Target: Stars and Stripes Forever -- non-Sousa lyrics

[Lesley Hendrickson <LCHinMPLS@AOL.COM>]

I've done a web search but came up empty-handed.  Years ago on a PBS
special I heard some lyrics to the Sousa march "Stars and Stripes
Forever" -- I believe (but am not 100% sure) these were by a very young
Stephen Sondheim.  It was a commission that was never performed.  The
gist of the song was that a strange little man walks the town square
carrying a sign, a sign the singer does not, in fact, agree with.
However, "the man with the sign's a friend of mine, for I know while he
walks, I'm free."  I would love to get those lyrics for a school concert.
Please note this is NOT a political commentary -- just a plain vanilla
reference request, folks!  TIA --

Lesley Hendrickson, LMS
Powderhorn Community School
LCHinMPLS@aol.com

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