Straw Gold
Sky and reeds
Gently waving straw gold
Curlew sings
Sun through clouds brings warmth
Fire!
Fire! Fire! Lighting up the sky
Frightening the people who are nearby
Hear the siren and stay away
Polly Parrot
Pretty Polly was a parrot
Picking peppers patiently
Pecking peppers at her leisure
Polly parrot pottered peacefully
Vaccai exercises:
Lascia il lido e il mare infido
A solcar torna il nocchiero,
E pur sa che menzognero
Altre Volte lingano
UNACCOMPANIED SONG:
My Bonny Lad
Have you seen out on my Bonny lad
And are you shooah he's weel oh
He's gone overland with a stick in his hand
He's gone to row the keelo
Yes I've seen your Bonny lad
T'was on the sea I spied him
His grave is green but not with grass
And you'll never lie beside him
SONGS:
FAREWELL, LAD
Farewell, lad, a fond farewell, lad.
I weep and grieve at the thought of parting.
Farewell, lad, a fond farewell,
and I pray one day you will be returning.
Young man, with a face so handsome,
why must you go into war a-marching?
A youth, with a face so handsome,
becomes a soldier in days of war.
Return when the fighting's o'er,
when your captain brave needs you there no more.
Return when the fighting's o'er,
I'll be waiting here, here in Vilassar
Return when the fighting's o'er,
I'll be waiting here, here in Vilassar
WESTERING HOME
Westering home and a song in the air
Light in the eye and its good bye to care
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
Isle of my heart, my own one
Tell me o' lands of the Orient gay!
Speak o' the riches and joy o'Cathay
Eh, but it's grand to be wakin' ilk day
To find yourself nearer to Isla and its...(chorus)
Where are the folk like the folk o' the West?
Canty and couthy and kindly, the best
There I would hie me and there I would rest
At hame wi' my own folk in Isla and its (chorus)
EVENING IN AUTUMN
Softly the lovely light of evening falls
The leaves are red and glow against the sky
Upon the hill the pines are darkly still
And the end of the day steals slowly by

The tints of autumn gentler seem
After the parching heat of wind and sun
There is a mellowing of all which brings
a quietness of soul
When day, when day is done
THE SPANISH MAIN
I've asked a great many people
But nobody seems to know
How the pirates kept their Christmas
In the days of long ago
How many loaded galleons
On Christmas day they sank
And how many merchant seamen
They made to walk the plank
And called it a Christmas tree
And hung it with shining sequins
On the shore of a tropical sea
And lit the rum round the pudding
And cursed in a friendly way
But refused to do any business
Because it was Christmas Day
I've asked a great many people
But nobody seems to know
How the pirates kept their Christmas
In the days of long ago
THE SKYLARK
Have you heard the skylark singing,
singing in the Spring
All the air with music ringing,
Gladness on the wing

Or whether they chanted carols

Have you watched the leaves unfurling
As round the docks they rolled
Tender leaves of green
And made each other presents
Ev'ry tree to beauty waking
Out of their hoard of gold
Lovely, lovely as a queen
And covered a mast with green leaves

Have you wanted, half the flowers
Springing round your feet?
Each one bringing God's good wishes
You his child, to greet
GHOSTS IN THE BELFRY
At two in the morning the church bell rang
Clingetty clang Clingetty clang
And of course of course it wasn't right
For the bell to be ringing so late at night
The sexton rose and put on his cloes
Said he " I'd better go out I suppose,"
But when he got to the belfry stair
The door was locked and no one was there
Who was it then that rang the bell?
Nobody nobody ever would ...tell.
THE WORLD'S END
A coach and-six to Chelsea...(3)
Trying to reach the World's End!
All the world was there a walking
Running, riding, tripping, stalking,
Singing, dancing, laughing, talking
Trying to reach the World's End!
Lords and ladies, carters, reapers,
Maids in waiting, poachers, Keepers,
Chamberlains and chimney sweepers,
Trying to reach the World's End!
'Prentices and bonnet makers,
Children, Aldermen, Jews and Quakers,
Grenadiers and Undertakers,
Trying to reach the World's End!
ABDUL THE MAGICIAN He has magic boxes large and small that no one

