Lyrics
(German tune, Lyrics by John Erwin, publ. 1921)
From dawn of day to set of sun
July the Fourth is full of fun;
O happy summer holiday
When banners wave and children play.
The birthday of our own dear land,
Beneath whose starry flag we stand.
A birthday present every day,
We ought to give our country dear,
O happy summer holiday,
When banners wave and children play.
So now, dear land, I give to you
My heart’s love ever warm and true.
Recorder Notes D, G, A, B, C, D’
See also
- Country: United States of America
- Subject: Fourth of July
- Harmony: chords I & V
- Melody: tonic triad / D,G,A,B,C,D’
- Meter: 4
- Scale: pentachord
- Tones: drmfs
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III,Archibald Thompson Davison, Thomas Whitney Surette, 1921
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