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Lyrics
PROFILES OF CONNECTICUT
PROFILES OF CONNECTICUT
Songs written
and recorded by Bill Pere
Connecticut's A Cut Above the Rest
Words and Music by Pill Bere
It's great to
be connected to Connecticut
Connecticut's
a cut above the rest
Hartford to
New Haven, eastern border to the
west,
Connecticut
USA, Connecticut USA is just the best...
It's got
meadows laced with rivers from the
mountains where they start,
It's got
people who are givers, who have vision, who have heart,
It's got
music it's got theater, it's got
every form of art...
It's just a great place!
It's great to
be connected to Connecticut
Connecticut's
a cut above the rest
Hartford to
New Haven, eastern border to the
west,
Connecticut
USA, Connecticut USA is just the best...
Centuries of
scenery where history abounds
In the sagas of its cities, the
story of its towns
Using ships
and plows and dreams to build a glory that astounds,
It's just a great place!
It's great to
be connected to Connecticut
Connecticut's
a cut above the rest
Hartford to
New Haven, eastern border to the
west,
Connecticut
USA, Connecticut USA is just the best...
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One Life to Give
words
and music by Bill Pere
Nathan Hale,
young hale and hardy,
We all recall
the part he played in our nation's narrative...
It's a tale
we can't forget of a brave young
lad with one regret
As our nation
fought to live, He had just One
Life to Give...
Young Nathan
Hale had outstanding years at Yale
A bright
scholar, all the world within his reach...
He began to
teach
When he heard the call of freedom in his
heart
Not afraid of
facing dangers, became a Captain in the Rangers
This lad was
patriotic in a world that was chaotic
But always he
was there to do his part... (Repeat
Refrain)
His life had
just begun, he was only twenty-one
George
Washington had called for volunteers,
The call fell
on deaf ears
They needed
someone to get secret information
Young Nathan
said he would, He understood
The cause of
freedom had enraptured him,
Then the
British captured him
He lives on
in the memory of our nation... (Repeat Refrain)
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Connecticut Compromise Words and Music by Bill Pere
(Roger Sherman's Eyes)
Virginia says
"My way!", New Jersey says "My way!"
Constitutions
at an impasse as the states all play,
The big
states have more people, the small states say "We're equal!".
Up stood a
simple cobbler, he began to speak,
To see the
argument arise through Roger Sherman's eyes
He saw that
what was needed was a compromise
The idea then
arose and Connecticut proposed
A way to
represent the people as the nation grows...
Oh,
Connecticut Compromise
Combine both
points of view, Have not one House, but two,
And America
is glad for the insight that he had
He was
determined, he was wise,
We thank
Roger Sherman's eyes...
Now in the
Senate, every state is equal in debate
No matter
what their census all have equal weight
In the House,
the big states' voice is louder in each choice
They have
more representatives with hands to hoist...
Oh,
Connecticut Compromise
Combine both
points of view, Have not one House, but two,
And America
is glad for the insight that he had
He was
determined, he was wise,
We thank
Roger Sherman's eyes...
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Impresario Words and Music by Bill Pere
P.T. Barnum could
confound 'em with his yarn-a-minute spiel,
Show you things that
you could see and touch but somehow were not real...
American Museum, Three
Ring circus Oh,
He was America's first
and greatest impresario!
Town of
Bridgeport, nineteenth century time,
Phineas T.
Barnum was making the headlines
The voice of
Jenny Lind, the General Tom Thumb,
He'd set up
the events and watch the crowds of
people come
P.T. Barnum could
confound 'em with his yarn-a-minute spiel,
Show you things that
you could see and touch but somehow were not real...
American Museum, Three
Ring circus Oh,
He was America's first
and greatest impresario!
Mr. Barnum's
blustery ballyhoo was incessant and was loud,
His
silver-tongued hyperbole sure could
fool a crowd
With
mermaids, centenarians, a great white elephant,
But the fun
the people had made being fooled irrelevant...
P.T. Barnum could
confound 'em with his yarn-a-minute spiel,
Show you things that
you could see and touch but somehow were not real...
American Museum, Three
Ring circus Oh,
He was America's first
and greatest impresario!
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We All Rely on Ely
Words and
Music by Bill Pere
Eli Whitney
was a bright young man who saw things in new ways
He invented
tools that give us things that we use every day
He went to
school at Yale, was determined not to fail
Eli needs no
introduction; He developed mass production
We all rely
on things he did invent...
He gave us more than we could have gotten out of cotton
If he'd forgotten how to look at it a brand new way
And it's a fact that he's the father of the modern factory,
We all rely on Eli...
At the age of twelve he made himself a
violin
Later as a
young man he made a cotton gin
With rapid
speed, remove the fiber from the seed
Set up shop
in old New Haven, with the time that he was savin'
He was
thinking of new places no one went...
He gave us more than we could have gotten out of cotton
If he'd forgotten how to look at it a brand new way
And it's a fact that he's the father of the modern factory,
We all rely on Eli.