Abdul the magician is usually dressed in black dare look in

He carries all his magic tricks in a large black bulky And they're probably full of devices

sack But I can't help wondering where

His long moustache is curly, conceals a frightening

grin
And he wears a flowing silken cloak
But I can't help wondering where
GRIZELDA
Grizelda was a witch, a witch she wished she wasn't
Abdul learnt his secrets ,
For she was as kind and gentle as could be
When Abdul learned to fool
She had a big black cat and a long and pointed hat
All those who come and watch his act
But she felt very much the same as you and me
They don't teach things like that in school
She tried to cast a spell, a spell to make her human
Was he born with magic powers
But she couldn't get the words right though she tried
Or just the power to see
She looked in all her books for a spell to change her
That if you're quick have sleight of hand
looks
You soon can fool people like me...
But nothing seemed to work until she cried
(You and you and you and you and you and you and
me)
Incan Rincan Sinacan a Coo
Tell me what I have to do
Abdul the magician has animals by the score
Incan Rincan Sinacan a Cee
He keeps his tricks and playing cards all locked up in
All good spirits please help me
a drawer
Grizelda was a witch, a witch she wished she wasn't
But now she is human just like you and me
She's bought a pure white cat
And she wears a feathered hat
And she owns a new house across the street from
me
I hope that you are not
Anything you wished you wasn't
But if you are and don't know who to tell
You now know what to do
For its sure to work for you
Just chant these words and then uncast the spell
A FLY
If I could see this fly with unprejudiced eye,
I should see his body Was metallic blue,
No, Peacock blue.
His wings are a frosty puff;
His legs fine wire. He even has a face.
I notice..And he breathes,....as I do..
PIGS COULD FLY
Pigs could fly given half a chance.
There's no way I could dance
Irish flings with a house-dog
Give me a hog with wings, with wings
People stare as he takes to the air,
That swine of mine has real flair,
I wouldn't pine for a polar bear.
Or bill and coo with a caribou,
Or fall off a log for a whale that sings,
Give me a hog with wings, with wings
La la la la la ..................
ON THE BACK OF AN EAGLE
I would fly on the back of an eagle
On a warm and windy day
From a place quite high in the clear blue sky
I would feel the air blowing through my hair
And watch the sights below
Fly eagle; fly eagle; fly, eagle fly.
I would fly on the back of an eagle
On a warm and windy day
From a place quite high in the clear blue sky
I'd remember a song from a time long gone
And touch the clouds floating by
Fly eagle; fly eagle; fly eagle, fly.
I would fly on the back of an eagle
On a warm and windy day
From a place quite high in the clear blue sky
I would look to see what is yet to be
And laugh with the sparkling sun
Fly eagle; fly eagle; Fly eagle fly,
Fly, eagle, fly!
LOVE ME SWEET
Love me sweet, with all your heart,
Feeling, thinking' seeing;
Love me with your lightest glance
Love me in full being
Love me with your open arms
In their frank surrender;
With the vowing of your lips
In their silence tender.........(2)
Love me sweet, with all your heart,
Feeling, thinking' seeing;
With the vowing of your lips
In their silence tender
ROCKING IN RHYTHM
Rocking in rhythm, rolling in rhyme
Swinging and singing, feeling sublime
Chasing the blues I'm rhyming in time
Reeling and rocking in rhythm
Singing and feeling just fine
Laughing and singing, raising the roof
Clapping and snapping, always fool proof
Life is a party, try it some time
Reeling and rocking in rhythm
Singing and feeling just fine
Chasing the blues, away from my door
Life is a song, who could want anything more? When chocolate melts in my mouth
Its a heavenly taste
Rocking in rhythm, rolling in rhyme I only wish that I could buy
Swinging and singing, feeling sublime Choc'late flavoured toothpaste
Chasing the blues I'm rhyming in time
Reeling and rocking in rhythm
Swinging and singing and swaying
Reeling and rocking in rhythm
Singing...Swinging ..
We're singing and feeling just fine...yeah!

CHOCOLATE
My favourite flavour is choc'late
Whether ice-cream or cake
Mum always says too much of it
Will give me tummy ache

I've tried just about ev'ry choc'late bar

That shops have ever sold
I don't think I'd swap my chocolate
If you offered me bars of gold