Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Most everybody doing too much fighting   And there's not enough singing goin' on   Hey, how many people have you ever seen fight   While they were singing a song?      Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Most everybody mistreating one another   Just for their personal gain   Hey, but that wouldn't happen if the sisters and the brothers   Were to hold back their heads and sing      Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Well, almost everybody's doing too much talking   Talking and just gettin' mad   So if all that talking gonna make you unhappy   Why don't you just sing and be glad      Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Come on and sing girls, sing boys   Sing a happy song   Come on and sing girls, sing boys   This old world may not last long      Come on and sing girls, sing boys