Story Behind The Song

Inspired by the site of children playing in a school courtyard in France, while Madelyn was traveling for the first time in Europe.

Song Description

This song is a joyful celebration of diversity, with a lovely melody that takes us on a merry trip around the world, From the Gulf of Mexico to the rivers of the Ohio... reinforcing the multicultural message that ?Wherever you go in this great big world.

Lyrics

Chorus 1
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children playing just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children learning just like you

Verse 1
There are places in the west
That I never will forget
Where the purple mountains reach the sky
From sea to shining sea
In the deserts in the east
Lived the ancient majesties.
Their pyramids cast shadows in the sand
And camels roam the land

Chorus 2
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children singing, just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children dancing, just like you

Verse 2
There are places in the North
In the land of the Eskimo
Where children play in their frozen homes
In the land of the ice and snow
Down under in the south,
Where the natives walkabout
Children hop to the Kangaroo beat and
The Kookaburra sings his song

Chorus 3
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children dreaming just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children loving just like you

Verse 3
From the Gulf of Mexico
To the rivers of the Ohio
Where the sky meets the land at the
Rainbows end around the world and back again
I?ve traveled far and wide
With my good friends by my side
Wherever we went we found the
Warmth of love was everywhere

Chorus 4
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children singing just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children dancing just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children dreaming just like you
Wherever you go in this great big world
There are children loving and dreaming
And dancing and singing and learning and
Playing, just like you!