The
government had asked him to make five hundred guns
Up till then,
people had to make them one by one
He invented a
new way to make a hundred in a day
New kinds of
factory tools, he was nobody's fool,
He knew what
mass production really meant...
He gave us more than we could have gotten out of cotton
If he'd forgotten how to look at it a brand new way
And it's a fact that he's the father of the modern factory,
We all rely on Eli...
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A Man Behind the Legend Words and Music by Bill Pere
There's a man
behind the legend, a heart inside
the man
John Mason,
facing challenges of life in a new land
A vision in
those steel-blue eyes of a place where people stand
Side by side
in freedom, and in friendship, hand in hand...
Connecticut's
own major
Wrote a page
or two of history
Founded a
town or two or three
Up there on
the list would be
Windsor,
Saybrook Norwich
The towns for
which he's known...
Connecticut's
own major
There's a man
behind the legend, a heart inside
the man
John Mason,
facing challenges of life in a new land
A vision in
those steel-blue eyes of a place where people stand
Side by side
in freedom, and in friendship, hand in hand...
..
His life
entwined with others
Became blood
brothers with a well known chief
Leader of the
proud Mohegan nation
For the next
two generations
Their
friendship served to forge a peace
And helped to
tame these lands unknown...
Connecticut's
own major
There's a man
behind the legend, a heart inside
the man
John Mason,
facing challenges of life in a new land
A vision in
those steel-blue eyes of a place where people stand
Side by side
in freedom, and in friendship, hand in hand...
Forthright
and respected
The pioneers
expected
He'd be their
first governor, he declined
Like the
windswept shores that face the sea
On the isle
that bears his name,
He faced
forward as the winds of change had blown...
Connecticut's
own major
There's a man
behind the legend, a heart inside
the man
John Mason,
facing challenges of life in a new land
A vision in
those steel-blue eyes of a place where people stand
Side by side
in freedom, and in friendship, hand in hand...
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Heart of the Storm Words and Music by Bill Pere
The ship
sails away in the sunset,
Like a mirage
in the sand
Children
stare at the horizon
Your loved
ones take heart from the strength
In that last
lingering squeeze of your hand
You're the thunder and lightning,
You're the heart of the storm
Standing tall with pride and conviction
We'll keep you in our hearts,
We'll keep the home fires warm
And pray to God above,
Keep you safe through the night,
As you fight to build a world that's
filled with love...
Each day, we
think of your faces
You know how
much we wish you were home
Let our love
be an oasis
Till the
pathways of peace bring you back
We're with
you, you're never alone
You're the thunder and lightning,
You're the heart of the storm
Standing tall with pride and conviction
We'll keep you in our hearts,
We'll keep the home fires warm
And pray to God above,
Keep you safe through the night,
As you fight to build a world that's
filled with love...
We've read
all your letters
We've been
touched by the thoughts they reveal
The pride,
the fears, the courage, the tears
The desert
dunes, ever changing
Can't change
the way that we feel
You're the thunder and lightning,
You're the heart of the storm
Standing tall with pride and conviction
We'll keep you in our hearts,
We'll keep the home fires warm
And pray to God above,
Keep you safe through the night,
As you fight to build a world that's
filled with love...
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USS Connecticut
Words and Music by Bill Pere and Tom Callinan
(The Ships That Bear Our Name)
(Refrain)
Connecticut salutes you as you slip beneath the foam
Our name and hearts go with you until you're safely home
In this land of steady habits, some things stay the same
The pride of folks who build and sail the ships that bear our name
The Klaxon sounds, all hands stand at the ready
The conning tower glides beneath the waves
The solitary sentinel descends into the brine
Submerging for the next hundred days
Her periscope peers above the surface
Her sonar sounds the song and paints an underwater chart
Celebration of Nutmeg State technology
U.S.S Connecticut, State of the art...
Connecticut salutes you as you slip beneath the foam
Our name and hearts go with you until you're safely home
In
this land of steady habits, some things stay the same
The pride of folks who build and sail
the ships that bear our name
Her mission blends vision with tradition
From the four preceding ships who've shared her name
The pride runs deep in folks who built her
And in the Constitution State from whence she came
Bridging days of Revolutionary glory,
From Civil War to West
Indies Privateers
From the Great White Fleet and into the next century
She runs swift and silent, deep,
and without peer
Connecticut salutes you as you slip beneath the foam
Our name and hearts go with you until you're safely home
In this land of steady habits, some things stay the same
The pride of folks who build and sail
the ships that bear our name
Her hand-picked crew was chosen for the task
With inner strength and well-honed high-tech skill
Together they have learned to work as one
They've trained to fight but pray they never will
For thirty years below the seven seas
U.S.S. Connecticut will circumnavigate
Defending our nation and our citizens abroad
Bringing honor to her home port and our state
Connecticut salutes you as you slip beneath the foam
Our name and hearts go with you until you're safely home
In this land of steady habits, some things stay the same
The pride of folks who build and sail
the ships that bear our name
© Copyright Bill Pere,
and Tom Callinan -- All Rights Reserved
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