Click on midi start button to play "A Mighty Man" (a song about Martin Luther King).

Sample Song Lyrics:

For more lyrics, click here.

THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
© D. Saphra 1997

Christmas comes along
Just one time a year
We’re so happy it’s come
Gifts and Christmas trees
Gath’ring families

Feasting and having fun
Wreaths and colored lights
Gleaming gaily, let’s let...
The holiday shine
Let’s all get the Christmas spirit
And we’ll have a real good time
Lalala la
Lalala la LA la .........................

Hanukah comes along
Just one time a year
We’re so happy it’s here, now
Presents and menorahs, help
Tell the great story how
We need never give in
To fear now
Tops called dreidls
And latkes on the table, let’s let...

The holiday shine
Let’s all get the Hanukah spirit
And we’ll have a real good time
Lalala la
Lalala la LA la .........................

Kwanzaa comes along
Just one time a year
We’re so happy it’s come
Weave a m’keka, let’s drink
From the kikumbé, zawadi
For everyone
Celebrate for seven days
Light the kinara, let’s let...
The holiday shine
Let’s all get the Kwanzaa spirit
And we’ll have a real good time
Lalala la
Lala la
Lalala la lala la lala la
Lalala la
Lala la lalala la lala la

Winter holidays
Come just once a year
We’re so happy they’re here
Christmas or Hanukah
Kwanzaa, we love 'em all
They help to bring us near
To one another
Snow starts falling
And folks start calling, let’s let...
The holidays shine
Let’s all get the holiday spirit
Let’s all get the holiday spirit
Let’s all get the holiday spirit
And we’ll have a real good time
Lalala la
Lala la, la LA...
La la la lala la
La LA ... la la la lala lala........


A MIGHTY MAN - © D.Saphra 1989
A MIGHTY MAN MIDI FILE

A mighty man (a mighty man)
A peaceful person (a peaceful person)
Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior
Hate won’t help us...better our world
But not all people know yet

A humble man (a humble man)
But proud to be one (but proud to be one)
Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior

Love has helped us...better our world
But we’ve got far to go yet
May Martin’s work be done

And Martin’s work can be done by anyone
That’s kind and bold enough to do it
The love of justice never can be brought down
As long as souls survive to renew it...

A mighty man (a mighty man)
A peaceful person (a peaceful person)
Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior
Love has helped us (love has helped us)...better our world
But we’ve got far to go yet
May Martin’s work be done

The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King     (The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King)
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King    (The Reverend Doctor Martin!)
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior!


Guion Bluford - © 1994 D.Saphra

GUION BLUFORD

(Pronounced: Guy on blue Ford

The first African American Astronaut)

Have you heard about Guion Bluford?
Have you heard about what he did?
In the summer of 1983
He made a little history
Many others had gone before him
Many others have gone since then
What makes him special?
Why does he fly?
Out there beyond the sky
That’s Guion Bluford!
Out there beyond the sky.

Both his brothers did
Better in school than him
Still he kept on tryin’
‘Til one day they needed an astronaut
And they asked for Guion.

Would you like to go out there with him?
Would you like to know how to fly?
What makes YOU special?
Are YOU gonna try?
To travel beyond the sky
Like Guion Bluford!
Travel beyond the sky
That’s Guion Bluford!
Out there beyond the sky...

This song is done in an “Orff” arrangement for three recorders, bass and soprano xylophones and various percussion instruments to help establish a medium swing jazz feel.


A Great Crazy Sailor - © 1994 D.Saphra

In the middle of the month of October
We take a break
To remember
A great, crazy sailor
Who came all the way from Spain
In three little ships
The Nina, the Pinta
And the Santa Maria
Christopher Columbus was his name

In the middle of the month of October
Just when it starts
Growing colder
The falling leaves remind me
Of a time so long ago
In 1492
When Columbus first came to America
He wanted to get to old India
But he got here and discovered something new
In the middle of the month of October.


ESTUDIANTES QUE ASCENDEMOS - © D. Saphra 1997

||:Estudiantes que ascendemos
a lo alto del honor
recibiendo un diploma
por nuestro esfuerzo y abnegación......
Es el aliento de nuestros padres
y del maestro su orientación......
ese es el fruto, ese es el fruto
de lo aprendido
por nuestro esfuerzo
y dedicación......:||(repeat)

Tan hermoso galardón

tan hermoso galardón

es el triunfo del saber............
ES EL TRIUMPHO

DEL SABER.........
es el triunfo conquistado-o
Y CONQUISTADO-O

por cumplir....... nuestro deber
POR CUMPLIR
NUESTRO DEBER....

por cumplir......
POR CUMLIR......

nuestro deber
NUESTRO DEBER


PLEASE, WOODCUTTER - © D.Saphra, 1993

Please, Woodcutter, South of the border
Please don’t cut that tree. A little bird is singing
Outside my window. She’s not singing just for me.

She flies, winter, south, where it’s warmer.
She lives in that tree. Please don’t cut her woods, oh
Please don’t cut her home. You love her just like me

Fact’ry Worker, north of the border
Won’t you also care? That little bird, who
Sings, oh so sweetly, struggles through your smokey air.

She flies in Spring, North, where it’s cooler
She builds there her nest in it lay her eggs, they
soon will be her babies. She sings to them while they rest.

Please, Woodcutter, south of the border,
Please don’t cut that tree. A little bird is singing
Outside my window. She’s not singing just for me.


Riddle Song, © D. Saphra, 199l

This song is in 3/4 time

tatatatatata
solado'mi're'do'
RollhimandrollhimUn-

tatatatata-restta-rest
solado'do'ta-restta-rest
tilhegetsbigta-restta-rest

tatatatatata
solado'mi're'do'
Rollhimandrollhimas

tatatatata-rest ta
re'mi're'do'ta-restso
Fatasapigta-restHe

tata-restta-resttatata
mi'ta-restmi're'do're'
hasta-resttwoeyesanda

tatatatata-restta
do're'do'mi'ta-restso
hatonhisheadta-restHe'll

tatatatatata
mi're'do'lado'la
standthereallnightwhileWe're

tatatatata-restta-rest
sola do'do'ta-restta-rest
sleep-inginbed.ta-restta-rest


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