Known as the “one-man-band” in the Columbus Day Parade, the late Joe Falzone of East Boston captured the Commonwealth’s history in a short but meaningful ode.
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ODE TO MASSACHUSETTS
by Joe Falzone
of East Boston
Freedom, Freedom, FREEDOM
From the Freedom Trail in Boston
To the Dome on Beacon Hill
To Framingham and Worcester
And Springfield if you will
From Concord on to Lexington
No matter where you roam
There’s a not so common Commonwealth
It’s the place that I call home
You are the heart of New England
Old Ironsides and Bunker Hill
Where JFK once paved the way
To the day the world stood still
Your One By land and Two By Sea
Helped set our country free
You can’t get better to MASSACHUSETTS
You’ll always be sweet home to me.
© 1998 Joe Falzone
SheetMusicOdetoMassachusettsposted originally 11/28/00
revised 01/07/2017
revised 03/12/2021
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