Young voices 2016

Young voices 2016

Transport of Delight

Some talk of a Lagonda

Some like a smart MG

Or for bonny army lorry

They’d lay them down and dee

Such means of locomotion

Seem rather dull to us

The Driver 

and Conductor of

A London Omnibus

Hold very tight please, ting ting!

Hold very tight please, ting ting!

If you are lost in London

And you don’t know where you are

You’ll hear my voice a calling

“Pass further down the car!”

And very soon you’ll find yourself inside the

terminus

In a London Transport diesel engine 97 Horse

Power Omnibus!

I stops when I’m requested, although it

spoils the ride

So he can shout 

“Get aht of it we’re full

right up inside!”

We don’t ask much for wages, we only

want fair shares

So cut down all the stages, and stick up

all the fares!

If tickets cost ten pounds a piece why

should you make a fuss?

It’s worth it just to ride inside

The 30 foot long by 10 foot wide

Inside that monarch of the road

Observer of the highway code

That big 6 wheeler, 

Scarlet painted

London Transport

 Diesel Engine

97 Horse Power

, 97 Horse Power Omnibus

Hold very tight please! Ting ting!

Clang clang clang! Went the trolley

Ding ding ding went the bell

Zing zing zing went my heart strings

From the moment I saw him I fell

Chug chug chug went the motor

Bump bump bump went the brake

Thump thump thump went my heart strings

When he smiled I could feel the car shake

He tipped his hat and took a seat

He said he hoped he hadn’t stepped

upon my feet

He asked my name, I held my breath

I couldn’t speak because he scared my

half to death.

Buzz buzz buzz went the buzzer

Plop plop plop went the wheels

Stop stop stop! Went my heart strings

As he started to go then I started to know

how it feels when the universe reels.

Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga

Choochoo?

Track 29 boy you can give me a shine

I can afford to board the Chattanooga

Choochoo

I’ve got my fare and just a trifle to spare

You leave the Pennsylvania Station

‘bout a quarter to four

Read a magazine and then you’re in

Baltimore

Dinner in the Diner

Nothing could be finer

Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowing 8 to the bar

Then you know that Tennessee is not very far

Shovel all the coal in Got to keep it rolling

Whoo whoo Chattanooga there you are!

There’s going to be a certain party at the

station

Satin and Lace I used to call funny face

She’s gonna cry until I tell her that I’ll never

roam

So Chatanooga Choochoo won’t you choo

choo me home!

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying

Machines

They go up diddly up up

They go down diddly own down

They enchant all the ladies and steal all the

scenes

With their up diddly up up

And their down diddly own down.

Up. Down. Flying around

Looping the loop and defying the ground

They’re all frightfully keen

Those Magnficent Men in Their Flying

Machines

They can fly upside down with their feet in

the air

They don’t think of danger they don’t really

care

Newton would think he had made a

mistake

To see those young men and the chances

they take!

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying

Machines

They go up diddly up up

They go down diddly own down

They enchant all the ladies and steal all

the scenes

With their up diddly up up

And their down diddly own down.

Would you like to ride in my beautiful

balloon?

Would you like to ride in my beautiful

balloon?

We could float among the stars together

you and I

Or we can fly!

Up up and away in my beautiful

My beautiful balloon

The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful

balloon

It wears a nicer face in my beautiful

balloon

We can sing a song and sail along the

silver sky

Or we can fly

Up up and away in my beautiful

My beautiful balloon

Balloon, Balloon, Balloon, Balloon!

Get Loud

VERSE 1

Life is a mystery

Full of uncertainty

Makes little sense to me but I’m trying I’m

trying

Why is it so unfair?

The rich are slow to share

Doesn’t anybody care when you’re crying,

You’re crying

We’ve got to take our chance now

CHORUS

Time to get loud (

time to get loud

)

Find your voice in the crowd

It really matters what you say

‘cos this is your day

Time to feel strong (

time to feel strong

)

Find out where you belong

You wanna make us proud?

Get loud!

Woah!

Woah!

Woah!

Get Loud!

VERSE 2

The world is going mad

I think that it’s so sad

We can’t tell good from bad but I’m

learning,

I’m learning

We waste so much each day

So much is thrown away

Is there a better way well I’m yearning,

I’m yearning,

We’ve got to take our chance now

CHORUS

Time to get loud (

time to get loud

)

Find your voice in the crowd

It really matters what you say

‘cos this is your day

Time to feel strong (

time to feel strong

)

Find out where you belong

You wanna make us proud?

Are you ready for this?

We’re not going to miss

The chance to go oh

We’re going to change and rearrange

yeah

We’re gonna find a better day

We’re gonna show the world the way

Get Loud get loud, we’re gonna get

Get loud get  get loud

Get Loud get loud, woah!

Get loud get, woah!

Get Loud get loud, we’re gonna get

Get loud get  get loud

Get Loud get loud, woah!

Get loud get

CHORUS

Time to get loud (

time to get loud

)

Find your voice in the crowd

It really matters what you say

‘cos this is your day

Time to feel strong (

time to feel strong

)

Find out where you belong

You wanna make us proud?

Get loud!

