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What is a Podcast? A Podcast is audio content over the Internet. Our 5th graders recently visited the Freedom Trail in Boston as part of an American History Unit. Please enjoy our Podcast "The Boston Freedom Trail" Inspired by the poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. To listen, click on a stanza link. Our Podcast can be listened to with Windows Media Player or Apple Quick Time.
Stanza 1 Listen my children to the train track rail And you shall hear of the Freedom Trail. In the pouring rain, we walked the road So fast and slow, no one knows How fun our day would really be. Stanza 1
Stanza 2 The bus ride there was many long hours Outside the windows were huge glass towers. On the coach bus we went on the Pike Walking through Boston was like a hike! Stanza 2
Stanza 3 We got off the bus We checked to be sure we had all of us. We went to the hill Where hundreds were killed. The Bunker Hill Monument was so high It nearly touched the sky. It had 294 steps. If there were anymore I could fall on the floor. Breed's Hill was really the hill where the battle was fought So do not believe everything you've been taught! Stanza 3
Stanza 4 We got to Bunker Hill around 10 Our groups started writing notes down with pen. Bunker Hill Monument is 221 feet tall And it would have been a great fall. There are 294 steps from bottom to top We didn't walk them because our teacher said stop! Stanza 4
Stanza 5 We departed Bunker Hill To be in Boston twas a thrill. When we left the line We were happy and divine. When we came to the Charles River So cold that we could quiver. We saw a big old ship. W e learned it fought the British Frigate Guerrierre Fired through the air Like destructive mines. That's how the ship got its name Old Ironsides. Stanza 5
Stanza 6 We went through security to get on our way So we can have a terrific day. Old Ironsides is in our sight Our guide Bella led us to the Constitution. Down the narrow stairs to the first floor Then we saw that and we wanted to see more. We couldn't go to the fourth floor So we decided to get on our way To the next place on this day. Stanza 6
Stanza 7 We went aboard the Constitution, a magnificent ship The sails were so strong, they couldn't rip. Every cannon was in a row Each one had its own window. The third deck was where the sailors slept. In the scuttlebutt was where the water was kept. Bread was in great stock The only problem It was hard as a rock! Hardtack was its name Among the sailors it had no fame. The fourth deck was where the supplies were in store On the Constitution it was the final floor. Stanza 7
Stanza 8 In the Old Charelstown Harbor Is the war ship Old Ironsides in the ocean it dips. 500 sailors and only one cook. A lot of sailors on deck, a few sleeping in nooks. Sailors on the gun deck, boys getting powder Shooting cannons all around! Cannons getting louder. Captain shouting orders. Men listening to them all. Water splashing on the deck. Men trying not to fall. Three layers of wood Surrounding the boat Keeping it together Keeping it afloat. Stanza 8
Stanza 9 After the tour We peered out the tent doors When we saw all the cannons They were abandoned And Bella told us the story of the ship. Old Ironsides won But we did not tip. Stanza 9
Stanza 10 After the Constitution we got back on the bus We rode a short way and made no fuss. And then we went to the park We ate our food And it put us in a very good mood. People were in different places Eating, drinking and talking. We threw our garbage away And then we started walking. In our groups we entered Copp's Hill Burial Ground. We started to take notes and write things down We looked at the tomb stones And this is what we learned December 27, 1661 was the oldest stone. The oldest graves went back to the 1600's. You would find skulls and wings on the graves. Stanza 10
Stanza 11 In the 1600's the graves were inscribed They told the names of all who had died Newmans and Copps and Mathers too. Our teacher had given us a lot to do. Stanza 11
Stanza 12 Bodies resting all around Tombstones sitting on the ground Parents dead Children dead Very peaceful all ahead Resting in eternal beds. A 3-year-old girl Lost from the world Dead in the ground Sleeps without a sound. Her destination is heaven If she could have only lived past seven. Stanza 12
Stanza 13 We left Copp's Hill Burial Ground And to the Old North Church we were bound. When we entered the church we looked upon The steeple where Robert Newman held up the lanterns at the crack of dawn. We sat in the box pews and listened to a speech Where long ago many listened to ministers preach. They heated the church from boxes on the windowsill And soon the church had no more chill. We turned around and stood to gawk For there was one of the oldest clocks. Also there were angels, numbered four That were stolen and given to the church And way up high is where they perch. We learned that the steeple was 191 feet tall We met the bus at Faneuil Hall. Stanza 13
Stanza 14 We started walking to the Old North Church We found a seat in a friendly perch. It was a box for a family in colonial days Who could decorate it in their own special ways. Stanza 14
Stanza 15 At the Old North Church Four angels sat on a perch. The church is 300 years old (No way!) and even now it has no mold. The steeple is 191 feet tall. Back then you had to buy your pews Or you'd be out in the hall. Even today they still have a mass And the same donation box that you can pass. Stanza 15
Stanza 16 Since 1723 The Old North Church you can still go and see. One if by land, two if by sea. That is where Robert Newman was to be On the 18th of April in '75 He held up two lanterns nice and high And Paul Revere knew it was time to fly. Stanza 16
Stanza 17 The Freedom Trail is made out of bricks of red "See as much as you can" our teacher said. The trail led us to the Old North Church And on the steeple a bird was perched. There we learned about Colonial life And the British and Colonist strife. Stanza 17
Stanza 18 We found a courtyard And then we stopped to rest. We saw the memorial of the dog tags that was very nice. They represented every soldier's sacrifice. They had died in Iraq And had sadly not come back. Stanza 18
Stanza 19 Then we sat by the fountain That was as cool as a mountain And there was a statue Like it would run past you Of Paul Revere upon his horse And everyone wanted a picture of course. Stanza 19
Stanza 20 The Freedom Trail was made of brick No one dared to get sick. The road is very long So we started to sing songs. The road continues to every stop And everything out there pops. Stanza 20
Stanza 21 It was the 6th of May, 2010 Down the streets of Boston Roamed the fifth graders of Morris School A place that's very cool. The sun did shine And it also did rain No doubt it twas a knowledge gain. Stanza 21