SING ALONG WITH US!
THE YORK REGION
COMMUNITY CHOIR
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SONG LIST
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SONG LIST CONTINUED
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O Canada
O Canada our home and native land
True patriot love, in all of us command,
With glowing hearts, we see thee rise
The true north, strong and free,
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land, Glorious and free
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
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Ain't She Sweet?
See her coming down the street!
Now I ask you very confidentially
Ain't She Sweet?
Ain't She Nice?
Look her over once or twice
Now I ask you very confidentially
Ain't She Nice?
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4 Ain't She Sweet (page 2 of 2)
Just cast an eye in her direction
Oh me! Oh, my!
Ain't that perfection?
I repeat
Don't you think that's kind of neat?
And I ask you very confidentially,
Now I ask you very confidentially
Ain't She Sweet?
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8 As Time Goes By (page 1 of 3)
You must remember this,
A kiss is still a kiss,
A sigh is just a sigh;
The fundamental things apply,
As Time Goes By.
And when two lovers woo,
They still say “I love you,”
On that you can rely;
No matter what the future brings,
As Time Goes By.
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8 As Time Goes By (page 2 of 3)
Moonlight and love songs
never out of date,
Hearts full of passion,
jealousy and hate;
Woman needs man
and man must have his mate,
That no one can deny.
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8 As Time Goes By (page 3 of 3)
It’s still the same old story,
A fight for love and glory,
A case of do or die!
The world will always welcome lovers,
As Time Goes By.
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12 Blue Moon (page 1 of 2)
Blue Moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
Blue Moon,
You know just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a pray’r for,
Someone I really could care for.
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12 Blue Moon (page 2 of 2)
And then there suddenly appeared before me,
The only one my arms will ever hold.
I heard somebody whisper, “Please adore me.”
And when I looked the moon had turned to gold!
Blue Moon,
Now I’m no longer alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
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13 Blueberry Hill (page 1 of 2)
I found my thrill,
On Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill,
When I found you.
The moon stood still
On Blueberry Hill
And lingered until
My dreams came true.
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13 Blueberry Hill (page 2 of 2)
The wind in the willow played
Loves sweet melody;
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we’re apart
You’re part of me still
For you were my thrill,
On Blueberry Hill.
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17 Catch a Falling Star (page 1 of 2)
Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away,
Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day.
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder
Some starless night,
And just in case you feel you want to hold her,
You’ll have a pocket full of starlight.
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17 Catch a Falling Star (page 2 of 2)
Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away,
Catch a Falling Star and put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day.
For when your troubles start in multiplying,
And they just might.
It’s easy to forget them without trying,
With just a pocket full of starlight.
Chorus: Catch a falling star…
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Country Roads (page 1 of 3)
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees,
younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma,
take me home, country roads
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Country Roads (page 2 of 3)
All my memories gather round her,
miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma,
take me home, country roads
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Country Roads (page 3 of 4)
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me,
the radio reminds me of my home far away
And driving down the road
I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
to the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma,
take me home, country roads (repeat)
Take me home, down country roads (2x)
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21 Danny Boy (page 1 of 2)
Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side,
The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling,
It’s you it’s you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow,
Or when the valley’s hush’d and white with snow,
And I’ll be there, in sunshine or in shadow,
Oh Danny Boy, oh Danny Boy, I love you so!
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21 Danny Boy (page 2 of 2)
But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me;
And I shall hear, though soft you read above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me!
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25 Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (page 1 of 2)
Don’t sit under the apple tree
with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me. No! No! No!
Just remember that I’ve been true
to nobody else but you;
So just be true to me.
Don’t go walking down lover’s lane,
with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me. No! No! No!
Don’t start showing off all your charms
in somebody else’s arms;
You must be true to me.
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25 Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (page 2 of 2)
I’m so afraid that the plans we made
Underneath those moonlit skies
Will fade away and you’re bound to stray
If the stars get in your eyes.
Don’t sit under the apple tree
with anyone else but me,
You’re my L – O – V – E.
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Early Morning Rain
In the early mornin' rain
with a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart,
and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home,
and I miss my loved one so
In the early mornin' rain
with no place to go.
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Four Strong Winds (page 1 of 3)
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change,
come what may
If the good times are all gone
Then I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
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Four Strong Winds (page 2 of 3)
Think I'll go out to Alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
I got some friends that I could go to working for
Still, I wish you'd change your mind
If I ask you one more time
But we've been through this a hundred times
or more
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Four Strong Winds (page 3 of 3)
Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All those things that don't change,
come what may
If the good times are all gone
Then I'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if I'm ever back this way
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31 Goodnight Irene (page 1 of 3)
Irene goodnight;
Irene goodnight;
Goodnight Irene;
Goodnight Irene;
I’ll see you in my dreams.
Last Saturday night I got married.
Me and my wife settled down.
Now me and my wife are parted,
I’m gonna take another stroll downtown.
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31 Goodnight Irene (page 2 of 3)
Irene goodnight;
Irene goodnight;
Goodnight Irene;
Goodnight Irene;
I’ll see you in my dreams.
Sometimes I live in the country.
Sometimes I live in the town.
Sometimes I have a great notion,
To jump into the riv’r and drown.
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31 Goodnight Irene (page 3 of 3)
Irene goodnight;
Irene goodnight;
Goodnight Irene;
Goodnight Irene;
I’ll see you in my dreams.
Stop ramblin’ stop your gamblin’
Stop staying out late at night.
Go home to your wife and your fam’ly.
Sit down by the fireside bright.
Chorus
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40 I’ll Be Seeing You (page 1 of 2)
I’ll be seeing you,
In all the old familiar places,
That this heart of mine embraces,
All day through.
