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Collection of Some Favorite Songs Home in the Meadow From: How Collection of some Favorite Songs Home In The Meadow From: How The West Was Won Wildfire Michael Martin Murphey God Bless the USA Lee Greenwood Follow the Drinking Gourd Folk Music - Underground Railroad Impossible Dream From: Man of La Mancha Air Force Song U.S. Air Force Rawhide TV Western, Theme Song Ringo Lorne Greene Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford Small Town Girl - Don’t Stop Believin’ Journey The Bird Song Lesley Nelson-Burns The House I Live In Frank Sinatra Transfusion Nervous Norvus Drunken Sailor Traditional Sea Shanty Where My Heart Will Take Me Starship Enterprise The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot Finlandia Jan Sibelius Download this document from: https://www.pineapplefish56.net/Scouting-Fun.html Home In The Meadow From: How The West Was Won As sung by: Debbie Reynolds - Sung to the tune of Greensleeaves Away, away, come away with me where the grass grows wild and the winds blow free Away, away, come away with me and I’ll build you a home in the meadow Come, come, there’s a wondrous land for the hopeful heart and the willing hand Come, come, there’s a wondrous land where I’ll build you a home in the meadow The stars, the stars, oh how bright they’ll shine on a world the lord himself designed The stars, the stars, oh how bright they’ll shine on the home we will build in the meadow Come, come, there’s a wondrous land for the hopeful heart and the willing hand Come, come, there’s a wondrous land where I’ll build you a home in the meadow 1 Wildfire Michael Martin Murphey Written by M. Murphey & L. Cansler from the album “Blue Sky, Night Thunder” She comes down from Yellow Mountain On a dark, flat land she rides On a pony she named Wildfire Whirlwind by her side On a cold Nebraska night. Oh, they say she died one winter When there came an early frost And the pony she named Wildfire Busted down its stall, In a blizzard she was lost. She ran calling Wild--fire Calling Wild---fire Calling Wi--i--ld--fi--i--re By the dark of the moon I planted But there came an early snow Been a hoot owl howlin’ outside my window now For six nights in a row She’s comin’ for me, I know And on Wildfire we’re both gonna go We’ll be ridin’ Wildfire Ridin’ Wildfire We’ll be ridin’ Wildfire On Wildfire we’re gonna ride Gonna leave sodbustin’ behind Get these hard times right on out of our minds Ridin’ Wildfire 2 God Bless the USA Lee Greenwood If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life, And I had to start again with just my children and my wife, I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today, ‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away. I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free, And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, ‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A. From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee, Across the plains of Texas from sea to shining sea. From Detroit down to Houston and New York to L.A., There’s pride in every American heart and it’s time we stand and say: I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free, And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, ‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A. I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free, And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me, And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today, ‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God Bless the U.S.A. 3 Follow the Drinking Gourd Folk Music - Underground Railroad * Chorus * Follow the drinking gourd, Follow the drinking gourd, For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. When the sun comes back, and the first Quail calls, Follow the drinking gourd, For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the drinking gourd. * Chorus * The riverbank makes a mighty good road, The dead trees show you the way. Left foot, peg foot traveling on, Following the drinking gourd. * Chorus * The river ends between two hills, Follow the drinking gourd, There’s another river on the other side, Follow the drinking gourd. * Chorus * When the great big river meets the little river, Follow the drinking gourd. For the old man is waiting for to carry you to freedom If you follow the drinking gourd. 4 Impossible Dream From: Man of La Mancha Lyrics by Joe Darion In this song, Don Quixote explains his quest and the reasons behind it... in doing so, he captures the essence of the play and its philosophical underpinnings. To dream... the impossible dream... To fight... the unbeatable foe... To bear... with unbearable sorrow... To run... where the brave dare not go... To right... the unrightable wrong... To love... pure and chaste from afar... To try... when your arms are too weary... To reach... the unreachable star... This is my quest, to follow that star... No matter how hopeless, no matter how far... To fight for the right, without question or pause... To be willing to march into Hell, for a Heavenly cause... And I know if I’ll only be true, to this glorious quest, That my heart will lie will lie peaceful and calm, when I’m laid to my rest... And the world will be better for this That one man, scorned and covered with scars, Still strove, with his last ounce of courage, To reach... the unreachable star... 5 Air Force Song U.S. Air Force Off we go ~ into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high, into the sun Here they come zooming to meet our thunder, At ‘em boys, give ‘em the gun! Down we dive, spouting our flame from under, Off with one Hell-uv-a roar! We’ll live in fame, or go down in flame, Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force! (Historical note: Prior to the founding of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, this line read: “Nothing can stop the Army Air Corps”) Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder, Set it HIGH into the blue; Hands of men blasted the world asunder, How they lived God only knew. Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer Gave us wing ever to soar! With scouts before and bombers galore, Nothing can stop the U.S. Air Force! There’s a toast to the host of those who love the vastness of the sky, To a friend we send the message of his brother, men who fly We drink to those who gave their all of old, Then down we roar to score the rainbow’s pot of gold. A toast to the host of men we boast, The U.S. Air Force. Off we go into the wild sky yonder, Keep the wings level and true, If you’ve lived to be a gray-haired wonder, Keep the nose out of the blue! Flying men, guarding our nations borders, We’ll be there, followed by more. In echelon we carry on! Nothing’ll stop the U.S. Air Force! 6 Rawhide TV Western, Theme Song Written by Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin Performed by Frankie Laine Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rawhide! Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Though the streams are swollen Keep them doggies rollin’ Rawhide Rain and wind and weather Hellbent for leather Wishin’ my gal was by my side All the things I’m missin’ Good vittals, love and kissin’ Are waiting at the end of my ride * CHORUS * Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Hyaa! Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ Hyaa! Rawhide! Rawhide! Move ‘em on, head ‘em up Head ‘em up, move ‘em on Move ‘em on, head ‘em up Rawhide Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in Ride ‘em in, count ‘em out Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in Rawhide Keep movin’, movin’, movin’ Though they’re disapprovin’ Keep them doggies movin’ Rawhide Don’t try to understand ‘em Just rope ‘em, pull and brand ‘em Soon we’ll be living high and wide My hearts calculatin’ My true love will be waitin’ Be waitin’ at the end of my ride Hyaa! * CHORUS * 7 Ringo Lorne Greene He lay face down in the desert sand Clutching his six-gun in his hand Shot from behind, I thought he was dead But under his heart was an ounce of lead But a spark still burned so I used my knife And late that night I saved the life of Ringo (Ringo . Ringo . .) I nursed him till the danger passed The days went by, he mended fast Then from dawn till setting sun He practiced with that deadly gun And hour on hour I watched in awe No human being could match the draw of Ringo (Ringo .
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