* * * * I'd like to build
The world a home
And fur nish
It with love
Grow ap ple trees
And hon ey bees
And snow white
Tur tle doves
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
I'd like to hold it
In my arms
And keep it
Com pa ny
I'd like to see
The world for once
All stand ing
Hand in hand
And hear
Them ech o
Through the hills
For peace
Through out
The land
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
* * * * I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
I'd like to build
The world a home
And fur nish
It with love
Grow ap ple trees
And hon ey bees
And snow white
Tur tle doves
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
I'd like to hold it
In my arms
And keep
It com pa ny
I'd like to see
The world for once
All stand ing
Hand in hand
And hear
Them ech o
Through the hills
For peace
Through out
The land
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny
I'd like to teach
The world to sing
In per fect
Har mo ny