Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Originally released as a single in 1971.
VINYL SOURCE
Lyrics:
I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company

I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace throughout the land

That's a song I hear
Sing it along
Let the world sing today
Over and over

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
La, la, la, la
To, do, do, do, do, do
La, la, la

I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves
(That's the song I hear)

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
And I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company
(That's the song I hear)

I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
For peace throughout the land
(That's the song I hear)

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony (Sing it all over)
I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
La, la, la, la
To, do, do, do, do, do
La, la, la
I'd like to teach the world to sing