♪♪♪ SING ALONG ♪♪♪ as a piano plays the chords and melody (from the SOLO Edition of the Secular Hymnal). Singing along to a simple, chorded melody like this is an ideal way to develop your harmonizing skills!

Lyrics:

Climbing up the ladder, what do I see?
People all around the world that seem a lot like me
Needing food and water, jobs to build a nest
Someone to love, a chance to be their best

Climbing down the ladder, what do I do?
Work so all the things I need are there for others too
Jobs to earn a living, food and water pure
Freedom from fear, a future that's secure


Here's the same hymn in 4-part harmony (from the SATB Edition of the Secular Hymnal). If you and your choir prefer to print out your own score of this hymn, click here to access a beautiful PDF file.


To research the history of this hymn tune: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SH2014