When I Grow Up
Matilda the Musical
When I grow up
I will be tall enough to reach the branches that I need to reach to climb the trees you get to climb when you’re grown up.
And when I grow up
I will be smart enough to answer all the questions that you need to know the answers to before you’re grown up.
And when I grow up
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work and I will go to bed late every night!
And I will wake up when the sun comes up and I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
and I won’t care ’cause I’ll be all grown up! When I grow up!
Sing a Song of Sixpence
John Rutter
Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing.
Wasn’t that a dainty (or dandy) dish
To set before the king?
The king was in his counting house,
Counting out his money.
The queen was in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey.
The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird
And pecked off her nose.
Benedic anima mea Domino
Various
Praise the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me praise his holy Name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all his benefits;
Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infirmities;
Who saveth thy life from destruction: and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness;
Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things: making thee young and lusty as an eagle.
Vre Kalo, Sto Kalo
Katie Kring
May you find goodness,
be well, and remain with your mother and father.
Racheltjie
Zander Flick
Come brother come, far it is no more
The calf got lost and we must brave the cold in pursuit
Come night, please protect us should we get lost
Come and show us the way
Come, swaddle us in your snow blanket
We cannot continue unshepherded
In this starless night.
Come brother come
put on my clothes
come lie in this anthill dug out just for you.
Come lie here, softly next to me.
I shall keep you warm
in this starless night.
Come brother, come,
this will not last much longer
Come night my bare soul is ready for you
come, let your cold scorch me,
come starless night!
Your fear no longer taunts me
Come wind, come cold, come weather
I do not wish to be a heroine
Come night, come cold, come pain
Be my shepherd again, Lord.
My inner childs’ heart moulders in this night.
In this starless night.
Come on, Rachel come on.
Come on, little Rachel,
come to Me.
Come my Father, come
I surrender myself to You,
to Your Hands Lord
Rachel, come on
Come Lord, come
Come Lord, come fetch my young soul
and deliver my cold inner child that is;
ruining, decaying, dissipating.
O Lord come take my soul
Come Lord, come.
Come, little Rachel,
Come to Me…
I Miss the Old Days Too (with the Innocence)
Tyson Mostenbocker | Craig Hella Johnson
I miss the old days, too
Two dollars was enough for Grand Avenue
When Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Las Vegas were still places
I miss the old days, too
Yeah i miss the old days, too
Tommie smith’s olympic one-handed salute
Well, i never felt the need to rise up, did you?
Maybe everybody doesn’t miss the old days like we do
Where O where has the innocence gone?
Where O where has it gone?
Rains rolling down wash away my memory;
Where O where has it gone?
The Aldeburgh Carol
Ben Parry
Blessed, Blessed is the child
No more than dust,
The tiny seed lies dormant in her hand.
Its precious secret, safely clasped within,
Shall be revealed when nurtured by the land.
Sheltered and nourished,
No raging storm can then, its course, impede
And from the earth a matchless gift springs forth;
A lovely flower where there was once a seed.
With love, each child, we must empower,
That he may bloom as does the flower.
Forever Young (& When I Grow up Reprise)
Aplhaville | Rod Stewart | Bob Dylan | Matilda the Musical
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don’t have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music’s for the sad men
Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we’re only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you’ll always stay
Forever young.
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
When I grow up, I will be brave enough to fight the creatures that you have to fight beneath the bed each night to be a grown-up.
Just because you find that life’s not fair, it doesn’t mean that you just have to grin and bear it. If you always take it on the chin and wear it,
Nothing will change.
Just because I find myself in this story, doesn’t mean that everything is written for me. If I think the ending is fixed already, I might was well be saying I think that it’s OK. And that’s not right.
When I grow up, I want to be forever young.
Springfield Chamber Chorus 