Nine PBS Specials
Show Me the Music: Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Season 2021 Episode 5 | 56m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
This celebration of Missouri’s bicentennial features musicians from throughout Missouri.
Filmed live at The Sheldon in front of a limited capacity audience on May 19, this musical celebration of Missouri’s bicentennial features musicians from throughout Missouri, representing a range of musical genres: blues, ragtime, jazz, R&B, and classical.
Nine PBS Specials
Show Me the Music: Celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial
Season 2021 Episode 5 | 56m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Filmed live at The Sheldon in front of a limited capacity audience on May 19, this musical celebration of Missouri’s bicentennial features musicians from throughout Missouri, representing a range of musical genres: blues, ragtime, jazz, R&B, and classical.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪♪ PATRICK: JOIN US FOR AN HOUR OF MUSIC PERFORMED AT ST. LOUIS'S SHELDON CONCERT HALL IN CELEBRATION OF MISSOURI'S 200TH BIRTHDAY.
♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ PATRICK: MISSOURI'S QUEEN OF BLUEGRASS - RHONDA VINCENT AND HER BAND, THE RAGE... ♪ PART OF ME.
♪ ♪ OL' MAN RIVER GRUNTIN' AND A-GRINDIN' ♪ ♪♪ PATRICK: ...FIDDLERS HOWARD MARSHALL AND FRIENDS... ♪♪ PATRICK: ...CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE ZOUM, PERFORMING A WORLD PREMIER... ♪♪ PATRICK: ...ROYCE MARTIN ON RAGTIME PIANO WITH MUSIC OF SCOTT JOPLIN... ♪♪ PATRICK: ...BLUES AND ROCK FROM ANITA JACKSON... ♪♪ WHOO!
♪♪ PATRICK: ...AND THE PETER MARTIN TRIO, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS KEYON HARROLD AND BOBBY WATSON, BRINGING US MUSIC OF CHARLIE PARKER AND MILES DAVIS.
♪♪ PATRICK: IT'S "SHOW ME THE MUSIC - A CELEBRATION OF THE MISSOURI BICENTENNIAL."
♪♪ HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF A STATE WITH A HISTORY AS RICH AND DIVERSE AS MISSOURI?
WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT ALL AGREE ON HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME OF OUR STATE, MOST OF US DO AGREE THAT WE'VE GOT A MUSICAL TRADITION THAT IS UNMATCHED.
WE'RE STILL BEING A LITTLE CAREFUL, SO THE AUDIENCE HERE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL IS SMALL, BUT THE TALENT IS BIG, AND THIS SHOW IS FOR YOU, FELLOW MISSOURIANS, AS WE CELEBRATE A MUSICAL TRADITION OF TWO CENTURIES CREATED BY PEOPLE FROM EVERY PART OF THE WORLD WHO BROUGHT THEIR OWN MUSIC TO THE SHOW ME STATE.
SO, LET'S START IT OFF WITH MISSOURI'S OWN QUEEN OF BLUEGRASS, RHONDA VINCENT FROM KIRKSVILLE, AND HER BAND, THE RAGE, PERFORMING "JOLENE", WRITTEN BY DOLLY PARTON, WHO GOT HER BIG BREAK FROM MISSOURI NATIVE PORTER WAGONER, WHO INTRODUCED DOLLY TO THE WORLD.
