Sing with Me (1969), p. E-2
Whenever I Think About Pioneers

1. Boys: Whenever I think about pioneers, I think of brave women and men I like to remember that children came too I would like to have been a child then.

2. Girls: Yes, I’d like to have played all the games that they played And joined in their fun. And I’d like to have slept under bright starry skies When each day’s measured journey was done.

3. Boys: I would like to have hunted for rabbits and dear, Herded cattle and known all the joys Of riding along in the wind and the sun, As did most of the pioneer boys.

4. Girls: It would seem like a picnic to join with the girls In each fam’ly chore. And I think that I’d like a ceiling of sky, And the green prairie grass for a floor.

5. All: I would like to have sung with the pioneers When their voices rang out loud and strong, “Hosanna, Hosanna, we’ve found our new home.” Joy and thankfulness filled their song.

6. All: I would like to have sung with the pioneers, with their voices loud and strong “Hosanna, Hosanna, we’ve found our new home” Joy and thankfulness filled their song.