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My love affair with show tunes began in Mrs. North's fourth grade class. She taught us all the songs from The Sound of Music and Oliver! and "The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha (rather an odd choice for fourth graders).
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (part of the Department of Health and Human Services) has a website which provides "sing-along" music and lyrics for educational purposes. They have a section which includes songs from musicals and movies.
It pleases me to think that somewhere out there is Mrs. North's successor teaching a bunch of fourth graders to sing the song below, which was included on the website. I just hope somehow the message gets through.
Do You Hear The People Sing?
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
from Les Miserables
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (part of the Department of Health and Human Services) has a website which provides "sing-along" music and lyrics for educational purposes. They have a section which includes songs from musicals and movies.
It pleases me to think that somewhere out there is Mrs. North's successor teaching a bunch of fourth graders to sing the song below, which was included on the website. I just hope somehow the message gets through.
Do You Hear The People Sing?
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
from Les Miserables
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Teach the children well.
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