Lyrics for Project PUT Theme Song Set to MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE Tune, Recognized by Author of Book About the Song

Addendum, 6/16/2014
PROJECT PUT THEME SONG Inspired by MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/project-put-theme-song-inspired-by-my-country-tis-of-thee/

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A grainy snapshot of Claire Rudolf Murphy, author of:

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My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
Lyrics to “America, My Country ‘Tis of Thee” by Samuel Francis Smith (1831)
Book by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Lyrics by Various Artists
Illustrated by Bryan Collier

She is asking for lyric submissions for songs using the MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE tune (as so many others have done in the past to support their good causes).  Since Project PUT needed a theme song, we decided to compose lyrics to this tune for our song.  We submitted them to Ms. Murphy’s website:
http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/mctt-submit/

Claire Rudolf Murphy very kindly posted this shout-out for us on her Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/ClaireRudolfMurphy

We highly recommend that you LIKE it, too!

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PROJECT PUT THEME SONG Inspired by MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/project-put-theme-song-inspired-by-my-country-tis-of-thee/

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Project PUT at Indianapolis Children’s Museum and Tree of Promise

Spring Break 2014, Eloise went with me to visit family in Indianapolis.  We absolutely had to stop at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis because it is one of my favorite places in the world.  the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is a wonderful, magical place.

We were excited to find there THE TREE OF PROMISE, supporting THE POWER OF CHILDREN to make a positive difference by serving their communities.

Eloise wrote a leaf and entered the PROJECT PUT message into the TREE OF PROMISE.

Eloise wrote:

“I will Pick Up Trash to keep our home and city clean.  www.ProjectPut.wordpress.com”

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Eloise’s message to the TREE OF PROMISE electronic database:

“I promise to Pick Up Trash with my program Project PUT: Pick Up Trash and my blog http://www.ProjectPUT.wordpress.com”

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TREE OF PROMISE mentioned in this PDF classroom resource at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Educators/3-5_POCRubyBridges_UOS.pdf

Eloise has successfully engaged in Lesson 3 of this document (p. 44), which says:

Lesson 3
The Tree of Promise: Making a Difference
In this lesson students…consider the roles and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy. They identify ways young people can make a positive difference in their own communities. They consider how their interests and abilities relate to problems and needs they want to address. After researching and selecting a problem, they develop an action plan, carry out their projects and evaluate the results…

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BlogDogIt Makes Marvelous and Generous Contributions to ProjectPUT

We are very grateful to BlogDogIt (Michael (masodo) DeBurger) for some very appreciated contributions to the Project Put movement.

BlogDogIt found his way to the Project PUT blog since we put his video to use in one of our posts about the Pitch In to Clean Up America Campaign produced by the US Brewers of America in the 1970’s:

BlogDogIt appreciated the Project PUT effort and took an interest.  He made us an incredible suite of logos which we love and will use to represent the movement:

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He used this theme to create logos, banners, buttons, avatars.  It’s amazing and overwhelming what he did to support the project of complete strangers whose project he believed in.  Thank you BlogDogIt!

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You can see his creations on his website:
http://blogdogit.com/article.php?story=20140610113116516

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And, it’s not like BlogDogIt just whipped it up real quick just for fun!  Thought and meaning are built into this wonderful logo, as BlogDogIt puts it:

To give you a little background on the thought process for your logo; I can tell you my thinking began by being mindful of the Recycle Logo and trying to avoid anything remotely like “Pitch-In”
I wanted it to be simple, bold and recognizable. I started with a few sketches and settled on the three Arrows design. The “P” arrow representing the looking down and seeing the trash. The “U” arrow standing for the physical lifting up of the trash. The “T” arrow symbolizes the dropping of the trash into the proper receptacle. (Feel free to interpret any way you see fit.)

The original reason for putting the base logo into a circle was to keep any future “cutting-out” of the logo (stickers, badges, etc.) as simple as possible. Once the circle was drawn though the color choices came naturally. Blue representing Water, Green representing Land. and White representing Sky (clouds). I was thinking that in the television commercial you could probably have a picture of the Earth “morph” into the PUT Logo rather successfully (but I digress.)

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And that wasn’t all.  He procured for us WWW.PROJECTPUT.ORG, so that if anyone types this in, it gets routed to this blog.  Like Pinnochio dreaming about becoming a real boy, when Eloise and I are sophisticated, organized and developed enough, we’ll take it over and make a real-live webpage for Project PUT.  Again, Thank you BlogDogIt!

