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Verse 1 When I started down the street last Sunday feeling mighty low and kind of mean Suddenly a voice said go forth neighbor spread the picture on a wider screen And the voice said neighbor there's a million reasons why you should be glad in all four seasons Hit the road neighbor leave your worries and strife Spread the religion of the rhythm of life Chorus (3x layered: all/add sop/ add bass) For the rhythm of life is a powerful beat Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet rhythm on the inside rhythm on the street and the rhythm of life is a powerful beat sop[To feel the rhythm of life To feel the powerful beat To feel the tingle in your fingers To feel the tingle in your feet] bass[Go, go, go! Go, go go! Tell them every thing you know!] Verse 2 Go and spread the gospel in Milwaukee Take a walkie talkie to Rocky Ridge All the way to Canton then to Scranton even tell it under the Manhattan bridge (3x layered, fast SA alone, then add slow TB parts) You will make a new sensation, have a growing congregation build a glowing operation here below Like a pied piper blowing, lead and keep the music flowing Keep the rhythm go go going, go go go! (unison) Flip your wings and fly up high Flip your wings and fly up high Flip your wings and fly up high, Fly, fly, fly up high (2 parts—sop and tenor go up) You can do it if you try You can do it if you try

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Composer
Cy Coleman
Arranger
Richard Barnes
Lyricist
Dorothy Fields

Tags

Theme(s)
Gratitude
Rejoicing
Tradition(s)
Secular
Language(s)
English

Musicality

Instrumentation
Piano 4 hands
Voicing
SATB
Rote
Solo

Music

Publisher
Shawnee Press
Copy type
Octavo

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