[Nfbmo] Songs

Gary Wunder gwunder at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 3 17:54:22 UTC 2014


Okay, Nancy. Now what about this:

My Country Tis of Thee
Words by Nancy J. Lynn
Tune: “My Country Tis of Thee”

NFB Tis of thee, sweet cause of liberty, of thee I sing,
Cause of our nation’s blind, unity in one mind,
Collective strength we find, let Freedom ring.

Workshop and agency, from which we will be free, if we stand strong.
Our members one and all, must come to heed the call,
If we are not to fail, her we belong.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Lynn
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 6:14 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Songs

I've never heard the one about the marvelous little toy. That's cute and 
clever. I don't have my own lyrics, but I wrote a song sometime in the early 
seventies called NFB 'tiz of Thee to the tune of My Country 'tiz of Thee. If 
somebody finds it and wants to sing it, I'd love to see those lyrics again.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gary Wunder
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 3:04 PM
To: Julie McGinnity ; 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
Subject: [Nfbmo] Songs

If your embosser works well enough, you might braille a few of these. I am 
sending this to the list so that others may have something to bring along to 
sing along. This may need some cleanup—translations from the web often do, 
and I’m short on time today.











The NFB Battle Song
Tune: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Words by Floyd Fields and Josephine Huff
1. Blind eyes have seen the vision of the Federation way.
New White Cane legislation brings the dawn of a new day.
The right of the blind to organize is truly here to stay.
Our cause goes marching on.
(Refrain)
Glory, glory, Federation
Glory, glory, Federation
Glory, glory, Federation,
Our cause goes marching on.
2. We have seen it in the action of four hundred chapters strong.
Good leadership and courage have righted many a wrong.
Let’s aid NFB’s program, and join in its battle song.
Our cause goes marching on.
(Refrain)
3. tenBroek has sounded trumpet which shall never sound �Retreat.�
We have sifted out the hearts of blind before our judgment seat.
Oh, be swift all blind to answer, and be jubilant your feet.
Our cause goes marching on.
(Refrain)



4. To aid the blind’s long struggle we have formed the NFB
To free them from their bondage of workshop and agency,
To give a hand to all the blind wherever they may be.
Our cause goes marching on.
(Refrain)





I’ve Been Working in the Workshop
Tune: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Words by the (Pennsylvania) Liberty Alliance



I’ve been working in the workshop
All the livelong day,
And with the wages that they pay me
It’s just to pass my time away.
And when I ask about more money,
They give me the big lie.
�We’d like to give you lots of raises,
But you’ll lose your SSI.�



�Work is therapy,�
They keep telling me.
I’ve heard it till I’ve had my fill.
�Cause if it’s therapy
I wish they’d let me be.
This therapy’s a bitter pill.





The Technology Song
Tune: The Marvelous Little Toy
Words by Debbie Brown, NFB of Maryland



1.      When I wrote my rehab plan, my counselor promised me
The hottest screen access program of the 20th century.
I waited for six months, then gave my counselor a call.
He said, �Our budget’s frozen. You must wait until next Fall.�
(Chorus)
It went �zip� when it moved and �pop� when it stopped and �whir� when it 
stood still.
I’ve never done a thing with it, and I guess I never will.



2.      2.When my equipment finally came, my counselor explained
That I couldn’t get my hands on it �till I’d been thoroughly trained.
I said, �Let’s start tomorrow,� but my counselor told me,
�We have a six-month waiting list at our facility.�
(Chorus)
3. I said I’d get trained on my own, but rehab made a fuss.
They said, �You won’t get funding unless you’re trained by us.�
Now my training’s finally done, and I’ve come home to wait.
If I ever get a job, my skills will be out of date.
(Chorus)
4. Today I had an interview, but I didn’t get to go.
I called for para-transit, but my vehicle didn’t show.
The finest new technology won’t help us, it’s quite plain
Without good blindness training and a thirty-dollar cane.
(Chorus)
It went �zip� when it moved and �pop� when it stopped and �whir� when it 
stood still.
I’ve never done a thing with it, and I guess I never will.
I’ve never done a thing in life � and I guess I never will





Gary Wunder, President

National Federation of the Blind of Missouri



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