PROGRAM
Global Village Project Song
Words by Ricky Jacobs / Music: Eaton Boating Song (England)
We come from many countries,
We work for a better world
We learn, we play, we study,
We’re the Global Village girls
CHORUS: We work for a world that’s peaceful,
A world that is never cruel
Where nations can live together,
We’re the Global Village school
This world is full of warfare,
Lands that are begging for peace
We’re hoping to feed the hungry,
And we pray that wars will cease
CHORUS
2017 GVP Song:
I Wanna Walk A Mile In Your Shoes
by Jan Nigro
© Jamination Music BMI
I WANNA WALK A MILE IN YOUR SHOES
CHORUS:
I wanna walk a mile in your shoes
I wanna walk a mile in your shoes
I wanna know what you’re thinking, what you’re feeling
So I really wanna walk / a mile in your shoes
VERSE 1:
Remember the fight that we had?
Why did we both have to lose?
It’s because we both walked away mad
Instead of walking a mile in each other’s shoes ~ CHORUS
VERSE 2:
We hear how the world is a mess
Every time we turn on the news
But all countries could have happiness
If they were walking a mile in each other’s shoes ~ CHORUS
VERSE 3:
Temperatures start to cool down
A frown turns into a smile
Oh, anger just cannot be found
When we’re wearing those shoes and walking that mile ~ CHORUS
2017 F1:
Don’t Give Up
© Becky Reardon
www.BeckyReardonMusic.com
DON’T GIVE UP
Don’t give up.
Give a little kindness to yourself.
Put a little flex,
Put a little flex in your plan.
Find another way like a river.
Flow, may you never stop flowing.
I Am Creative
by Terry Garthwaite
© nJoy Music BMI
Recorded on the CD “Affirhythms”
http://www.TerryGarthwaite.com
I AM CREATIVE
I am creative
I use imagination
My eyes are open
I am a pioneer
I travel in the wilderness of my art
I travel by the willingness of my heart
I Need A Waiter
Composer unknown
I Need A Waiter
I need a waiter
With some water
I need a waiter with some water
for my daughter
I need a waiter with some water,
with some water for my daughter
So my daughter doesn’t die of thirst
Short & Long Vowels
by Elise Witt with GVP Form 1 – Hafsa, Fainess, Fatima, Riziki, Reem, Shahad, Sidra, Mu Doh, Khin Moe Aye, Khin Khin Moo, Nour K. Solaf, Aimee, Hala S., Misha
Feb / Mar 2018
© Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
SHORT & LONG VOWELS
Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When we count we begin with 1-2-3-4-5
When we say our English vowels, it’s A – E – I – O – U
I’d really like to say them with you A – E – I – O – U
There are short vowels and l-o-n-g vowels
I know them well
Just like in music
Listen, and you can tell
Staccato, staccato, staccato is short! Ha ha ha ha ha!
Short A is a, like apple
Short E is e, like eggs
Short I is i, like iguana
Short O is o, like octopus
Short U is u, like umbrella
Legato… Legato… Legato is looooooooong
Long vowels say their name
A-E-I-O-U
Long A is aaaa, like apron
Long E is eeee, like equals
Long I is iiiii, like ice cream
Long O is ooooo, like ocean `
Long U is uuuuu, like ukulele
There are short vowels and long vowels
We know them well
Just like in Music
We hope that you can tell!
A-E-I-O-U
Punctuation Song
by Elise Witt w/GVP Form 2 – Nor, Sara A. Dalaa, Bimala, Ghina, Sarmila, Suzan, Sham, Bayan, Sandya, Aya, Andrea, Mapendo, Sergine, Hala A., Furaha
~ Feb./ Mar. 2017 ~
© Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
PUNCTUATION SONG
CHORUS:
Pontuação ~ That is Portuguese! Pontuação ~ Punctuation, Punctuation
It helps my words make sense
It helps me when I write, It makes my ideas clear
It helps me when I read, Now I understand you, dear!
