Refrain (see above)  Verse 6 o Then I would not exchange my home on the range, o Where the deer and the antelope play. o Where seldom is heard, a discouraging word, o And the skies are not cloudy all day.  Refrain (see above) Battle Cry of Freedom

Verse1: Yes, we’ll rally ‘round the flag, boys, we’ll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom, We will rally from the hillside, we’ll gather from the plain, shouting the battle cry of Freedom.

Refrain: The Union forever, Hurrah! boys, hurrah! Down with the traitor, up with the star, While we rally ‘round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom.

Verse 2: We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom, And we’ll fill the vacant ranks with a million freemen more, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom. (return to the Refrain)

Verse 3: We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom, And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom. (return to the Refrain)

Verse 4: So we’re springing to the call from the East and from the West, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom, And we’ll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love the best, Shouting the battle cry of Freedom. (return to the Refrain)

Just Before the Battle Mother

Verse 1: Just before the battle, Mother, I am thinking most of you; While upon the field we’re watching, With the enemy in view. Comrades brave around me lying, Filled with thoughts of home and God; For well they know that on the morrow Some will sleep beneath the sod.

Chorus: Farewell, Mother, you may never Press me to your heart again; But oh, you’ll not forget me, Mother, If I’m numbered with the slain.

Verse 2: Hark! I hear the bugle calling, ‘Tis the signal for the fight; Now may God protect us, Mother, As He ever does the right. Hear the “Battle Cry of Freedom,” How it swells upon the air! Oh yes, we’ll rally ‘round the standard, Or we’ll perish nobly there.

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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Verse 1: When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We’ll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer, the boys will shout, The ladies they will all turn out, And we’ll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.

Verse 2: The old church bells will peal with joy, Hurrah! Hurrah! To welcome home our darling boy, Hurrah! Hurrah! The village lads and lassies say With roses they will strew the way, And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.

Verse 3: Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We’ll give the hero three times three, Hurrah! Hurrah! The laurel wreath is ready now, To place upon his loyal brow, And we’ll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home.

Verse 4: Let love and friendship on that day, Hurrah! Hurrah! Their choicest treasures then display, Hurrah! Hurrah! And let each one perform some part To fill with joy the warrior's heart, And we'll all feel glad when Johnny comes marching home. Red, Red Robin

When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin along, along, There’ll be no more sobbin’ when he starts throbbin’ his old sweet song. Wake up, wake up you sleepy head, get up, get up, get out of bed, Cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red, live, love, laugh and be happy.

What if I’ve been blue, now I’m walkin’ through fields of flow’rs, Rain my glisten but still I listen for hours and hours. I’m just a kid again, doin’ what I did again, singing a song. When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’ along.

Marine’s Hymn From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, We will fight our country’s battles in the air, on land and sea. First to fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor clean. We are proud to claim the title of Unites States Marines.

Air Force Hymn Off we go into the wild, blue yonder, Climbin high into the sun. Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, “At ‘em boys, give ‘er the gun!” Down the dive, spouting your flame from under, Off with one terrible roar! We live in fame or go down in flame. Nothing ‘ill stop the U.S. Air Force.

Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

National Anthem

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?