Compose Yourself Song Sheet – Part I

 

HELLO EVERYBODY

 

Hello everybody

and welcome to our show.

We’re mighty glad you came

to hear our oratorio.

Welcome everybody,

we’re going to have a ball.

As long as you love music,

you are gonna love it all.

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music,

then give a great big shout!

 

Hello everybody,

We’re glad you’re here because

We always sing much better

When we hear your loud applause.

We’re here to entertain you,

We’ll sing a song or two,

And you’ll just have to sit until

This show of ours is through.

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music,

then give a great big shout!

 

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music,

Then give a great big shout!

Give a great big shout!

 

First we’ll give you Mozart,

He’ll have a big effect.

You’ll recognize his melodies,

They’re just what you’d expect.

 

Mozart:

Yes my name is really Amadeus,

Clap along to each song and repay us.

Your reaction will never dismay us.

Never mind, just rewind and play us.

 

Next we offer Bach,

He’s as solid as a rock.

He’ll have to use piano

‘cause his harpsichord’s in hock!

 

Bach:

I’m glad to be in this new show,

Maybe they’ll let me sing solo.

I wrote a fugue or two for this new revue,

Any fugue will do.

 

Beethoven:

Out of my way! Out of my way!

Out of my way! Out of my way!

 

Hello everybody

and welcome to our show.

We’re mighty glad you came

To hear our oratorio.

Welcome everybody,

We’re going to have a ball,

As long as you music,

You are gonna love it all.

 

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music,

 

A MOSTLY MOZART MORNING

 

It’s a mostly Mozart morning,

On a mostly Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

Start with a mostly Mozart morning

REPEAT

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

 

It’s a mostly Mozart morning,

On a mostly Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

Start with a mostly Mozart morning.

 

Oh this is a piece composed by our

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to you,

If you’re classically trained.

And it’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

And if you’re inclined,

a little night music will do just the same.

 

It’s a mostly Mozart morning,

On a mostly Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

start with a mostly Mozart morning.

 

 

A MOSTLY MOZART MORNING (PART II)

 

It’s a mostly Mozart morning,

on a mostly Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

Start with a mostly Mozart morning

REPEAT

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

 

It’s a mostly Mozart morning,

On a mostly Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

Start with a mostly Mozart morning.

 

Oh this is a piece composed by our

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to you,

If you’re classically trained.

And it’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

And if you’re inclined,

a little night music will do just the same.

 

Mozart morning.

Mozart day,

So good for your heart, everyday you

Start with a mostly Mozart morning.

 

 

A FAIRLY FRIENDLY FUGUE (PART I)

 

We’d like to sing a fugue for you,

But not just any fugue will do.

Bach made the fugue an art,

Now we’ll do our part in a friendly fashion.

We’ll try to sing our best for you,

Not singing just one part, but two.

We will not take a rest,

If we do our best, show us some compassion.

 

We would like to do a friendly fugue for you.

If we do, we all think you’ll find it grand.

In the end we think Bach wrote

Too many, many notes,

But we’ll do the best we can,

Oh yes, we’ll do the best we can

And hope you understand,

We know you’ll understand.

 

REPEAT

 

Now you can see our fugue is through.

And we hope you enjoyed it, too.

Bach made this fugue an art,

And we did our part, for this little revue.

We tried to sing our best for you.

Not singing just one part, but two.

We’ll sing it ‘round the clock,

 

A FAIRLY FRIENDLY FUGUE (PART II)

 

We’d like to sing a fugue for you,

But not just any fugue will do.

Bach made the fugue an art,

Now we’ll do our part in a friendly fashion.

We’ll try to sing our best for you,

Not singing just one part, but two.

We will not take a rest,

If we do our best, show us some compassion.

 

We would like to do a friendly fugue for you.

If we do, we all think you’ll find it grand.

In the end we think Bach wrote

Too many, many notes,

But we’ll do the best we can.

 

REPEAT

 

Now you can see our fugue is through.

And we hope you enjoyed it, too.

Bach made this fugue an art,

And we did our part, for this little revue.

We tried to sing our best for you.

Not singing just one part, but two.

We’ll sing it ‘round the clock,

 

COME WALTZ WITH ME

 

Come waltz with me under the stars,

Circling around like Saturn or Mars.

Come waltz with me and you will see

What you can do when you count to three.

 

1-2-3, 1-2-3, turning round and round.

1-2-3, 1-2-3, almost off the ground.

Dancing, dancing, try and you will see

Just what can happen when you waltz with me.

