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Description

Learn the words of the World Song and sing it with members of your Patrol

Resources

Copy of World Song lyrics
Knowledge of how to sing the song

Instructions

Introduction
To enable Guides to learn the World Song.

Instructions
There are several YouTube videos where you can hear the World Song being sung e.g. on IGG’s YouTube channel: https://tinyurl.com/y3d3pjmg


THE WORLD SONG
Our way is clear as we march on,
And see! our flag on high
Is never furled throughout the world,
For hope shall never die,
We shall unite for what is right,
In friendship true and strong,
Until the earth in its rebirth,
Shall sing our song! Shall sing our song!

All those who loved the true and good,
Whose promises were kept,
With humble mind, whose acts were kind,
Whose honour never slept,
These were the free and we must be,
Prepared like them, to live,
To give to all, both great and small,
All we can give! All we can give!

Background to World Song
The World Song, which highlights the principles and spirit of the Girl Guide and Girl Scout Movement, was adopted in 1950 at the 13th World Conference in Oxford, England. The music, originally composed as the march for one of Finland's oldest Scout companies, was adapted with the approval of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, from his March, Opus 91b. The World Song was first published with English words in 1952, by Gavin Ewart.

Tags

• Branch Weekend 2018
• Guide Guiding Traditions
• Guiding Traditions
• Interest Badge Guide Guiding Traditions
• song
• The World Song
• world song

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