The American Dream

SONG ONE: I HAD A DREAM

Inga solo:

I had a dream; I had a beautiful dream.
I had a dream; it shines so bright.
I had a dream; a very wonderful dream.
I had a dream; of a world of light.
A land of opportunity!
A home for all who are bold!
A place for life and liberty,
A land of silver and gold!

Inga and Christopher Columbus:

I had a dream.

Christopher Columbus:

I had a wonderful dream.
I had a dream; of a world of light!
I had a dream the world was round;
So I set out to the sea
I plant my flag and claim this ground,
For Isabella and me!
I had a dream.

Clovis & Flint:                                         Chorus:
I had a dream                                              …They had a dream
A most mysterious dream                          …A most mysterious dream
I had a dream                                              …They had a dream
In my world of light                                    In their world of light!
They came to us from far and wide          …Came to us from far and wide
We welcomed them as our friends                       We welcomed them as our friends
We shared our country and our pride     …Shared our country and our pride
This land of wealth without end!              This land of wealth without end!
I had a dream                                              …They had a dream

Clovis, Flint, Inga, and Columbus:      Chorus:
We had a dream                                          …They had a dream
We had a dream                                          …A dream
For…this…land!                                           For…this…land!      
SONG TWO: WE CALL IT AMERICA

Part 1 and 2:

We call it America----
We call it America!
“A” for the awe that led them there. “M” for the mountains that we share.
“E” for the effort in the breeze. “R” for the right to pray as you please.
“I” for the individual’s due. “C” for the colors, Red, White, and Blue.
“A” for all that people can be, in this land of liberty!
That’s why we call it America----
We call it America!

“A” for the answers that we seek. “M” for the mighty and the meek.
“E” for the eagle high above.  “R” to remember all that we love.
“I” for Independence Day. “C” to celebrate each day.
“A” for all that you can see, in this land of liberty!
That’s why we call it America---
We call it America!

Part 2                                                         Part 1
America                                            …Land of freedom
America                                            …Land of hope
America                                            …land of boundless
Liberty-----                                       Liberty-----

Part 1 and 2

And we call it America---
We call it America!

 

 

SONG THREE: (GONNA BE A) REVOLUTION!

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!
Gonna be! Gonna be! Gonna be a revolution!

Sons of Liberty Group (Sikander & Namir):
Rally, Mohawks! Bring your axes.  Tell King George we’ll pay no taxes!

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!

Colonists Group (Laura & Camila):
If we have no representation, there will be no more taxation!

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!
Gonna be! Gonna be! Gonna be a revolution!

Paul Revere Group (Yasmin & Rachel):
Hear ye! Hear ye! One and All! The British are coming! To arms, one and all!

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!

Ben Franklin Group (Joshua):
The seeds of liberty are universally sown there, and nothing can eradicate them.

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!
Gonna be! Gonna be! Gonna be a revolution!

Colonist Group(Laura & Camila):
We will not stand to be slaves to the crown.  Come on, it’s time to tear them down.

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!

Patrick Henry Group (Renzon & Preston):
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

Chorus:
Revolution!  ..Revolution! ..Revolution! ..Revolution!
Gonna be! Gonna be! Gonna be a revolution!

SONG FOUR: WE THE PEOPLE

Part 1 and 2:
We the people of this nation; full of promise, full of dreams.
We the people will establish that above all we must be free.
We the people of this nation; full of passion, full of dreams.
We the people must establish that above all we shall be free.

Part 1:                                                                     Part 2:
We the people do ordain                            …We the people do ordain
This constitution here and now                …This constitution here and now
We the people do proclaim                                   …We the people do proclaim
For our country, America!                         …For America!

 

Part 1 and 2: (spoken)

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America!

Part 1 and 2:
We the people through the land, claim our freedom, stand as one.
We the people do proclaim for our country, America!

 

Part 1:                                                                     Part 2:
We the people do ordain                            …We the people do ordain
This constitution here and now                …This constitution here and now
We the people do proclaim                                   …We the people do proclaim
For our country, America!                         …For America!

Part 1 and 2:
For our country: A-mer—i-ca-----!

 

SONG FIVE: MOVIN’ ON OUT

Part 1 and 2:
Lewis and Clark took off to see the West.
Sent by Thomas Jefferson to do their best.
Louisiana Purchase was an open door;
A new land to explore!

Part 1:                                                         Part 2:
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Gotta mountain to climb
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Got a valley to see
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Way ahead of our time
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …In a land that is free!