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We are the Crazy Ones! Let’s Change the World by Making it a Better Place.

We here at Project PUT think we can change the world by making it a better place by Picking Up Trash one piece of litter at  time.

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PUT Poster: HERE’S TO THE CRAZY ONES
Poster by ELEG for SBWE and Project PUT
Words by Steve Jobs for Apple Ad
To view or print this poster, click here:
Here’s to the crazy ones poster eleg sbwe pput

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Here’s to the crazy ones
The misfits
The rebels
The troublemakers
The round pegs in the square holes
The ones who see things differently
They’re not fond of rules
And they have no respect for the status quo
You can quote them
Disagree with them
Glorify or vilify them
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them
Because they change things
They push the human race forward
While some may see them as the crazy ones
We see genius
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world
Are the ones who do

Steve Jobs

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Add narrated by Steve Jobs

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PROJECT PUT: PICK UP TRASH, ON PINTEREST
This Pinterest board is a collection of all the graphic images, posters, song sheets and printables from the Project PUT blog:
http://www.pinterest.com/singbooksemily/project-put-pick-up-trash/

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PUT Posters Page
https://projectput.wordpress.com/put-posters/

Pollution is a Crying Shame!

POLLUTION: IT’S A CRYING SHAME

POLLUTION HURTS ALL OF US

It was true in 1971 and it is truer today!

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WE STILL NEED TO KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL

People start pollution.  People can stop it.

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Thumbnail from LOC website:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/yan/item/yan1996000886/PP/

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Caption from clipping scanned online:
Pollution: it’s a crying shame.
But does it have to be? Not if you do something about it.
So the next time you see pollution point it out to someone who can do something about it.
People start pollution.
People can stop it.

Project PUT would say, that if the pollution you see is litter, you should do your part and PICK IT UP and throw it in the recycle or a designated trash receptacle.

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Ad Council article about the KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ad campaign:
http://www.adcouncil.org/Our-Work/The-Classics/Pollution-Keep-America-Beautiful-Iron-Eyes-Cody

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US EPA blog about this ad campaign
http://blog.epa.gov/greeningtheapple/2012/01/do-you-remember-when-pollution-was-a-crying-shame/

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This blog post has image of the full CRYING INDIAN poster of the 1971 Ad Council campaign for KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL
http://swanngalleriesinc.blogspot.com/2011/04/earth-day-and-crying-indian.html

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A larger image of a copy of the poster for sale, with historical information:
http://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2246+++++195+&refno=++641319&saletype=%20target=%22_blank%22

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BlogDogIt Reminds Us: Give a Hoot Don’t Pollute! Pollution is a Crying Shame! Pitch-In America!
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/give-a-hoot-dont-pollute-pollution-is-a-crying-shame-pitch-in-america/

Woodsy the Owl and Give a Hoot Don’t Pollute

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Woodsy Owl wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodsy_Owl

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Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute

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Lend a hand.  Care for the land.

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Wonderful article about creator of Woodsy Owl, here:
http://fhsarchives.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/remembering-harold-bell-creator-of-woodsy-owl/

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Woodsy Owl and Smokey Bear together on WHITE MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST website
http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/conservationeducation/smokey-woodsy

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Great info here:
http://www.papergreat.com/2012/08/1970s-woodsy-owl-bookmark-give-hoot.html

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If you see litter, please pick it up!  Because if you don’t give a hoot, whoooooo will?

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Relates Posts

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Project PUT Song List
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/project-put-song-list/

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Take the Project PUT Pledge and Become a Member of Project PUT
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/take-the-project-put-pledge-and-become-a-member-of-project-put/

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BlogDogIt Reminds Us: Give a Hoot Don’t Pollute! Pollution is a Crying Shame! Pitch-In America!
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/give-a-hoot-dont-pollute-pollution-is-a-crying-shame-pitch-in-america/

BlogDogIt Reminds Us: Give a Hoot Don’t Pollute! Pollution is a Crying Shame! Pitch-In America!

From the  BlogDogIt site on Sunday, June 08 2014 comes
REMEMBERING TO CARE ABOUT THE EARTH

http://blogdogit.com/article.php?story=2014042309273269

• Pitch-In PSA
• The crying Native American with slogan “Pollution is a crying shame”
• Woodsy the Owl with “Give a Hoot, don’t pollute” poster

All these things bring back strong memories.  We think they should all be re-issued to remind the public.  These messages are even MORE important today than they ever were.

