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Words & Music

Teach Language Arts Through Lyric Writing

Student Resources, Grades 7-12

Lessons

  • "This"

    Written by: Kara Dioguardi, Frank Rogers, and Darius Rucker
    Performed by: Darius Rucker

  • "The House That Built Me"

    Written by: Tom Douglas/Allen Shamblin Performed by: Miranda Lambert [Time: 5:01]

  • "Man in Black"

    Written by: Tom Douglas/Allen Shamblin Performed by: Miranda Lambert [Time: 5:01]

  • "Jolene"

    Written by: Dolly Parton Performed by: Dolly Parton with Keith Urban and Vince Gill [Time: 3:03]

  • "You Ain't Woman Enough"

    Written by: Loretta Lynn Performed by: Loretta Lynn [Time: 2:21]

  • "Bridges"

    Written by: Victoria Banks, Emily Doty, Mickey Guyton, and Karen Kosowski
    Performed by: Mickey Guyten

  • "Me and Bobby McGee”

    Written by: Kris Kristofferson/Fred Foster Performed by: Kris Kristofferson [Time: 4:30]

  • "Me and Bobby McGee”

    Written by: Kris Kristofferson/Fred Foster Performed by: Janis Joplin [Time: 4:26]

  • "I Hope You Dance”

    Written by: Mark D. Sanders/Tia Sillers
    Performed by: Lee Ann Womack
    [Time: 5:33]

  • "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

    Written by: Hank Williams Performed by: Randy Travis [Time: 3:41]

  • "Wide Open Spaces”

    Written by: Susan Gibson
    Performed by: The Chicks
    [Time: 4:40]

  • "Bless the Broken Road”

    Written by: Marcus Hummon/Bobby Boyd/Jeff Hanna
    Performed by: Rascal Flatts
    [Time: 4:16]