No man was
ever a more integral part in the building of this country than Mr.
George Washington. He was head of the Convention in 1789 which
led to the drawing up of that vital document we still have today: "The
Constitution". Later in that same year, he was made the first
president of this dear country at the meeting of the New Congress,
right in the Big Apple! Now, that's New York City history, Ladies
and Gentlemen! It was an office he richly deserved after bravely
leading his armies of courageous, young men to the challenging fight
against the British during the Revolutionary War!
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Washington The Great
Performed By Grant Raymond Barrett
Early American Song From Tennessee
I suppose you've heard of Washington, of Washington The
Great, who fought the French and Red Coats there upon the Northern
Lakes. And when King George of England oppressed their lovely
land, our country fought for freedom then with Washington The
Great. He was the first great President, the first to rule this
land, and all the people honored him down to a single man.
He taught the people to be good and love their country, too, and
everybody sang his praise as loudly as we do. He loved the little
children, too, and took them out to ride and threw a silver dollar o'er
broad Rappahannock's tide. And when he died, they buried him
beside Potomac's wave and raised a marble monument to mark a hero's
grave. If all the people in this land, his deeds would emulate,
they'd grow to be like Washington, like Washington The Great!
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Father Of The Land We Love
Performed By Grant Raymond Barrett
Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohen (1932)
(In Honor Of George Washington's 200th Birthday)
Every little lad and lass, boys and girls of every
class, here beneath the flag of stripe and star. From the time
they start to school, when they learn the golden rule, always have been
proud of what they are. And every day with lessons done, they
sing their song of Washington, a song of love that reaches near and far:
First
in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.
That is the story of Washington. That is the glory of
Washington. His spirit is here. His spirit is here. He's standing,
commanding above. In word and deed, we follow the
lead of the father of the land we love!
When to manhood comes the youth, with the knowledge and the truth of
the revolutionary fray. Proud he is to be a son, of immortal
Washington. Sacred is the memory of his day. Whenever drums
begin to roll, within the nations heart and soul, a patriotic something
seems to say:
First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his
countrymen. That is the story of Washington. That is the
glory of Washington. His spirit is here. His spirit is
here. He's standing, commanding above. In word and deed, we
follow the lead of the father of the land we love!
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