01 Aug 2019
School Choir
C R O C O D I L E R O C K
Elton John
[Verse 1]
I remember when rock was young
Me and Susie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own
But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking 'round the clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock, well
[Chorus]
Crocs Rocking is something shocking
When your feet just can't keep still
I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will
Oh, lawdy mama, those Friday nights
When Susie wore her dresses tight
Crocs Rocking was out of sight
[Post-Chorus]
Laa, la-la-la-la-laa
La-la-la-la-laa
La-la-la-la-laa
[Verse 2]
But the years went by and the rock just died
Susie went and left us for some foreign guy
Long nights crying by the record machine
Dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans
But they'll never kill the thrills we've got
Burning up to the Crocodile Rock
Learning fast as the weeks went past
We really thought the Crocodile Rock would last
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus] x 2
Senior Choir
C O M E T O G E T H E R
The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney)
Senior Choir Version Backing Track
Here come old flat top
He come groovin' up slowly
He got joo joo eyeballs
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please
He wear no shoeshine
He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola
He say I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is
You got to be free
Come together, right now
Over me
He bad production
He got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair
You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me
He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say one and one and one is three
Got to be good looking
'Cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now
Over me
Come together, yeah (repeat x 8 ish)
L E A R N E D S O N G S
Senior Choir:
L O V E L Y
By Billie Eilish
Listen to the BACKING TRACK here
Listen to the Alto part here (work in progress!)
Listen to the Soprano Version here
(you will need to sign into a google account - every student has one first.last@education.nsw.gov.au)
E V E R Y B O D Y K N O W S
By Leonard Cohen
Listen to the BACKING TRACK here
Listen to the Song with lyrics here
(you will need to sign into a google account - every student has one first.last@education.nsw.gov.au)
Senior Choir:
V A L E R I E
Zutons/Amy Winehouse cover
ALTOS - listen to your part here
Well sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture
'Cause since I've come on home,
Well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
REPEAT Verse & 3 x ValerieThen slow harmonic ending:
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
SOPRANOS - listen to your part here
Ohh ohh
Ah ah
Oh oh
Ah ah
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do Out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie? Do do do do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Valerie
REPEAT
Then slow harmonic ending:
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Senior Choir:
S O M E W H E R E O N L Y W E K N O W
Listen to the SENIOR choir version here
Listen to the Ahhhh Alto Part here
Notes are: D D G F G# F D# D G F low A# A
Listen to the SENIOR SOPRANO CHORUS here
Listen to the Ahhhh Soprano Part here
Notes are: G G A# A C C A G G A# A A# A
By Keane arr. Melodic Choir
I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river, and it made me complete
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting tired, I need someone to rely on
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting tired, I need someone to rely on
(And) if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know
Ahh... Ahh
Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old, and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired, and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know
A N C I E N T C I T Y
By Paul Jarman
City in my dreams
Ancient city mystic land
Lost and left behind by time
Dreams that speak to me
Songs for eternity
Take me to the golden ancient city
Now as the moon appears
Trees wander in the breeze
Blackened clouds adorn the sky
Moon shining on the sea
Path of light to carry me
Take me to the golden ancient city
Where fires once burned
The shadows of the night
Are dancing in the silver light
A once masterful race
Now gone without a trace
Lost and left behind by time
Lonely stars up in the sky
Listen to my song tonight
And take me to the golden ancient city
Dust scattered memories
Darkness for a thousand years
Only dreams are left behind
Dreams etched into the stars
Memories from a distant past
Take me to the golden ancient city
© Paul Jarman 2000
School Choir:
T H R E E L I T T L E B I R D S
By Bob Marley
Listen to the backing track here
Don't worry about a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: don't worry about a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right!
Rise up this mornin,
Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, (this is my message to you-ou-ou:)
Singin: don't worry bout a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin: don't worry (dont worry) bout a thing,
Cause every little thing gonna be all right!
Rise up this mornin,
Smiled with the risin sun,
Three little birds (oooo oooo)
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin, this is my message to you-ou-ou:
Singin: don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. don't worry!
Singin: don't worry about a thing - I won't worry!
Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
School Choir:
L E S T W E F O R G E T
to be performed at the Dawn Service on ANZAC DAY Thursday 25th April (School Holidays) and at our school assembly.
Listen to the Lest We Forget here
Lest we forget, pay our respects
To the women and men who served our land.
They heard the call, they marched in time,
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
Going from their homes and families they saw the job
That needed to be done away in distant lands.
For the sake of freedom, freedom everywhere,
The sons and daughters of Australia were there.
Lest we forget, pay our respects,
To the women and men who served our land.
They heard the call, they marched in time.
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
From ANZAC Cove to the trenches of the Somme they bravely fought
And through Kokada’s muddy mountains battled on,
From the jungles of Vietnam, to Korea, Afghanistan,
We celebrate their lives, we thank them one and all.
Lest we forget, pay our respects,
To the women and men who served our land.
They heard the call, they marched in time,
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
Lest we forget, pay our respects,
To the women and men who served our land.
They heard the call, they marched in time,
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
For our country gave their lives lest we forget.
School Choir:
U N C O N D I T I O N A L W A L T Z
Music by Calexico, Lyrics V.Bee
Listen to the school choir version here
(you will need to sign into a google account - every student has one first.last@education.nsw.gov.au)
Strangers we were
On that first day of school
Friendship we forged
Comfortable, me and you
Time goes by, and you stand
By my side, you’ll all… ways be
Strangers we were
On that first day of school (Strangers we were)
Friendship we forged
Comfortable, me and you
Strangers we were
On that first day of school (No longer are we)
Friendship we forged
Comfortable, me and you
Friends, my friend.
School Choir:
I N T H I S H O U S E
- written by Áine Tyrrell and Mark Stanley
Sing along with the backing track here
Purchase the song here thru iTunes
i can hear an engine rumbling from miles around
sitting here i can feel someone’s on my ground
i don’t need the dust to throw it’s hands in the air
cause i already know that someone is coming near
what i wanna know is what are you gonna bring across the seas
what song are you gonna sing into my breeze
tell me what shoes are you gonna wear upon your feet
when you and my land they finally meet
you can knock upon my door
but in between the knocks i hear so much more
in this house the light’s not always on
this land the land of fire and stone
when you come to the skull at my cobbled crossroads
are you gonna tip your hat or are you gonna tip out your load
are you gonna listen to laws in the rhymes that the man has told
or are you gonna trade in stories that have been bought and sold
you can knock upon my door
but in between the knocks i hear so much more
in this house the light’s not always on
this land the land of fire and stone
oohhh ooohhhh
so I guess if you make it all the way up to my gate
you’re just gonna have to sit and wait
and if the land oh it feels you true oh
the gate it’ll open up for you
open up for you
it’ll open up for you
open up for you
open up for you