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Project PUT Song List
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/project-put-song-list/

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Take the Project PUT Pledge and Become a Member of Project PUT
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/take-the-project-put-pledge-and-become-a-member-of-project-put/

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Pitch-In America, Public Service Announcement (that deserves to be rediscovered and re-embraced!)
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/pitch-in-america-public-service-announcement-that-deserves-to-be-rediscovered-and-re-embraced/

PROJECT PUT THEME SONG Inspired by MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE

Project PUT Theme Song Printable Song Sheet with Guitar Chords

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Project PUT Theme Song: This Land for You and Me, Lyric Sheet with Guitar Chords
Sing to the Tune of “America: My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
Adapted Lyrics by Eloise and her mom
Traditional Tune
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
THE PROJECT PUT THEME SONG LYRICS w guitar chords

Sing Along with Eloise and Emily, here:

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June 2014

Eloise and I have been planning to write a song for Project PUT and then this morning we read this book:

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My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
Lyrics to “America, My Country ‘Tis of Thee” by Samuel Francis Smith (1831)
Book by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Lyrics by Various Artists
Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Since so many through the years have set their hopes, aspirations, goals, and protests to this famous old tune, Eloise and I were inspired to do the same.  We submitted out PROJECT PUT THEME SONG to the My Country Tis of Thee Music Project.

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THE PROJECT PUT THEME SONG: THIS LAND FOR YOU AND ME
Sing to the Tune of AMERICA: MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE
Words by Eloise and her mom Emily

This land for you and me
Protect its beauty
With Project PUT

Pick Up Trash you see
It’s simple as can be
Let’s make nature garbage free
And improve the world

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Eloise and I submitted out lyrics to be part of author’s website:
http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/mctt-submit/

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Author’s webpage for this book:
http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/country-tis-thee-one-song-reveals-history-civil-rights/

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Addendum, 6/16/2014

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A grainy snapshot of Claire Rudolf Murphy, author of:

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My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
Lyrics to “America, My Country ‘Tis of Thee” by Samuel Francis Smith (1831)
Book by Claire Rudolf Murphy
Lyrics by Various Artists
Illustrated by Bryan Collier

She is asking for lyric submissions for songs using the MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE tune (as so many others have done in the past to support their good causes).  Since Project PUT needed a theme song, we decided to compose lyrics to this tune for our song.  We submitted them to Ms. Murphy’s website:
http://www.clairerudolfmurphy.com/mctt-submit/

Claire Rudolf Murphy very kindly posted this shout-out for us on her Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/ClaireRudolfMurphy

We highly recommend that you LIKE it, too!

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Addendum 7/14/2014
Project PUT Theme Song Printable Song Sheet

Project PUT Theme Song: This Land for You and Me, Lyric Sheet with Guitar Chords
Sing to the Tune of “America: My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
Adapted Lyrics by Eloise and her mom
Traditional Tune
To view or print this song sheet, click here:
THE PROJECT PUT THEME SONG LYRICS w guitar chords

Sing Along with Eloise and Emily, here:

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Related Posts

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Project PUT Song List
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/project-put-song-list/

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Take the Project PUT Pledge and Become a Member of Project PUT
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/04/06/take-the-project-put-pledge-and-become-a-member-of-project-put/

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PROJECT PUT ACTION IDEAS
https://projectput.wordpress.com/put-action-ideas/

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PROJECT PUT ACHIEVEMENTS
https://projectput.wordpress.com/put-achievements/

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AMERICA: MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE, AN ILLUSTRATED SONG
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/my-country-tis-of-thee-a-singable-picture-book/

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AMERICAN HISTORY: CELEBRATING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER CITIZENS AND TELL STORIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/a-patriotic-list-of-singable-books-for-july-4th/

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Lyrics for Project PUT Theme Song Set to MY COUNTRY ‘TIS OF THEE Tune, Recognized by Author of Book About the Song
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/lyrics-for-project-put-theme-song-set-to-my-country-tis-of-thee-tune-recognized-by-author-of-book-about-the-song/

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Project PUT Theme Song Gets a Song Sheet with Guitar Chords
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/project-put-theme-song-gets-a-song-sheet-with-guitar-chords/

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PUT Posters & Printables Page
https://projectput.wordpress.com/put-posters/

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PROJECT PUT SONG LIST
https://projectput.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/project-put-song-list/