The purpose of this quasi-experimental quantitative study was to analyze the effect of a literacy program on general music students in the fourth grade within an urban public school district in Northeastern Illinois. Two fourth grade classes, instructed by two different licensed music teachers, received the treatment program of one Lyrics2Learn lesson in each music class and two additional courses, instructed by the same two music teachers, served as the control. Music classes occurred at a frequency of once every nine instructional days. Lyrics2Learn provides cross-curricular written English language lyrics in paragraphical texts displayed during songs of various styles. Following each presentation of the lesson, students completed the internal assessment tool to gauge fluency and comprehension progress across each instructional class. Through the use of the Lyrics2Learn program, student data on the Star360 assessment was evaluated to determine potential growth among all fourth grade students as well as potential growth of English Learners notated as Parent Refusal. Research questions were analyzed using a t-test analysis at the [alpha]=0.05 level of confidence. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]