I’d like to teach the world to sing

I’d Like to Teach

the World to Sing

 
 
 
 

Vocabulary

 

honey I’d like build/built/built
bee furnish grow/grew/grown (2)
dove for once hand in hand
piece harmony teach/taught/taught
turtle company hold/held/held
hand turtle dove see/saw/seen
echo perfect stand/stood/stood (2)
hill keep (2) hear/heard/heard
peace throughout

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Video

 

 
 
 
 

Transcript

I’d like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company

I’d like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace through out the land
(That’s the song I hear)

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I’d like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company

I’d like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace through out the land
(That’s the song I hear)

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony, that’s the song I hear

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Questions

Choir, Chorus. This song and video was probably made around 2005. What do you think?

Medieval and Renaissance Music. Were the group singing about love and romance?

Classical Music, Baroque Classical Music. Describe their clothes and hairstyle.

Folk Music, Traditional Music. They band featured drums, a trumpet, saxophone and synthesizer. Is this right or wrong?

Country and Western Music, Bluegrass. The video featured a lot of dancing and special effects. Is this correct or incorrect?

Jazz, Swing Music. What might have been the message, theme or purpose of this song?

Rock ‘n’ Roll, Pop Music, Disco. What kind of people do you think the singers are? How would you describe them? Leftists, Hippies, conservative, Christians, radical, nationalists, right-ring, hedonistic, party-ers, moderates, environmentalists, high-class, high-society?
 
 
 
Rap, Hip Hop. I have heard this song before. Yes or no?

Punk, New Wave. How might this song and group characterize the late 1960s and early 1970s?

Heavy Metal, Hard Rock. Is this song still relevant? Is it timeless and universal?

Techno, Electronic, House Music. Would many people consider this song childish, naive and idealistic?

Arabic Music, Latin, Spanish Music. What might happen in the future?

New Age, Instrumental, Relaxation Music. What could or should people do?
 
 
 
 
 
 

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