♪♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN ♪ ♪ YOUR BEAUTY IS BEYOND COMPARE ♪ ♪ WITH FLAMING LOCKS OF AUBURN HAIR ♪ ♪ WITH IVORY SKIN AND EYES OF EMERALD GREEN ♪ ♪ YOUR SMILE IS LIKE A BREATH OF SPRING ♪ ♪ YOUR VOICE IS SOFT LIKE SUMMER RAIN ♪ ♪ AND I CANNOT COMPETE WITH YOU, JOLENE ♪ ♪ HE TALKS ABOUT YOU IN HIS SLEEP ♪ ♪ THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO KEEP ♪ ♪ FROM CRYING WHEN HE CALLS YOUR NAME, JOLENE ♪ ♪ NOW I CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND ♪ ♪ HOW YOU COULD EASILY TAKE MY MAN ♪ ♪ BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS TO ME, JOLENE ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ YOU COULD HAVE YOUR CHOICE OF MEN ♪ ♪ BUT I COULD NEVER LOVE AGAIN ♪ ♪ HE'S THE ONLY ONE FOR ME, JOLENE ♪ ♪ I HAD TO HAVE THIS TALK WITH YOU ♪ ♪ MY HAPPINESS DEPENDS ON YOU ♪ ♪ AND WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, JOLENE ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ I'M BEGGING OF YOU, PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY MAN ♪ ♪ JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE, JOLENE ♪ ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN ♪ ♪ PLEASE DON'T TAKE HIM JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN ♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ THERE'S A FULL MOON OUT TONIGHT ♪ ♪ ALL THE STARS ARE SHINING BRIGHT ♪ ♪ THE SAME WAY THAT THEY USED TO DO ♪ ♪ AND IT REMINDS ME OF ♪ ♪ THE NIGHT WE FELL IN LOVE ♪ ♪ BENEATH THAT OLD MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪ WHO'D HAVE EVER THOUGHT WE'D END THIS WAY ♪ ♪ AS I WATCH YOU GO THE TEARS ARE ROLLIN' DOWN MY FACE ♪ ♪ WHO'D HAVE EVER THOUGHT I'D BE SO BLUE ♪ ♪ AS I CRY BENEATH THAT OLD MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN ♪ ♪ IT STARTED TO BEGIN ♪ ♪ THAT I GAVE MY HEART AWAY TO YOU ♪ ♪ AND THEN WHEN WE TOUCHED ♪ ♪ I HAVE NEVER FELT SO MUCH ♪ ♪ IT WAS IN THAT MOMENT THAT I KNEW ♪ ♪ WHO'D HAVE EVER THOUGHT WE'D END THIS WAY ♪ ♪ AS I WATCH YOU GO THE TEARS ARE ROLLIN' DOWN MY FACE ♪ ♪ WHO'D HAVE EVER THOUGHT I'D BE SO BLUE ♪ ♪ AS I CRY BENEATH THAT OLD MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪ AS I CRY BENEATH THAT OLD MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪ MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪ MISSOURI MOON ♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU'RE A PART OF ME ♪ ♪ OL' MAN RIVER GRUNTIN' AND A-GRINDIN' ♪ ♪ MAKIN' ITS WAY DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS ♪ ♪ RIVERBOAT ENGINE GRUNTIN' AND A-GRINDIN' ♪ ♪ PRETTIEST SIGHT I'VE EVER SEEN ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU'RE A PART OF ME ♪ ♪ SITTIN' ON THE BANK, FEET STUCK IN THE WATER ♪ ♪ JABBERIN' WITH HUCK, "WHAT 'CHA WANNA BE?"
♪ ♪ YOU BE THE PIRATE, I'LL BE THE PILOT ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS CALLIN' ME ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU'RE A PART OF ME ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ CLIMBIN' ON A RAFT, FEELS JUST LIKE A STEAMBOAT ♪ ♪ SHOVE FROM THE LAND AND MAKE FOR THE SEA ♪ ♪ SPYIN' JACKSON'S ISLAND OUT IN THE DISTANCE ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS PART OF ME ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU'RE A PART OF ME ♪ ♪ NOTHIN' LIKE STEAMIN' ON YOUR BROWN WATER ♪ ♪ UP FROM N'AWLINS, ON TO SAINT LOU ♪ ♪ SUNLIGHT OR MOONLIGHT, MARKIN' TWAIN FELT RIGHT ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IT WAS ALWAYS YOU ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU'RE A PART OF ME ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ ROLL DOWN TO THE SEA ♪ ♪ RUN, MISSISSIPPI RIVER ♪ ♪ MISSISSIPPI RIVER, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ♪ ♪♪ [LAUGHS] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ MISSOURI IS A HOTBED OF FIDDLING.
THE TRADITION GOES BACK TO THE 1600a, WHEN FRENCH TRAPPERS, TRADERS AND MINERS FIRST BROUGHT THEIR FIDDLES TO THE WOODS AND STREAMS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
IN LATER YEARS, IMMIGRANT ENGLISH, SCOTS, GERMANS, AND AFRICAN AMERICANS BROUGHT THEIR OWN TRADITIONS TO MISSOURI FIDDLE MUSIC.
HOWARD MARSHALL HAILS FROM MOBERLY, MISSOURI, AND HIS FAMILY CLAIMS AT LEAST ONE FIDDLER IN EVERY GENERATION SINCE 1830.
