[The songs actually printed for the event differed from the proposed song list below]
Please send your suggestions for humanist-friendly songs to Bob Park at rwpark@loonfoot.com
and Jeff Glover at jeffrykglover@hotmail.com. Our selections and suggestions so far appear below:
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by John Lennon It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isnt hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one. © Bag productions inc. |
(Tune: O Little Town of Bethlehem, draft verses by Bob Park and Doleta Chapru) As voices raised in fellowship we join in Human Light We seek through reason, hope and love and firm integrity A world of peace and justice for all humanity We celebrate with candlelight the turning of the sun. The mistletoe and evergreens attest that life goes on. We share a common spirit with all who dwell on earth And vow to spread our human warmth beyond the sheltered hearth. Joy to the world, the truth has come, let earth receive its peace; Let every heart give welcome, let every heart give welcome, And earth and nature sing, and earth and nature sing, And earth, and earth, and nature sing. Joy to the world, of peace and love, let kindness us employ; With faith in knowledge right and true, with faith in knowledge right and true, Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. |
| DECK THE HALLS Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la 'Tis the season to be jolly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Don we now our gay apparel. Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Troll the ancient Yuletide carol. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la See the blazing Yule before us. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Strike the harp and join the chorus. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Follow me in merry measure. Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la While I tell of Yuletide treasure. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Fast away the old year passes. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Hail the new ye lads and lasses Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Sing we joyous all together. Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la |
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING? My life flows on in endless song Above earth's lamentation. I hear the real, thought far off hymn That hails the new creation Above the tumult and the strife, I hear the music ringing; It sounds an echo in my soul How can I keep from singing? What through the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth. What through the darkness round me close, Songs in the night it giveth. No storm can shake my inmost calm While to that rock I'm clinging. Since love is lord of Heaven and earth How can I keep from singing? When tyrants tremble, sick with fear, And hear their death-knell ringing, When friends rejoice both far and near, How can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile Our thoughts to them are winging. When friends by shame are undefiled, How can I keep from singing? |
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| TEACH YOUR CHILDREN by Graham Nash You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye. Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. And you, of tender years, Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, And so please help them with your youth, They seek the truth before they can die. Teach your parents well, Their children's hell will slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. PACK UP YOUR SORROWS Refrain: Well, if somehow you could pack up your sorrows, And give them all to me. You would lose them, I know how to use them, Give them all to me. No use cryin', talking to a stranger, Namin' the sorrows you've seen; Oh, 'cause there are too many bad times, Too many sad times, Nobody knows what you mean. {Refrain} No use ramblin' walkin' in the shadows, Trailin' a wanderin' star. No one beside you, no one to hide you, An' nobody knows where you are. {Refrain} No use roamin', walking by the roadside, Seekin' a satisfied mind. Ah, 'cause there are too many highways, Too many byways, Nobody's walkin' behind. PEOPLE, LOOK EAST People, look east. The time is near Of the crowning of the year. Make your house fair as you are able, Trim the hearth and set the table. People, look east and sing today: Love, the guest, is on the way. Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare, One more seed is planted there: Give up your strength the seed to nourish, That in course the flower may flourish. People, look east and sing today: Love, the rose, is on the way. Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim One more light the bowl shall brim, Shining beyond the frosty weather, Bright as sun and moon together. People, look east and sing today: Love, the star, is on the way. FUNICULI, FUNICULA Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, And so do I, and so do I! Some think it well to be all melancholic, To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh. But I, I love to spend my time in singing Some joyous song, some joyous song; To set the air with music bravely ringing Is far from wrong, far from wrong! Hearken, hearken, music sounds afar! Hearken, hearken, music sounds afar! Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula, Joy is everywhere, funiculi, funicula! [or: Listen, listen, echoes sound afar! Listen, listen, echoes sound afar! Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula! Echoes sound afar, funiculi, funicula!] Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing, And like it well! And like it well! For me, I have not thought it worth the trying, So cannot tell! So cannot tell! With laugh, with dance and song the day soon passes Full soon is gone, full soon is gone, For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses To call their own! To call their own! Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar! Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar! Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula! Hark the soft guitar, funiculi, funicula! WE'LL BUILD A LAND We'll build a land where we'll bind up the broken We'll build a land where the captives go free Where the oil of gladness dissolves all mourning. Oh, we'll build a promised land that can be. Come build a land where sisters and brothers, Inspired by love, may then create peace: Where justice shall roll down like waters, And peace like an ever flowing stream. THIS IS MY SONG (Tune: Finlandia) This is my song, O people of all nations A song of peace for lands afar and mine This is my home, the country where my heart is; Here are my hopes, my dreams, my life so fine; But other hearts in other lands are beating With hopes and dreams as true and high as mine. My country's skies are bluer than the ocean, And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine; But other lands have sunlight too, and clover, And skies are everywhere as blue as mine. O hear my song, O people of all nations, A song of peace for your land and for mine. LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! It doesn't show signsof stopping And I've bought some corn for popping The lights are turned way down low Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When we finally kissgoodnight How I'll hate going out in the storm! But if you'll really hold me tight All the way home I'll be warm The fire is slowly dying And, my dear, we're still goodbying But as long as you love me so Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! WINTER WONDERLAND Sleigh bells ring are you listening in the lane snow is glistening A beautiful sight we're happy tonight walking in a winter wonderland Gone away is the bluebird here to stay is a new bird He sings a love song as we go along walking in a winter wonderland In the meadow we can build a snowman Then pretend that he is Parson Brown He'll say: Are you married? we'll say: No man But you can do the job when you're in town Later on we'll conspire as we dream by the fire To face unafraid the plans that we've made walking in a winter wonderland In the meadow we can build a snowman and pretend that he's a circus clown We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman until the alligators knock him down When it snows ain't it thrilling Though your nose gets a chilling We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way walking in a winter wonderland Walking in a winter wonderland walking in a winter wonderland IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (by Ira Gershwin) It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so. De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible, it ain't necessarily so. Li'l David was small, but oh my, Li'l David was small, but oh my. He fought big Goliath who lay down and dieth. Li'l David was small, but oh my. Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale, oh, Jonah, he ived in de whale. Fo' he made his home in dat fish's abdomen. Oh, Jonah, he lived in de whale. Li'l Moses was found in a stream, Li'l Moses was found in a stream. He floated on water till Ole Pharoah's daughter she fished him, she says, from that stream. It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so. Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villun but 'tain't necessarily so. To get into Hebben don't snap for a sebben. Live clean, don have no fault. Oh, I takes dat gospel whenever it's pos ble but wid a grain of salt. Methus lah lived nine hundred years, Methus lah lived nine hundred years. But who calls dat livin' when no gal will give in to no man what's nine hundred years? I'm preachin' dis sermon to show it ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't nessa, ain't necessarily so. |