The Man With The Sign lyric by Sheldon Harnick To the tune of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa In a town today, not far away, A shabby little man is marching proudly Round about and quite without The music of a marching band. No drum provides the rhythm for his left--- (not a piccolo) ---Right--- (not a clarinet) Not a single Sousaphone in sight Yet he marches on.   But as he goes around he shows A shabby little home-made sign that tells me Here's a man who favors An unpalatable point of view. It seems to me he's absolutely WRONG! (his opinion is) WRONG! (my opinion is) He and I could never get along In a million years.   BUT the man with the sign's a friend of mine All alone in his proud endeavor And as long as I fight for this man's right That's the glory of the stars and stripes forever.   Yes, the man with the sign's a friend of mine All alone in his proud endeavor. For the sign says to me, "This man is free!" That's the story of the stars and stripes forever.   My flag is a full-throated choir And it sings with the voice of a nation. When each in a voice can be heard Then the music is strong and clear. My flag is a full-throated choir And each voice adds a vital variation. And this is the sound I revere: The stirring music of the stars and stripes forever.   <drum and tuba or Sousaphone passage>   Time and time again, the voices clash! (I hear the independent voices) Time and time again, the cymbals crash! (and time again, my heart rejoices) When I hear the contrapuntal singing Then I hear the sound of freedom ringing When I hear the music swell Then I can tell That all is well Because I know:   My flag is a full-throated choir And it sings with the voice of a nation. When each separate song can be heard Then the music is strong and clear. My flag is a full-throated choir And each voice adds a vital variation. And this is the sound I revere: The stirring music of the stars and stripes forever. © Sheldon Harnick [This transcription is incomplete and is posted here without permission.]

<--- How I came by this after some thirty years of looking in vain.