When the Scores Go Risin' Up @ Your Library

Explored the American Library Association's website and discovered a tune that would be appropriate for the California School Library Association's "Best Sellers" Campaign for Strong School Libraries. Research consistently shows that strong school libraries increase student academic performance, yet library programs are often whittled away year after year when school finances are in distress.

Check out the Lyrics to "When the Scores Go Risin' Up @ your library®. Written to the tune of "When the Saints Go Marching In," this was the song that the @ your library special committee sang during the kick off of the @ your library® Campaign for School Library Media Programs at the Taste of Kansas City event at the October 2003 AASL Conference. This would be fun for a school glee club or chorus to sing and capture on video!

Lyrics by Judi Moreillon, Library Media Specialist, Sabino High School, Tucson, AR.
[Well done, Judi!]

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Kids'll be learnin' @ your library®

When the scores go risin' up.

Oh, when the kids are readin' books

Oh, when the kids are readin' books

The librarians'll be there smilin'

When the kids are readin' books.

Oh, when the teachers are makin' plans

Oh, when the teachers are makin' plans

The librarians'll be willin' partners

When the teachers are makin' plans.

Oh, when the lessons are bein' taught

Oh, when the lessons are bein' taught

Librarians and teachers workin' together

When the lessons are bein' taught.

Oh, when the principals are makin' change

Oh, when the principals are makin' change

The librarians'll be leaders with 'em

When the principals are makin' change.

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Oh, when the scores go risin' up

Kids'll be learnin' @your library®

When the scores go risin' up.