Various Artists - The Preamble lyrics

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Lyrics & Music by: Lynn Ahrens

Performed by: Lynn Ahrens

Hey, do you know about the U.S.A.?

Do you know about the government?

Can you tell me about the Constitution?

Hey, learn about the U.S.A.

In 1787 I'm told

Our founding fathers did agree

To write a list of principles

For keepin' people free.

The U.S.A. was just startin' out.

A whole brand-new country.

And so our people spelled it out

The things that we should be.

And they put those principles down on

paper and called it the Constitution, and

it's been helping us run our country ever

since then. The first part of the

Constitution is called the preamble and tells

what those founding fathers set out to do.

We the people

In order to form a more perfect union,

Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,

Provide for the common defense,

Promote the general welfare and

Secure the blessings of liberty

To ourselves and our posterity

Do ordain and establish this Constitution

for the United States of America.

in 1787 I'm told

our founding fathers all sat down

And wrote a list of principles

That's known the world around.

The U.S.A. was just starting out

A whole brand-new country.

And so our people spelled it out

They wanted a land of liberty.

And the Preamble goes like this:

We the people

In order to form a more perfect union,

Establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,

Provide for the common defense,

Promote the general welfare and

Secure the blessings of liberty

To ourselves and our posterity,

Do ordain and establish this Constitution

for the United States of America.

For the United States of America ...