Part 1 and 2:
We’ve gotta spread our wings and fly.  You gotta know it’s do or die.
Gonna build this promised land!  We’re moving on out! 

Goin’ to Kentucky after Daniel Boone.
Walking in the sun and sleeping ‘neath the moon.
Or on to California to discover gold;
A new world to behold!

 

Part 1:                                                         Part 2:
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Gotta mountain to climb
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Got a valley to see
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Way ahead of our time
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …In a land that is free!

Part 1 and 2:
We’ve gotta spread our wings and fly.  You gotta know it’s do or die.
Gonna build this promised land!  We’re moving on out! 

Suffragettes:
Women have to have a voice within this land.
Lack of equal rights is gettin’ out of hand.
It’s time to let the ladies take a stronger stand.
It’s what we all demand!

Part 1:                                                         Part 2:
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Gotta mountain to climb
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Got a valley to see
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …Way ahead of our time
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …In a land that is free!

Part 1 and 2:
We’ve gotta spread our wings and fly.  You gotta know it’s do or die.
Gonna build this promised land!  We’re moving on out! 

Part 1:                                                         Part 2:
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …We’re movin’ on out!
We’re movin’ on out!                                  …We’re movin’ on out!
You know we’re gonna                               (rest)
Build, this, prom-ised land----!                Build, this, prom-ised land----!
SONG SIX: REPRISE ‘I HAD A DREAM’ (LINCOLN’S SOLO)

Abraham Lincoln:
I had a dream; I had a beautiful dream.
I had a dream, it shone so bright.
I had a dream, a very wonderful dream.
I had a dream, of a world of light.
A land of opportunity! A home for you and for me!
A place of life and liberty.
A land where all could live free!
I had a dream. 

SONG SEVEN: BROKEN DREAMS

Part 1 and 2:
Broken dreams and broken hearts; father stands against his sons.
Broken hopes and homes; divided one by one.
Broken dreams and broken hearts; heavy clouds that block the sun.
Broken promises, and pain for every one.
Each one thinking he’s right! Each one needing to fight.
Now the vision has become, a broken dream. 

Broken dreams and broken hearts; things can never be the same.
Broken hopes and homes, and every one to blame.
Broken dreams and broken hearts; tearing everything in two.
Broken promises and nothing one can do.
Each one thinking he’s right!  Each one needing to fight.
Now the vision has become, a broken dream.

Lincoln: (spoken)
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.  It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.  It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. 

Part 1:                                               Part 2:
Each one thinking he’s right!               …Do we really need to fight?
….Each one nee-ding                              When will someone see the light?
--To fight..                                                  Can we all be thinking right?
(rest)                                                            Are we losing sight?

Part 1 and 2:
Now the vision has become a broken dream.
Now the vision has become—a---bro—ken-----dream-----.

SONG EIGHT: FINAL REPRISE- I HAD A DREAM

Harriet Tubman: (spoken)
With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863…Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in America once and for all.

Soldier Group: (spoken)
As painful as the Civil War was, the Union survived. The American Dream lived on. 

Chloe/Clovis: (spoken)
Since then, more and more people from all over the world have followed that dream to our beautiful shores. 

Various Immigrants: (spoken one at a time)
Norway! Germany! Thailand! Vietnam! India! Kenya! Egypt! Japan! Etc….

Statue of Liberty: (spoken)
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.  The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these the homeless- tempest tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

All: (spoken)
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.  And to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!

Part 1 and Part 2:
I had a dream; I had a beautiful dream.
I had a dream, it shines so bright.
I had a dream, a very wonderful dream.
I had a dream, of a world of light.
A land of opportunity! A home for all to be free!
A place of life and liberty. A land for you and for me!

Part 1:                                               Part 2
….I had a dream                                       I had a dream
…They had a dream                                We had-
..a dream                                                     a dream                                        
For A-mer-i-ca!                                         For A-mer-i-ca!           

 

 

SONG NINE: AMERICAN DREAM FINALE 

You’re a grand old flag, you’re a high flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You’re the emblem of the land I love, the home of the free and the brave,
Every heart beats true ‘neath the red, white, and blue
Where there’s never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

I’m a yankee doodle dan-dy.
A yan-kee doodle do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam’s;
Born on the fourth of July.
I’ve got a yankee doodle sweet-heart,
She’s my yankee doodle joy.
Yankee doodle came to town,
Riding on a pony,
I am a Yankee Doodle boy!

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America, America, God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea.
O beautiful for patriot dream,
That sees beyond the years,
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America, America, God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea—to—shin—ing—sea!
A-mer-i-ca!