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Spring Concert 2023 (digital program)

Simple Gifts 

Joseph Brackett (1797-1882); 

Shaker dancing song


'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight


When true simplicity is gain'd, 

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight, 

Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.


That Piece of Music

(Fifth Graders on percussive instruments)


Sixteen Tons

19th Century Folk Song


Refrain:

You load sixteen tons and what do you get?

Another day older and deeper in debt.

Saint Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go,

I owe my soul to the company store!


*Verse 1:

Some folks say a man ’s made out of mud, 

But a poor man is made out of muscle and blood.

Muscle and blood… skin and bone…

A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong…


*Verse 2:

I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine, 

I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine,

I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal,

And the foreman said, “Well-a-bless-a-my-soul…”


*Verse 3: 

If you see me comin', better step aside.  A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died.  

One fist of iron, the other of steel—

If the right one don't get you, then the left one will…


*Verses to be sung by soloists

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Percussion and Boomwhackers


El cóndor pasa (If I Could)

Song by Simon & Garfunkel


I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail

Yes, I would

If I could

I surely would


Chorus:

Away, I'd rather sail away

Like a swan that's here and gone

A man gets tied up to the ground

He gives the world its saddest sound

Its saddest sound


I'd rather be a hammer than a nail

Yes, I would

If I only could

I surely would


Chorus


I'd rather be a forest than a street

Yes, I would

If I could

I surely would


Chorus


I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet

Yes, I would

If I only could

I surely would

PREVIOUS CONCERT REPERTOIRE

Winter Concert 2022

Prelude Music: Recorder Duets (PDF)


Spring Concert 2022

Take Time in Life: Instrumentalists on Monday, April 4 until 3:40p (unless you have tutoring)

(soloists Josiah, Trinity, AJ)

Splash of Blue: Instrumentalists (other than Boomwhackers) on Tuesday, April 5 until 3:40p (unless you have tutoring)

The School Rock: Instrumentalists on Thursday, April 7 until 3:40p (unless you have tutoring)

Glory: Instrumentalists

Take Time in Life

West African Folksong


Intro/Refrain (2x)

(Better) 

Take time in life (brother), 

Take time in life (sister), 

Take time in life (‘cause you got), 

Far way to go


And he said to me, "You better take time in life." 

REFRAIN

And she said to me, "You better take time in life."

REFRAIN

And they said to me, "You better take time in life."

REFRAIN

Splash of Blue

Tim Wiegand

The School Rock

Tim Wiegand

Glory

Common and John Legend from the movie Selma; arr. for choir by Franklin Willis

One day when the glory comes

It will be ours, it will be ours

Oh one day when the war is won

We will be sure, we will be sure

Oh glory (glory x8)


Open your eyes and reach for the stars.

Never stop learning and you will go far.

"G" is for GLORY, there is more to our story.

"L" is for LOVE. We shine and rise above.

"O" is for the OPPORTUNITY to do more.

"R" is for REACH . Spread your wings and  soar.

"Y" is for YOU. It takes me and you together, we can make King's dream true.

One person, can make a change.

Stand up, stand tall. Don't remain the same.

Lift as you climb. UNITY!

Don't forget the past. HISTORY!

We can all win. VICTORY!

Fight for our freedom, our GLORY!

G-L-O-R-Y!

Never give up. We ALL must try!

Winter Concert 2021

African Noel

Liberian Folksong

Sing Noel, Sing Noel, Noel Noel

(Harmonize) Sing Noel, Sing Noel, Noel Noel

Sing we all Noel! Sing we all Noel!

(Harmonize) Sing we all Noel! Sing we all Noel!

Sing Noel, Sing Noel, Noel Noel

(Harmonize) Sing Noel, Sing Noel, Noel Noel

Winter Fantasy

Jingle Bells Partner Song

Snowflakes falling all over town,

Slipping, sliding everybody rushing ‘round.

There’s an icy chill in the air,

Telling us that winter’s really here.


Oh! I’m so glad that winter is here.

Grab your sled and let out a happy cheer,

Because it’s snowing blowing all through the day.

Winter winds will surely blow all your cares away.


Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh.

O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.

Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright.

What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight.


Oh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sle-igh.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.

We're Walking in the Air

From The Snowman

Solo: 

We're walking in the air

We're floating in the moonlit sky

The people far below are sleeping as we fly


Choir:

I'm holding very tight

I'm riding in the midnight blue

I'm finding I can fly so high above with you


Far across the world

The villages go by like dreams

The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams


Children gaze open mouthed

Taken by surprise

Nobody down below believes their eyes


We're surfing in the air

We're swimming in the frozen sky

We're drifting over icy mountains floating by


Children gaze open mouthed

Taken by surprise

Nobody down below believes their eyes


We're walking in the air

We're dancing in the midnight sky

And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly


We're walking in the air 

(We're walking in the air)

We're walking in the air

(We're walking in the air)

We're walking in the air

Christmas Canon

From Pachelbel's Canon in D

Intro (16 measures)


Melody 1: 2 times

This night, We pray, Our lives, Will show

This dream, He had, Each child, Still knows


Interlude (8 measures)


Melody 1 and 2: 2 times

We are waiting

We have not forgotten


Interlude (about 16 measures)


Melody 1, 2, and 3: 2 times

On this night, On this night

On this very Christmas night