Students enjoy rapping to these verses.
When assigned to write their own lyrics in small groups, students build a sense of community while consolidating their learning.
An instrumental track for this song is included, facilitating performance of these lyrics or the students' own.
I was walking through a town the other day
And I saw it had changed in many ways.
It seems some kids and adults got together
And made that town look a whole lot better.
The parks were clean,
the river was clean,
and even...downtown!
Now, you may not think a clean town's strange
But I smiled when I saw how it had changed......
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So I asked what was the hardest part
And one girl said it was getting things started,....
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Everyone said they really cared
Everyone said the work was shared......
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Once they had things nice and clean
They planted trees and flowers and things......
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So they found that many hands make work light,
Young and old worked with all their might
They made their town a better place to be
For people, like you and me.