 

Come waltz with me, we’ll take it slow.

You won’t believe the places we’ll go.

Come waltz with me, just take a chance.

Great things will be when you start to dance.

 

1-2-3, 1-2-3, turning round and round.

1-2-3, 1-2-3, almost off the ground.

Dancing, dancing, try and you will see

Just what can happen when you waltz with me

 

May I have a chance to join in the dance?

Can you feel my pulse when I do a waltz?

Can I take a spin again and again?

Can this be the ball when we all

Fill our hearts and start to waltz once again?

 

1-2-3, 1-2-3, turning round and round.

1-2-3, 1-2-3, almost off the ground.

Dancing, dancing, try and you will see

Just what can happen when you waltz with me,

 

CAN YOU HEAR?

 

Beethoven:

Can you hear?

Can you hear the sound of my music?

Can you hear?

Can you hear all that I cannot hope to hear?

The joy, the tears that disappear

When music’s not alive to you.

Can you hear?

Can you hear all I dream and all

I would hear if my dreams come true..

 

 

 

Joyful, joyful we adore thee,

God of glory, Lord of love.

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee,

Praising Thee, their sun above.

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness,

Drive the gloom of doubt away.

Giver of immortal gladness,

Fill us with the light of day.

 

 

COMPOSER RAP

 

Mike:

My name is Mike, I’m the leader of the pack.

What you give to me, I’m gonna give right back.

Now I get into music, but I like it real loud,

So you can always hear me, even if you’re in a crowd.

 

Sue:

Hi, I’m Sue and they say I’m really bad,

But being here with you is making me pretty glad.

I was feeling worried, I was feeling sad,

But today’s the best music day that I have ever had.

 

Schubert:

My name is Schubert, but you can call me Franz.

I like to play piano with both my hanz.

I wrote a lot of symphonies and wrote a lot of songs.

With a melody by Schubert you cannot go wrong

.

Mussorgsky:

With a name like Mussorgsky, you have to be good

If you want to make music in the neighborhood.

My first name is Modest, but before you scoff,

Go and see my famous op’ra, Boris Gudonov.

 

 

Mahler:

Yes, I’m Mahler from Bohemia,

I conducted op’ra in Vienna.

All my orchestras were really large,

hardly fit them on a stage, barely fit them on a barge.

 

Stravinsky:

With my music, I could cause a riot.

New ideas were my steady diet.

I wrote tunes using just twelve tones.

Don’t listen to my tunes without a chaperone.

 

 

 

Verdi:

Yo, my name is Giuseppe Verdi,

Leading op’ra writer of the nineteenth century.

I can’t stay long, cause I really gotta go and

Catch a new rendition of my Rigeletto.

 

Glass:

Glass! (x5) Phillip Glass

 

Bach:

Eins, zwei, three und four, sauer brauten,

Wiener schnitzel and more.

Achtung! Mein, Herr, I’m the German on the block.

Ach, due lieber, my name ist Bach.

Wagner:

Listen everybody cause I wrote a little song.

As a matter of fact, it’s really pretty long.

To sing in my op’ra you better be strong,

Get in “The Ring Cycle” and you can’t go wrong.

 

Composers:

So that’s rap?

Kids:

That’s rap!

Composers:

So that’s rap?

Kids:

That’s rap!

All:

 

LULLABY

 

Lullaby and goodnight,

Lovely flowers surround you,

And the dreams in your head,

Comfort you ‘til morning’s light.

Lullaby and goodnight,

Precious ladies and men.

And by dawn’s tender light,

You will wake once again.

 

Lullaby and goodnight,

You’ll be guarded by angels.

With a soft and golden light

Of a halo o’re your head.

Go to sleep, little ones,

Now you’re safe in your bed.

Lullaby and goodnight,

Gentle dreams fill your head.

Lullaby and goodnight,

REPRISE: SO LONG, EVERYBODY

 

So long everybody,

it’s time for us to go.

We’re mighty glad you came

To hear our oratorio.

So long everybody, we hope you had a ball,

As long as you love music,

You are gonna love it all.

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music, then give a great big shout!

 

All Shout:

Beethoven!

Handel!

Johann Strauss!

Brahms!

Tchaikovsky!

Wagner!

Johann Sebastian Bach!

 

So long everybody,

We’re glad you came

Because we always sing much better

When we hear your wild applause.

We hope we entertained you,

with a song or two.

Thank you all for staying ‘til

this show of ours was through.

Music, music is what it’s all about.

If you love music, then give a great big shout! Hooray!