THE GOLD METAL GRASSHOPPER

Words by Gwendolyn Soper 2000, 2004

There's a gold metal grasshopper
Up on the roof of old Faneuil Hall !
Right beneath him our forefathers spoke for the truth,

So he’s heard it all.

In the Great Hall these Patriots

Unified those who were wanting

To keep freedom too.

Adams, Otis, and John Hancock,

Fired up the crowd:

To our cause be true!

She’s our “Cradle of Liberty”.

Citizens came—to speak up

For indignities done.

Abolitionists cried out

That freedom’s for all,

And their right was won.

Still today you will find that

The citizens come

To the Great Hall

To fight for their rights.

We make history standing

For what we believe.

We must use our might!

While our gold metal grasshopper

Spins in the wind of old Faneuil Hall,

We the people still speak up for truth’s mighty cause.

He can hear it all!

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Doing! Doing! Boing!