COMMA (Aya, Halaa, Mapendo)
Comma, Comma, it’s job is to rest
Resting is what a Comma does best
It looks like a banana and a half moon, too
It’s a part of grammar that can really help you!
PERIOD (Sarmila, Furaha, Ghina)
A period’s shape reminds me of a penny
It’s like funny money
It looks like apple pie with just one eye
A period’s job is to stop with a pop
QUOTATION MARKS (Sara, Bimala, Dalaa)
Quotation Marks are rabbit ears
Quotation Marks are twins
Quotation Marks surround the talking
Quotation Marks are fingers in the air
QUESTION MARK (Suzan, Sham, Bayan)
Question Mark helps my grandma to walk
Question Mark, I use it in my work
It looks like a half moon with a shiny star
Just add a stick to make a Question Mark
It comes on the end of my question
It makes my voice go up
Sometimes a Question can be fun or serious
You might like it, or not!
EXCLAMATION MARK (Sandhya, Andrea, Nor)
Exclamation Mark is loud when you feel proud
It’s exciting like a guest you’re inviting
Exclamation Mark makes anything a surprise party!
We are all Exclamation Mark girls!
CHORUS:
Pontuação ~ That is Portuguese! Pontuação ~ Punctuation, Punctuation
It helps my words make sense
It helps me when I write, It makes my ideas clear
It helps me when I read, Now I understand you, dear!
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (Hold On)
Folk Song from African American tradition / Civil Rights Movement based on “Hold On” “Keep Your Hand on the Plow”
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE, HOLD ON
CHORUS:
Hold on (Hold on)
Hold on (Hold on)
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on
Lots of good people bound in jail, Have no money for to go their bail
The very moment we thought we were lost, The dungeon shook and the chains fell off
Freedom’s name is mighty sweet, Very soon we’re gonna meet
The very best thing that we did right, Was the day we saw the light
I”m gonna ride on the wings of sound, Take my love from town to town
From Wikipedia:
“Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” is a folk song that became influential during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. It is based on the traditional song, “Gospel Plow,” also known as “Hold On,” “Keep Your Hand on the Plow,” and various permutations thereof.
The earliest documented reference to the older song, “Gospel Plow,” is in Alan Lomax’s 1949 book “Our Singing Country.”[1] The book references a 1937 recording by Elihu Trusty of Paintsville, Kentucky which is in the Library of Congress (Ref No .1397 A1). Lomax’s references for Gospel Plow also cite two earlier works. The first is from English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians [2] published in 1917, indicating that Gospel Plow dates from at least the early twentieth century. The second reference is to a 1928 book, American Negro Folk-Songs,[3] which shows an African-American heritage for the original song.
The lyrics to the modern Civil Rights version of the song, “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” are often attributed to Alice Wine from Johns Island, South Carolina.[4]Mrs. Wine was a member of the Moving Star Hall and the Progressive Club on Johns Island. The book Ain’t You Got the Right to the Tree of Life by Guy and Candie Carawan.[5] documents songs of the Moving Star Hall and the lives of African Americans on Johns Island in the early sixties.
It is doubtful that Mrs. Wine actually composed the lyrics herself. More likely she had heard the revised refrain and variations on the verses of the older song from the congregation at the praise hall. The leading “Paul and Silas” stanzas in the modern “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” lyrics were already present in some versions of the older “Keep Your Hand on the Plow.” Our Singing Country[1] shows these lyrics were already in use in 1949 and before. Odetta used them in her 1960 Carnegie Hall appearance and recording. Mrs Wine is credited by Candie Carawan only with having passed onto Guy Carawan the revision of the title from “Keep Your Hand on the Plow” to “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.”[6]
Lyrics for traditional American folk songs and African-American spirituals are often changed, improvised and traded between songs by different artists and at different performances. This was and is especially true in the call and response of African American religious music. For example, Mahalia Jackson, in her 1958 performance of “Keep Your Hand on the Plow”, begins with the couplet “Mary had three links of chain, Every link bearin’ Jesus name.” Bob Dylan also sings these lyrics in his upbeat version of “Gospel Plow.” Carl Sandburg, in his 1927 book The American Songbag,[7] attributes these lyrics to yet another song entirely, “Mary Wore Three Links of Chain.” Modern choral arrangements of this song sound entirely different from either the Eyes-Prize or Hand-Plow songs.[8]Both Sandberg in the preface to his book and folk singer Pete Seeger in the opening remarks to his Carnegie Hall performance of “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” note the malleability of American and African-American folk music. No one artist can be historically credited with “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize.”