In that same café,
The park across the way.
The children’s carousel,
The chestnut trees, the wishing well.
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40 I’ll Be Seeing You (page 2 of 2)
I’ll be seeing you,
In ev’ry lovely summer’s day,
In ev’rything that’s light and gay;
I’ll always think of you that way.
I’ll find you in the morning sun,
And when the night is new,
I’ll be looking at the moon,
But I’ll be seeing you!
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Land of the Silver Birch (page 1 of 3)
Land of the silver birch
Home of the beaver
Where still the mighty moose
Wanders at will
Blue lake and rocky shore
I will return once more
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boom
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Land of the Silver Birch (page 2 of 3)
Down in the forest
Deep in the lowlands
My heart cries out for thee
Hills of the North
Blue lake and rocky shore
I will return once more
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boom
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Land of the Silver Birch (page 3 of 3)
High on a rocky ledge
I'll build my wigwam
Close to the water's edge
Silent and still
Blue lake and rocky shore
I will return once more
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boomdidi boom-boom
boom
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48 Loch Lomond (page 1 of 2)
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Oh! You’ll tak’ the high road, an’ I’ll tak’ the low road,
An’ I’ll be in Scotland a-fore ye;
And me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
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48 Loch Lomond (page 2 of 2)
‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side o’ Ben Lomond,
Where in purple hue the highland hills we view,
And the moon comin’ out in the gloaming.
Oh! You’ll tak’ the high road, an’ I’ll tak’ the low road,
An’ I’ll be in Scotland a-fore ye;
And me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
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Put your head on my shoulder (page 1 of 2)
Put your head on my shoulder
Hold me in your arms, baby
Squeeze me oh-so-tight
Show me that you love me too
Put your lips next to mine, dear
Won't you kiss me once, baby?
Just a kiss goodnight, maybe
You and I will fall in love
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Put your head on my shoulder (page 2 of 2)
Put your head on my shoulder
Whisper in my ear, baby
Words I want to hear. Tell me.
Tell me that you love me too.
Put your head on my shoulder
Whisper in my ear, baby
Words I want to hear, baby
Put your head on my shoulder
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Red River Valley
From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That brightens our pathway a while.
Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
But remember the Red River Valley
And the one who has loved you so true.
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Snowbird (page 1 of 3)
Beneath the snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
for its coat to turn to green
The Snowbird sings the song he always sings,
And speaks to me of flowers
That will bloom again in spring.
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Snowbird (page 2 of 3)
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me,
That’s the thing that I would do.
But I feel such emptiness within
For the thing I want the most in life
Is the thing that I can’t win
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Snowbird (page 3 of 3)
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could, you know that
I would fly away with you.
Yeah, if I could,
you know that I would fly
away with you
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80 That’s An Irish Lullaby (page 1 of 2)
Over in Killarney,
Many years ago,
Me mither sang a song to me,
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her good old Irish way,
And I’d give the world if she could sing,
That song to me this day.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish Lullaby.
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80 That’s An Irish Lullaby (page 2 of 2)
Oft, in dreams, I wander
To that cot again.
I feel her arms a huggin’ me,
As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a hummin’
To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast asleep,
Outside the cabin door.
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish Lullaby.
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This Land is Your Land (page 1 of 4)
This land is your land,
This land is my land,
From Bonavista
To Vancouver Island,
From the Arctic Circle,
To the Great Lake waters,
This land was made for you and me.
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This Land is Your Land (page 2 of 4)
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
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This Land is Your Land (page 3 of 4)
I've roamed and rambled
And I've 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.
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This Land is Your Land (page 4 of 4)
The sun came shining,
and 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.
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Those Were the Days (page 1 of 3)
Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
Think of all the great things we would do?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La-la-la-
those were the days, oh yes those were the days
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Those Were the Days (page 3 of 3)
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La-la-la-
those were the days, oh yes those were the days
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Those Were the Days (page 3 of 3)
Through the door, there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La-la-la-
those were the days, oh yes those were the days
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You Light Up My Life (page 1 of 3)
So many nights I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now you've come along
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song
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You Light Up My Life (page 2 of 3)
Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turnin' for home?
Finally a chance to say, "Hey, I love you"
Never again to be all alone
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song
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You Light Up My Life (page 3 of 3)
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause you,
You light up my life
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What a Wonderful World (page 1 of 2)
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you.
And I think to myself, ‘What a wonderful world!”
I see skies of blue and clouds of white.
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.
And I think to myself, ‘What a wonderful world!”
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What a Wonderful World (page 2 of 2)
The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,
Are also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands, saying “How do you do.”
They're really saying, “I love you.”
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow.
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know.
And I think to myself, ‘What a wonderful world!”
Yes, I think to myself, ‘What a wonderful world!”
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You Raise Me Up
Chorus:
You raise me up,
so I can stand on mountains�You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas�I am strong when I am on your shoulders�You raise me up
to more than I can be.
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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old-time movie,
‘Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, or a fortress strong,
With chains upon my feet,
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I’m a ghost that you can’t see.
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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstores sell.
Then you reach the part
Where the heartaches come
The hero would be me,
But heroes often fail,
And you won’t read that book again
Because the ending’s just too hard to take
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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
I’d walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three-way script
Enter number two:
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out of me
But for now, love, let’s be real
I never thought I could feel this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back
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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
�Just like an old-time movie,
‘Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark, or a fortress strong,
With chains upon my feet,
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If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You’d know that I’m just tryin’ to understand
The feelings that you lack.
I never thought I could feel this way
And I’ve got to say that I just don’t get it
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back
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