– intro to the tale! Narr: Jacob Marley, the Dean of Finance, is dead. Even though the entire university is closed on the day of his funeral, there are only fifteen people here. The one speaker is Ebenezer Scrooge, Dean of Students. He and Marley shared an office for ten years. Scrooge: This University wouldn’t […]
Audience: Folk/Political
Take Me With You
– some of the things that “just might happen” if you leave me here alone! TAKE ME WITH YOU! Cho: Take me! (Take me!) Take me! (Take me!) Take me with you pleeease! Take me! (Take me!) Take me! (Take me!) Take me when you leave! I’m just your little child and surely you can […]
Let’s Trade Butts
Accepting Ourselves LET’S TRADE BUTTS! If you don’t like the one you got! Let’s trade, ’cause I like yours alot! I want to try a diff’rent kind! An’ I like yours, do you like mine!? Chorus: Let’s – trade – Butts! Now ev’rybody else looks great! But my butt’s only second-rate! I’ll hang yours down […]
The Prize
– a wonderful poem about competition THE PRIZE My team mates cheer me through “Get out there and win it!” “We can take them! You can do it!” But my heart’s not really in it If I win, what’s the prize? Someone feels awful You can see it in their eyes If I loose, someone […]
Family Of Friends
– a circle where love never ends FAMILY OF FRIENDS Cho: Here we are again, a family of friends A family of friends, where love never ends. (x2) We each have a face, two eyes and a nose And we each have a smile, ’cause our happiness shows! Chorus We’re kids and we’re grown-ups, fathers […]
Me!
by Ellen Geer – a little too much self-focus ME! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Meeeee! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me! Me! Me! Everybody sing!!! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! Me-Me! […]
Uh-Oh!
– everybody makes mistakes, we’re human! UH-OH! Cho: Uh-Oh! I made a mess. Uh-Oh! It’s true Uh-Oh! I made a mess, but that’s what people do! Uh-Oh! I spilled my juice, dropped it on the floor! Uh-Oh! My Grandma says, “That’s what floors are for!” Chorus Uh-Oh! I tripped and fell, got an “owie” on […]
Earthsong
– listen to the song of life! EARTHSONG Our song starts with a child’s birth We’re taught that people rule the Earth But ev’ry creature has a song That we can’t hear if we’re too strong For those with paws and fins and wings Each knows the song it’s family sings The wind, the river, […]
The Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Santa & God
– stories we hold in our heart THE TOOTH FAIRY, EASTER BUNNY, SANTA AND GOD Back when Dad was little, in prehistoric time The Tooth Fairy would take his tooth and leave my Dad a dime That’s ten cents a tooth! I don’t know how my Dad survived. Now with the cost of living, don’t […]
G-Gee, It’s Warm Out Here
– an ecological snowman G-GEE, IT’S WARM OUT HERE! G-Gee, it’s warm out here I th-think I have to sweat! My sh-shoulders feel sloshy And my feet are g-getting wet! My c-corn cob pipe is drooping My t-top hat doesn’t fit My kn-knees are kinda shaky I think I’d b-better sit Bridge: I might have […]