Circles
by Elise Witt w/GVP Form 3 – Sam, Mary, Esther, Mue Su, Kadra, Immaculate,
Nawl Bel, Akin, Shamimah, Rachel, Ayat, Rohksaad, Waw Kyew
~ Mar. 2018 ~
© Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
CIRCLES
CHORUS
Around us, inside us
Circles everywhere
In our bodies, in nature
In the things that we all share
Circles just keep going ‘round
Circles never end
We’ll always be together
With our GVP friends
Walk across the circle
Make a straight line
Be sure and cross the middle
The Diameter’s what you’ll find!
Start in the middle of the circle
Walk out to the edge
You’re walking a Radius
Like a pie or pizza wedge
Now walk all around the circle
Step on every single inch
You’re walking the Circumference
Try it, it’s a cinch!
If we all get together
And fill up this round space
We’re filling up the Area
And we each have a place
CHORUS
We Can All Be Leaders
by Elise Witt &GVP students © Non Si Sa Mai Music ASCAP
WE CAN ALL BE LEADERS
We celebrate the leadership of women all around the world (2 x)
A leader is polite
She is a delight
She has love in her sight
And she stands a mighty height
A leader is non-violent
Her thoughts are independent
Sometimes she has to be
Resistant
A leader is brave
She knows how to behave
When it’s time to save
Her people
A leader is peaceful, & thoughtful, & helpful
A leader is graceful, & beautiful, & fanciful
A leader is grateful, sometimes she is fearful
But still, she stays strong
A leader is compassionate
She does not discriminate
She knows how to operate
We celebrate the leadership of women all around the world (3 x)
Siya Hamba
South African Freedom Song
Siya Hamba
Zulu – South Africa
Siya hamb’ eku-kha-nyen’ kwen-khos’
Siya hamba
English
We are marching in the light of love
We are marching, marching
Swahili
Twa tembe ya mwanga nimwa mungu
Twa tembe ya
Arabic
Neh na nimshi fe dawa ‘al houp
Neh na nimshi
Lingala
Tozo tambola na mwinda zambe
Tozo tambola
French
Nous marchons dans la lumiere d’amour
Nous marchons
Burmese
Chit eng nge lay toh doh twah cha sot la
Chit eng nge lay
Let Me Believe
by Rebekka Goldsmith www.RebekkaGoldsmith.com
LET ME BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS POSSIBLE
Let me believe that love is possible
Let me remember the courage in my soul
I wil raise my voice for justice
Let me remember the courage in my soul
I’ve got two feet to march with
I’ve got one mouth to sing with
I’ve got two ears to listen
I’ve got one heart to love with
Listen, listen, listen, listen
I will never give up, never give up, never give up!
Let Me BelieveTurn The World Around
by Harry Belafonte and Robert M. Freedman
© Clara Music Publishing Corp. ASCAP
A zipper song inspired by traditional story from Guinea
TURN THE WORLD AROUND
We come from the
Mountain
Living in the Mountain
Go back to the
Mountain
Turn the world
Water
Fire
Sky
Wo ho! So is life!
Ah ha! So is life!
Wo ho! So is life!
Ah ha! So is life!
Do you know who I am?
Do I know who you are?
Hearing one another clearly
Do we know who we are?
