The Declaration of Independence Song
Words by Thomas Jefferson, Music by
Jack Boyd, Vocals by Steffy Boyd
The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen
United States of America, in Congress, July 4, 1776
When in the course of human events, it
becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which
have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the
earth,
The separate and equal station to which
the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to
the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which
impel them to the separation.
Chorus: We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator, With certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of
the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of
these ends,
It is the right of the people to alter or
to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on
such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Chorus: We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator, with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more
disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,
Than to right themselves by abolishing
the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses
and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces
a design to reduce them under absolute despotism,
It is their right, it is their duty, to
throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future
security.
Chorus: We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator, With certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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