Dr. George Washington
Carver
Elementary
Promotion Practice Page
5th Grade - Thurs, May 25
Kindergarten - Wed, May 31
SONGS
"Lift Every Voice"
"The Star Spangled Banner"
"Hopeful" (recording coming)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (All tracks now added)
James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list'ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea
Sing a song full of faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the day that hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet,
Come to the place on which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee,
Shadowed beneath the hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Start Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
"Hope" Adapted from the song by Twista and Faith Hill
We are hopeful, yes we are, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful and we'll make our way
I know it ain't easy but that's okay,
'Cause we hopeful!
I wish that people would just get along,
Let their voices blend together like in this song.
I wish that children had enough to eat,
And that they wouldn't be so hungry when they went to sleep.
I wish that we were free of enemies,
That bullies would support instead of hit and tease
I wish that there would be world peace,
That we wouldn’t have to worry walking in the streets,
We are hopeful, yes we are, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful and we'll make our way
I know it ain't easy but that's okay,
'Cause we hopeful!
I wish that everyone was kind and fair,
That we all could be respectful and learn how to share.
I hope to make it to the NBA,
I know a lot of work and practice goes into the play,
I hope someday I get to go to space,
On a rocket ship I’ll travel to an outer place.
I wish for peace to fill our night and day,
So we all can work together as we find our way.
We are hopeful, yes we are, hopeful for today
Take this music and use it
Let it take you away
And be hopeful, hopeful and we'll make our way
I know it ain't easy but that's okay,
'Cause we hopeful!
Carver Kindergarten Promotion
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Songs "The Habitat Song"
"We Shall Overcome"