Lyrics are from a speech by President Theodore Roosevelt given August 31, 1902 at the Windsor Fair Grounds.
"They hewed this State out of the wilderness; they held it against a foreign foe; they laid deep and stable the foundations of our State life, because they sought not the life of ease, but the life of effort for a worthy end."
from
In Silver Light - Music of Vermont,
released May 25, 2007
©ⓟBig Heavy World (ASCAP). Edited, mixed and mastered by Spencer Lewis. Music written and performed by Spencer Lewis. Produced for Big Heavy World by James Lockridge.
Very special thanks is given to David Schutz, Vermont State Curator, for his assistance in production of this track and this project. Thanks also to the congressional staff members who assisted in the recording of Senator Jeffords, Senator Leahy, and Senator Sanders, including Ted Brady, Erica J. Chabot, Scott Eagle, Phil Fiermonte, Patricia A. Menduni, and Phil Peisch. Spencer Lewis, 1604 Gilead Road, Randolph, VT 05060. (802)234-5304, quartz2@sover.net,
www.spencerlewismusic.com. Senator James M. Jeffords,
jeffords.senate.gov. Senator bernard Sanders,
bernie.senate.gov. Senator Patrick Leahy,
leahy.senate.gov, Friends of the Vermont State House,
www.leg.state.vt.us.