Northeastern Travels
Copyright © 2001 Gary Ehrlich
Used by permission - All Rights Reserved
- Chorus
From northeastern lands that gave birth to a nation
We set forth with music and joy in our souls
In hotels and houses from east coast to west coast
On-line and together in song we will roll
On grounds where we gathered to protest and play
The tales and the ballads that carry our stories
Provide counterpoint as they show us the way
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Then up the wide bay past the crab and the steel
Where banners flew proudly through war and through fire
We jousted with knights as the clam chowder flowed
And on children’s voices our music rose higher
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From historic halls where the words of our fathers
Were put down on parchment, the future to see
And liberty’s bells rang a rousing concerto
To carry the songs of the dreamers, the free
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From islands of dreams at the gateway to freedom
Our voices like skyscrapers reach for the sky
A brilliant contata of style and culture
The folks we have dreamed of for all of our lives
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Where fields ran red with the blood of our patriots
For things we believed in we learned how to fight
With hymnals we joined in a mass filking chorus
And in concert, in open filk sang through the night
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Last updated 01/05/21 / Steve Macdonald