AND HERE HE IS WITH SOME OF HIS FRIENDS PERFORMING AN OLD MISSOURI FAVORITE BY BILL KATON, A RURAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIDDLER FROM CALLAWAY COUNTY -- THE TUNE OF "OLD JEFF CITY."
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU WANNA START?
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
THE TRADITION OF MISSOURI MUSIC IS STILL ALIVE BECAUSE NEW MUSIC - BORROWING FROM THAT TRADITION AND BRINGING NEW IDEAS - IS STILL BEING CREATED.
THIS NEXT PIECE - CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSICAL - WAS COMPOSED SPECIALLY FOR THIS OCCASION.
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE SINQUEFIELD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SHELDON-COMMISSIONED COMPOSER STEFAN FREUND OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA TO CREATE "WATERWAYS," PERFORMED FOR US NOW BY ZOUM, AN ENSEMBLE OF MIZZOU FACULTY MEMBERS.
ENJOY.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ AND HOW CAN YOU CELEBRATE MUSIC IN MISSOURI WITHOUT THE SYNCOPATIONS OF RAGTIME AND THE WORKS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS LIKE SEDALIA'S SCOTT JOPLIN?
HERE'S ROYCE MARTIN, A ST. LOUIS NATIVE CURRENTLY STUDYING AT THE BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN BOSTON, PLAYING JOPLIN'S "MAPLE LEAF RAG."
[PIANO MUSIC] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AMONG OUR STATE'S GREATEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC HAS BEEN THE BLUES WITH GREATS LIKE BIG JOE TURNER, ALBERT KING AND HENRY TOWNSEND, WHICH LED TO RHYTHM AND BLUES AND TALENTS LIKE IKE AND TINA TURNER AND FONTELLA BASS.
AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S THE ROCK AND ROLL OF JOHNNIE JOHNSON AND CHUCK BERRY.
UP NEXT, ANITA JACKSON AND HER BAND ARE GOING TO BRING US SOME BLUES AND ROCK, STARTING OUT WITH THE CLASSIC W.C.
HANDY TUNE "ST. LOUIS BLUES."
[PIANO MUSIC] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I HATE TO SEE THAT EVENIN' SUN GO DOWN ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I HATE TO SEE THAT EVENIN' SUN GO DOWN ♪ ♪♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THIS MAN OF MINE, HE GONE AND LEFT THIS TOWN ♪ ♪ OH!
♪ ♪ FEELIN' TOMORROW THE WAY I FEEL TODAY ♪ ♪ OH, OH, OH!
♪ ♪ FEELIN' TOMORROW THE WAY I FEEL TODAY ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA PACK MY BAGS AND MAKE MY GETAWAY ♪ ♪ OH, SAINT LOUIS WOMAN WITH HER DIAMOND RINGS ♪ ♪ WHOO!
♪ ♪ PULLED MY MAN AROUND BY HER APRON STRINGS ♪ ♪ WELL, IF IT WASN'T FOR POWDER AND HER STORE-BOUGHT HAIR ♪ ♪ WELL, IF IT WASN'T FOR POWDER AND HER STORE-BOUGHT HAIR ♪ ♪ THAT MAN OF MINE, HE WOULDN'T GO NOWHERE ♪ ♪ NOWHERE ♪ ♪ I GOT THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES ♪ ♪ JUST AS BLUE AS I CAN BE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE MY MAN'S GOT A HEART LIKE A ROCK TOSSED IN THE SEA ♪ ♪ OR ELSE HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE ♪ ♪ HE'S GONE AWAY FROM ME ♪ ♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, OH!
♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS IS MR. LELAND CRENSHAW.
WHOO!
♪♪ ♪♪ THAT'S MR. LELAND CRENSHAW ON GUITAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ YEAH!
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ HEY!
HEY!
HEY!
HEY!
♪ ♪ SAINT LOUIS WOMAN WITH HER DIAMOND RINGS ♪ ♪ SHE PULLED MY MAN AROUND BY HER APRON STRINGS ♪ ♪ AND IF IT WASN'T FOR POWDER AND HER STORE-BOUGHT HAIR ♪ ♪ OH, THAT MAN OF MINE, HE WOULDN'T GO NOWHERE ♪ ♪ NOWHERE ♪ ♪ I GOT THE SAINT LOUIS BLUES ♪ ♪ JUST AS BLUE AS I CAN BE ♪ ♪ BECAUSE MY MAN'S GOT A HEART LIKE A ROCK TOSSED IN THE SEA ♪ ♪ OR ELSE HE NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE ♪ ♪ HE'S GONE AWAY FROM ME ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH!
♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [LAUGHS] OH, MY GOD, I DON'T EVEN THINK WE NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CHUCK BERRY, DO WE?
PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR MR. LELAND CRENSHAW.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪ DEEP DOWN IN LOUISIANA DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS ♪ ♪ WAY BACK UP IN THE WOODS BACK IN THE EVERGREENS ♪ ♪ THERE STOOD A LOG CABIN MADE OF EARTH AND WOOD ♪ ♪ WHERE LIVED A COUNTRY BOY NAMED JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ ♪ WHO NEVER EVER LEARNED TO READ OR WRITE SO WELL ♪ ♪ BUT HE COULD PLAY A GUITAR LIKE A-RINGIN' A BELL ♪ ♪ GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ ♪ HE USED TO CARRY HIS GUITAR IN A GUNNY SACK ♪ ♪ GO SIT BENEATH THE TREE IN THE RAILROAD TRACK ♪ ♪ THE ENGINEER WOULD SEE HIM SITTING IN THE SHADE ♪ ♪ STRUMMING WITH THE RHYTHM THAT THE DRIVERS MADE ♪ ♪ THE PEOPLE PASSED BY, THEY WOULD STOP AND SAY, ♪ ♪ "OH MY, THAT COUNTRY BOY COULD PLAY" ♪ ♪ GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ TAKE IT AWAY, LELAND!
♪♪ ♪♪ WHOO!
♪♪ ♪♪ ONE MORE, THAT'S IT.
♪♪ ♪ HIS MOTHER SAID, "SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE A MAN ♪ ♪ "AND YOU WILL BE THE LEADER OF A BIG OLD BAND ♪ ♪ "MANY PEOPLE COMING FROM MILES AROUND ♪ ♪ "TO HEAR YOU PLAY YOUR MUSIC WHEN THE SUN GO DOWN ♪ ♪ "MAYBE SOMEDAY YOUR NAME WILL BE IN LIGHTS" ♪ ♪ "JOHNNY B. GOODE TONIGHT" ♪ ♪ GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ ♪ COME ON, Y'ALL.
♪ ♪ GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ WHOO!
♪ ♪ JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ GO, LELAND!
♪♪ ♪ GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ GO, JOHNNY, GO GO ♪ ♪ JOHNNY B. GOODE ♪ THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WHICH BRINGS US TO JAZZ.
SOME OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NAMES IN JAZZ MADE THEIR MARK IN MISSOURI - CLARK TERRY AND MILES DAVIS IN ST. LOUIS, COUNT BASIE AND CHARLIE PARKER IN KANSAS CITY.
SO, IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE END THIS PROGRAM WITH A GROUP OF WORLD-RENOWNED MUSICIANS FROM ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY PLAYING SOME CHARLIE PARKER AND MILES DAVIS FOR US.
HERE THEY ARE - THE PETER MARTIN TRIO - WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BOBBY WATSON AND KEYON HARROLD.
[JAZZ MUSIC] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [JAZZ MUSIC] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ SHOW ME YOUR MUSIC, SING ME YOUR SONG ♪ ♪ TELL ME YOUR STORY AND I'LL SING ALONG ♪ ♪ SHOW ME YOUR MUSIC, SING ME YOUR SONG ♪ ♪ LET'S SING TOGETHER, MISSOURI STRONG ♪ ♪♪ ♪ WE COME FROM THE CITY, COME FROM THE FARM ♪ ♪ WE COME TOGETHER, STAND ARM IN ARM ♪ ♪ WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS FROM ALL AROUND ♪ ♪ COME HEAR OUR MUSIC, A GLORIOUS SOUND ♪ ♪ SHOW ME YOUR MUSIC, SING ME YOUR SONG ♪ ♪ TELL ME YOUR STORY AND I'LL SING ALONG ♪ ♪ SHOW ME YOUR MUSIC, SING ME YOUR SONG ♪ ♪ LET'S SING TOGETHER, MISSOURI STRONG ♪ ♪♪