[Nfbmo] Songs

Fri Apr 4 04:05:21 UTC 2014

I wrote those words sometime in the seventies. I didn't know about the NFB 
till 1974 when I met a federationist in an optacon class.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie McGinnity
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:11 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Songs

So, can we sing that next year?  That's a tune I know.  And the words
seem pretty easy to pick up.

And, older songbooks?  Older than 1969?  I want to see this.

On 4/3/14, Nancy Lynn <freespirit.stl at att.net> wrote:
> Thanks. I hadn't seen those lyrics in a good long while.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Wunder
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:54 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Songs
>
> Okay, Nancy. Now what about this:
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> My Country Tis of Thee
> Words by Nancy J. Lynn
> Tune: “My Country Tis of Thee”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)
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> 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)
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> I’ve Been Working in the Workshop
> Tune: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
> Words by the (Pennsylvania) Liberty Alliance
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> 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.�
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> �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.
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> The Technology Song
> Tune: The Marvelous Little Toy
> Words by Debbie Brown, NFB of Maryland
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> 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.
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> 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
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> Gary Wunder, President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16

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