Sing along with "The Rally Regulars"
featuring
Allen Christensen on guitar and vocals
John Spencer on bass guitar
Susan Jelus on guitar and vocals
Charles Ashurst on keyboard
Eric LaMalfa guitarist and vocals
Supported by the Hatlady Singers in the audience
Rally Schedule
June 7th, 2025 Logan Utah
Celebrating our Great Country-if we can keep it
The Rally Regulars band starts playing at 6:30 and plays 3 songs.
Then ~10 minutes of readings from USA founding documents.
The Rally Regulars band plays another 4 songs.
Followed by ~10 to 20 minutes of reading from the US Constitution,
with commentary from audience
OPEN MICROPHONE
And then the band plays another 2 songs.
PLUS MAYBE REPEATS?
Subject to change.
PLEASE SING ALONG!!!!!
Song list:
1. Let’s Get Together - Chet Powers
Verse 1:
Love is but the song we sing,
And fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Know the dove is on the win
And you need not know why.
Chorus:
C’mon people now,
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try and love one another right now
Verse 2:
Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the one that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moments sunlight
Fading in the grass
[Chorus]
(Guitar solo)
Verse 3:
If you hear the song I sing,
You must understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
Just one key unlocks them both
It’s there at your command.
[Chorus]
2. The Times They are a-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
Come gather round people wherever you roam,
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon, you’ll be drenched to the bone,
If your time to you is worth savin’
And you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone,
For the times they are a-changin’.
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
And Keep your eyes wide, the chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon, for the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin who that it’s namin’
For the loser now, will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin’.
Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway, don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt, will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin, will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls, For the times they are a-changin’
Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
And don’t criticize what you can’t understand
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’,
Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend a hand
For the times they are a-changin’.
The Line it is drawn, the curse it is cast
The slow one now, will later be fast
As the present now will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’, and the first one now will later be last,
For the times they are a-changin’.
3. If I Had A Hammer - Pete Seeger
If I had a hammer, I’d Hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening, All over this land
I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out a warning
I’d Hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land, oo, oo, oo, oo, repeat
If I had a bell, I’d ring it in the morning
I’d ring it in the evening, All over this land
I’d ring out danger, I’d ring out a warning
I’d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land oo ooooh
If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning
I’d sing it in the evening, All over thi land
I’d sing out danger, I’d sing out a warning
I’d sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Well, I got a hammer, And I got a bell
And I got a SONG TO SING, All over this land
It’s the hammer of justice, It’s the bell of freedom
It’s the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land.
ALL OVER THIS LAAAAAANNNNNNND (big finish)
4. It’s Hard Rain Gonna Fall – Bob Dylan
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
[Refrain]
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept dripping
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleeding
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten-thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children.
[Refrain]
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warning
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazing
I heard ten-thousand whispering and nobody listening
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughing
I heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
I heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley.
[Refrain]
Oh, what did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
And who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman, her body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded in hatred.
[Refrain]
And what will you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-going back out 'fore the rain starts a-falling
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where the souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking
But I'll know my song well before I start singing.
[Refrain]
5. For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Verse 1:
There’s something happening here
But what it is, ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
Chorus:
I think it’s time we stop
Children, what’s that sound?
Everybody look – what’s going down?
Verse 2:
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
Chorus
Verse 3:
What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs,
Mostly saying, “hooray for our side”
Chorus
Verse 4:
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
Step out of line, the man comes and takes you way
Chorus
6. Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley
[Chorus]
We sick an' tired of your 'ism-schism game
Dyin', goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, Lord
We know when we understand
Almighty God is a living man
You can fool some people sometimes
But you couldn't fool all the people all the time
And now we see the light
You stand up for your rights!
7. Blowin’ In The Wind - Bob Dylan
Verse 1:
How many roads must a man walk down,
before you call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail,
before she sleeps in the sand
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
before they’re forever banned
Chorus:
The Answer my friend is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
Verse 2:
Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist,
Before it is washed to the sea
Yes, and how many years can some people exist,
Before they’re allowed to be free
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn’t see
[Chorus]
Verse 3:
How many times must a man look up,
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows,
that too many people have died
[Chorus repeat as above two times]
8. This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
Chorus
This land is your land; this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
Verse 1
As I was walking, that ribbon of highway
I saw above me, that endless skyway;
I saw below me that golden valley,
This land was made for you and me.
[Chorus]
Verse 2
I’ve roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me, a voice was sounding;
This land was made for you and me.
[Chorus]
Verse 3
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
9. We Shall Not Be Moved - African-American Spiritual
We’re young and old together, we shall not be moved
Young and old together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
We’re women and men together, we shall not be moved
Women and men together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
We’re city and county together, we shall not be moved
We’re city and county together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
Black and White together, we shall not be moved
Black and White together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
Gay and Straight together, we shall not be moved
Gay and Straight together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
We’re standing close together, we shall not be moved
Standing close together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
We’re raising voices together, we shall not be moved
Standing close together, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We shall not be moved
We shall not, we shall not be moved
We shall not, we shall not be moved
Just like a tree that’s planted by the water
We Shall not be moved.
The band starts playing at 6:30 and plays 3-4 songs.
Then ~10 minutes of readings from USA founding documents.
Then the band plays another 4 songs.
Followed by ~10 to 20 minutes of reading from the US Constitution,
with commentary from audience
OPEN MICROPHONE
And then the band plays another 2 songs.
PLUS MAYBE REPEATS?
Subject to change.
Song 10 may be slotted in elsewhere.
10. Singing for Our Lives
Song by Holly Near
We are a gentle, angry people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, angry people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a justice-seeking people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a justice-seeking people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are young and old together and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are young and old together and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a land of many colors and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a land of many colors and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are gay and straight together and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, loving people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
We are a gentle, loving people and we are singing, singing for our lives.
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