I Am the Rose of Sharon / William Billings

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood
So is my beloved among the sons
I sat down under his shadow with great delight
And his fruit was sweet to my taste

He brought me to the banqueting house
His banner over me was love

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
For I am sick of love
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem
By the roes, and by the hinds of the fiеld
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till hе please

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
Leaping upon the mountains
Skipping upon the hills

My beloved spake, and said unto me
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away

For, lo, the winter is past
The rain is over and gone”

Star Spangled Banner  / Francis Scott Key. Arr. SFC Dan Campolieta

“O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
⁠What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
⁠O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
⁠O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

Sure on This Shining Night / Morten Lauridsen

SSG Caroline Nielson

“Sure on this shining night
Of starmade shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.

The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.

Sure on this shining night
I weep for wonder
Wandering far alone
Of shadows on the stars.”

I’ll Be Seeing You/Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree/Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Andrews Sisters

SFC Lindsey Grebeldinger, SFC Leslie Ostransky, SSG Imani Grosvenor

“I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through

In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way

I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you”

/

“I wrote my mother, I wrote my father
And now I'm writing you too

I'm sure of mother, I'm sure of father
And now I want to be sure, very, very sure of you

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home
Don't go walking down lovers' lane with anyone else but me
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no
Don't go walking down lovers' lane with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home
I just got word from a guy who heard
From the guy next door to me
The girl he met just loves to pet
And it fits you to a "T"
So don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home,
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
(With anyone else but her)
No, no, no, not a single soul but
No, no, no, don't you sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Not till you see me, not until you see me marching home
Home, home, home, home sweet home
Don't go walking down lovers' lane with anyone else but me
(With anyone else but her)
No, no, no, not a single soul but
No, no, no, don't you go walking down lovers' lane
With anyone else but me
Not till you see me, not until you see me marching home
Home, home, home, home sweet home
Just wait till I come marching home

No, don't go walking down lovers' lane
No, walking down lovers' lane till you see
When you see me marching home
Then we'll go arm in arm and
Sit down under the apple tree
Baby, just you and me
When I come marching home”

/

“He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
He had a boogie style that no one else could play
He was the top man at his craft
But then, his number came up, and he was gone with the draft

He's in the army now, a blowin' reveille
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam
It really brought him down because he couldn't jam
The captain seemed to understand
Because the next day the cap' went out and drafted a band

And then now, the company jumps when he plays reveille
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
A-toot, a-toot, a-toot-diddelyada-toot
He blows it eight-to-the-bar, in boogie rhythm
He can't blow a note unless the bass and guitar is playin' with um
He makes his company jump when he plays reveille
He's the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B

He was our boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
And when he plays boogie-woogie bugle, he was busy as a bzzz bee
And when he plays, he makes the company jump eight-to-the-bar
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B
Toot-toot-toot, toot-diddelyada, toot-diddelyada
Toot, toot, he blows it eight-to-the-bar
He can't blow a note if the bass and guitar isn't with um
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

He puts the boys asleep with boogie every night
And wakes 'em up the same way in the early bright
They clap their hands and stamp their feet
Because they know how he plays when someone gives him a beat
He really breaks it up when he plays reveille
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B

Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da da
Da-doo-da da-doo-da-da
A-a-a-and the company jumps when he plays reveille
He's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B”

Tonight / Leonard Bernstein

The U.S. Army Barbershop Quartet

“Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night,
Tonight there will be no morning star.
Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight.
And for us, stars will stop where they are.

Today, the minutes seem like hours,
The hours go so slowly, 

And still the sky is light.
Oh moon, grow bright, 

And make this endless day endless night.”

Let My Love Be Heard / Jake Runestad
SSG Ian Kelly

“Angels, where you soar
Up to God’s own light
Take my own lost bird
On your hearts tonight;
And as grief once more
Mounts to heaven and sings
Let my love be heard
Whispering in your wings”

Yankee Doodle Dandy / Traditional. Arr. Deke Sharon

“I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy
A Yankee Doodle, do or die
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam
Born on the Fourth of July

I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart
She's my Yankee Doodle joy
Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony
I am that Yankee Doodle boy”

Hope, Faith, Life, Love… / Eric Whitacre

“hope, faith, life, love

dream, joy, truth, soul”

The Battle of Jericho / Traditional Spiritual. Arr. Moses Hogan

“Joshua fit the Battle, yes, the Battle of Jericho
and the walls come tumbling down

Talk about your kings of Gideon
Go on you can talk about
Talk about your men of Saul
Go on, yes, you can talk about him
But none like good old Joshua at the Battle of Jericho
That morning

Joshua fit the Battle, yes, the Battle of Jericho
Joshua fit the Battle, yes, the Battle of Jericho
Right up to the walls of Jericho
He marched with spear in hand
Blow that horn, Joshua
"Go blow that ramhorn!" Joshua cried
'Cause the battle am in my hand

God almighty then the
Lamb, ram, sheephorn, begin to blow and the trumpet begins to sound, Joshua commanded the children to shout
Battle, Battle, Battle, oh Lord, yes, SHOUT!
And the walls come a tumblin' down
Oh Lord, you know that”

This Land Is Your Land / Woody Guthrie. Arr. SSG Caroline Nielson

SSG Caroline Nielson

“This land is your land and this land is my land
From the California to the New York island
From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

As I went a-walkin' that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
Saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me

I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
All around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me

This land is your land and this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving, the dust clouds rolling
The voice come a-chanting and the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me”

Unclouded Day / J.K. Alwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner

“Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies,

Oh, they tell me of a home far away;

Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,

Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.

Oh, the land of cloudless day,

Oh, the land of an unclouded sky,

Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise,

Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day.

Oh, they tell me of a home where my friends have gone,

Oh, they tell me of that land far away,

Where the tree of life in eternal bloom

Sheds its fragrance through the unclouded day.

Oh, they tell me of a King in His beauty there,

And they tell me that mine eyes shall behold

Where He sits on the throne that is whiter than snow,

In the city that is made of gold.

Oh, they tell me that He smiles on His children there,

And His smile drives their sorrows all away;

And they tell me that no tears ever come again

In that lovely land of unclouded day.”

Not Alone / Benjamin Kheng. Arr. SGM Jason Gottshall

SSG Imani Grosvenor

“How do I reach for the skies if I'm feeling low?
Don't know where to go
How do I stand when it's time
When spirits are high and flags are flying?

But then I come to the river that runs through my town
Where our fathers and mothers have watered the ground
And the roads I have walked and the faces I know
Oh, I know, I know

If we just look to each other
Then this house will feel like home
And the more we're together, the further we'll go
You and I, we're not alone, not alone
(You and I, we're not alone, yeah)

How do I know I belong?
We'll find love for every creed and colour
If we lean on one another
How will I ever get there?
All I know is
You and me do better when we run together

Then I come to the river and fears start to fade
My brothers and sisters, we journey the same
And I know, (you and I, we're), I know

If we just look to each other
Then this house will feel like home
And the more we're together, the further we'll go
You and I, we're not alone, not alone

Just one ripple in a river
Can be the one to turn the tide
(You and I, we're, not alone, yeah)
When the water rises
I'll be right by your side

And if they ask of my home when I'm miles apart
I'll think of the people I hold in my heart
The family I found and the faces I know
Oh, I know, I know

If we just look to each other
Then this house will feel like home
And the more we're together, the further we'll go
You and I, we're not alone, not alone

We're not alone
You and I, we're not alone, yeah (you and I)
And the more we're together, the further we'll go
You and I, we're not alone, not alone”