For the anniversary of D-Day. Written in 1942 by Irving Berlin, I Paid my Income Tax Today supported the country’s income tax collection efforts during World War II.
The rights are stilll owned by the Internal Revenue Service which distributed the song widely on its publication.
Proclaiming the patriotic virtues of paying taxes, this zippy little tune makes being “squared up with the USA” sound positively delightful. Clearly, the national dialogue surrounding taxes, especially in credit unions, has gone in a different direction.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIT3xnYbmzQ&t=8s)
America’s Rising Generation at its Best
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
To spark your day. The Young People’s Chorus of New York City sing at the Lincoln Center in 2021. These are the future of the country. Feel the joy and see the promise. I love the conductor’s enthusiasm.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erCq44KSEHQ)
An Encore
How Can I keep from Singing
Performed at the 16th Annual Anabaptist Choral Festival 2023 of Shenandoah Christian Music Camp (VA).
The choir covers their faces to represent the text which speaks of darkness closing in around us: “What though the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth! What though the darkness ’round me close, Songs in the night it giveth.”
And the words of hope: I hear tne bells of freedom ringing; how can I keep from singing?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-ycev482k&t=9s)