Water make the river
River wash the mountain
Fire make the sunlight
Turn the world around
We are of the Spirit
Living in the Spirit
Only can the Spirit
Turn the world around
2017 GVP Students:
Shine On
By Terry Garthwaite
© nJoy Sounds BMI
SHINE ON
I can feel the heat
Like a ball of fire
Like the heavenly sound
Of a gospel choir
I can see the light
Like a brand new day
Like a bolt of lightning
It takes my breath away.
CHORUS:
Shine on, shine on, shine on
Shine a heavenly light
Shine on, shine on, shine on
I can hear the sound
Like a charmin’ bell
Like a soft reminder
All is well
I can feel the beat
Like the wings of a dove
Like a heart on fire
Full of the light of love
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Burnin’ bright, making day from night
It’s such a welcome sight, here comes the light
Here comes the light, here comes the sun
Here comes the heat–this is heaven!
CHORUS
Salaam Alaikum
© Harris J
Sala’am Alaikum
You can try and turn off the sun
I’m still going to shine away, yeah
And tell everyone
We’re having some fun today
You can go wherever you wanna
And do whatever you like
Let’s just have a real good time
Assalamu Alaikum, Alaikum yeah (4x)
I just want to spread love and peace
And all of my happiness
To everyone that I meet
‘Cause I’m feeling spectacular
I love it when we love one another
Give thanks everyday
For this life
Living with a smile on our face
Assalamu Alaikum, Alaikum yeah
Spread peace on the earth
Cherish the love that is around us
Spread peace on the earth
Treasure the love, let it surround us
Always be kind
Always remind one another
Peace on the earth every da-a-ay
1) Assalamu Alaikum, Alaikum yeah
2) Spread peace on the earth, cherish the love —
3) I love it when we love one another, yeah–
Interview on National Public Radio US:
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/24/451456711/harris-j-pop-music-meets-islam
Official video:
ABOUT HARRIS J
Born in Chelsea in the heart of London, Harris J is a young British Muslim artist with Indian and Irish heritage signed to Awakening Records. At an early age, Harris’s natural talent for singing was evident. By the age of five, he began singing and performing in public, at school recitals and multi-faith gatherings. His mastery of classical Arabic recitation with tones and vocal techniques of Irish folk music create a distinctly rich blend of artistic talent.
Harris J is passionate about football. At the age of 12, Harris earned himself a place in the exclusive Elite Training Club at the Chelsea Academy, receiving expert coaching over several years at the training grounds of the Chelsea FC Premier League Side.
Having entered the social media powered Awakening Talent Contest in 2013 – in which multi platinum winning songwriter and artist Maher Zain was a judge – Harris J went on to win the competition and signed an exclusive record deal with Awakening Records.
In July 2015 Harris J graduated from the world renowned BRIT School of Performing Arts in London (alumni include Adele, Amy Winehouse and others). Harris J has performed in charity tours in the UK and at the Mandela tribute concert in South Africa. World Music Trends have identified Harris as “an artist who will take the global Islamic music scene by storm”.
Harris J considers himself a proud Muslim and a true Brit and is now looking forward to taking his new blend of faith inspired music to the world. His debut album is due to be released in late August 2015.
This Land Is Your Land
by Woody Guthrie
© Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. BMI
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
CHORUS:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulfstream Wa-ters
This land was made for you and me
VERSE 1:
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
VERSE 2:
I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me, a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
VERSE 3:
There was a great high wall there that tried to stop me
There was a great big sign there says PRIVATE PROPERTY
But on the back side, it didn’t say nothing
That side was made for you and me
VERSE 4:
When the sun came shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling
As the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting
This land was made for you and me
CHORUS:
Esta tierra es tuya, esta tierra es miya
Desde el horizonte hasta la otra orilla
Desde las montañas, costas, rio y valles
Esta tierra es para ti y para mi
VERSE 5:
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office, I saw my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there wondering
If this land was made for you and me
VERSE 6:
Nobody living can ever stop me
As I go walking that freedom highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made for you and me