This is a song I think would be good for six graders. I've been meaning to post it for a while any way. Idon't know the name for sure but I call it "Savior To the Poor" If I remember right I got it from a Pete Seeger recording.

Through the busy gray hound station
See the couple make their way
She in pain with body swollen
Do to bear a child this day

As they step out on the sidewalk
At the city gaze in fear
Only simple country people
Seeking work and shelter hear

Searching through the crowded city
There's no time no place to go
With a sigh a desk clerk sends them
Were they park the cars below

So amid the grease and tires
In the back seat of a car
A child is born this morning
Underneath a neon star

Though he cries to great his borning
No one hears on floors above
Rich and famous at their feasting
Speaking much of piece and love

If a prince were born this morning
If a king some day he'd be
His would be a kingdom lowly
Some would scorn or never see

But a few who have the wisdom
To perceive the gift of life
People of the streets and alleys
Gather round the child this night

Then if this child should grow and prosper
To a place in history
Surely these would be his people
Savior to the pore he'd be

Then through the years would pass the story
Time and time again retold
Till it spoke of sings and wonders
Frankincense and mer and gold

Yet within each myth of glory
Simple words of wisdom call
Thus endures the truth of ages
God is father to us all

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