Get Loud get loud, we’re

gonna get

Get loud get  get loud

Get Loud get loud, woah!

Get loud get, woah!

Get Loud get loud, we’re

gonna get

Get loud get  get loud

Get Loud get loud, woah!

Get loud get

Get loud!

Woah!

Woah!

Woah!

Get Loud!

Woah!

Woah!

Woah!

Get Loud!

The Gospel Train

The gospel train’s a comin’

I hear it close at hand

I hear the wheels a turning

And rolling through the land

Get on board! Get on board! Get on

board!

There’s room for many a more,

Wooh wooh! Wooh wooh!

I hear the train a whistle

The rich and poor are there

No second class aboard this train

No difference in the fare

Get on board! Get on board! Get on

board!

There’s room for many a more.

Oh Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho,

Jericho,

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho

And the walls came tumbling down

Well you can talk about your men of

Gideon

You can talk about your men of Saul

But there’s none like good old Joshua

At the battle of Jericho

I know you’ve heard of Joshua

He was the son of Nun

He kept right on believing till the battle it

was won

Oh Joshua, fit the battle of Jericho Jericho,

Jericho

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho

And the walls came tumbling down

Joshua, fit the battle of Jericho Jericho,

Jericho

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho

And the walls came tumbling down

Wade in the water, wade in the water children

Wade in the water, God’s gonna trouble the

water

Can you hear that rumbling in the sky

Wade in the water

Must be angels flying by

Wade in the water

Wade in the water wade in the water children

Wade in the water God’s gonna trouble the

water

Go down Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,

Tell old Pharoah to let my people go!

I got shoes, You got shoes

All of God’s children got shoes my Lord

When I get to heaven gonna put on my

shoes

I’m gonna walk

I’m gonna talk (chat chat chat chat)

All over God’s heaven heaven heaven

I got robes, You got robes

All of God’s children got robes my Lord

When I get to heaven gonna put on my

robes

I’m gonna jump

I’m gonna dance

All over God’s heaven

All over God’s heaven

All over God’s heaven

Oh Mary don’t you weep don’t you mourn

Oh Mary don’t you weep don’t you mourn

Pharaoh’s army got drownded,

Oh Mary don’t you weep

Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me

Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me

Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me

Do Lord remember me

I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield

Down by the riverside, Down by the riverside

Oh when the saints go marching in

Oh when the saints go marching in

I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming for to carry me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming for to carry me home

This train is bound for glory this train

This train is bound for glory this train

This train is bound for glory

I’m gonna tell everyone the story

This train is bound for glory this train

1)

This train is bound for glory this train

This train is bound for glory this train

This train is bound for glory

I’m gonna tell everyone the story

This train is bound for glory this train

2)

Oh when the saints go marching in

Oh when the saints go marching in

I want to  be in that number

When the saints go marching in

3)

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming for to carry me home

Swing low sweet chariot

Coming for to carry me home

Get on board, get on board, get on board

There’s room for many a more

Get on board, get on board, get on board

There’s room for many a more

Woo woo!

The Lightning Tree

VERSE 1

Down in the meadow where the wind

blows free

In the middle of a field stands a Lightning

Tree

Its limbs all torn from the day it was born

For the tree was born in a thunderstorm

CHORUS

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

It’s never too late for you and me

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

Never give in too easily

VERSE 2

Down in the meadow where the wind

blows right

The lightning struck in the middle of the

night

Its limbs stripped bare by the lightning

flare

The lightning flare was a wild affair

CHORUS

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

It’s never too late for you and me

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

Never give in too easily

Na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na!

VERSE 3

Down in the meadow here the wind

blows cold

The Lightning Tree stands stiff and old

Branches bent by the lightning rent

The lightning rent from the firmament

CHORUS

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

It’s never too late for you and me

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

Never give in too easily

VERSE 4

Down in the meadow with the wind in

the West

The Lightning Tree faced up to the test

Its heart went snap when it took the rap

The terrible rap of the thunder clap!

CHORUS

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

It’s never too late for you and me

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

Never give in too easily

Na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na!

VERSE 5

Down in the meadow where the wind

blows free

A whisper of green in the Lightning Tree

Dreams come true when you want them

to

If you want them to it’s up to you

CHORUS

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

It’s never too late for you and me

Grow, grow the Lightning Tree

Never give in too easily

Double repeat

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na na na...

)

Lightning Tree!

Lightning Tree!

Utter Madness

I’ve been driving in my car

It’s not quite a Jaguar

I bought it in Primrose Hill

From a bloke from Brazil

It was made in ‘59

In a factory by the Tyne

It says Morris on the door

The GPO owned it before

I drive in it for my job

The governor calls me a slob

But I don’t really care

Give me some gas and the open air

Father wears his Sunday Best

Mother’s tired she need a rest

The kids are playing up downstairs

Sister’s sighing in her sleep (

ahh

)

Brother’s got a date to keep

He can’t hang around

Our house in the middle of our street

Our house in the middle of our

Our house it has a crowd

There’s always something happening

And it’s usually quite loud

Our mum she’s so house proud

Nothing ever slows her down

And a mess is not allowed

Our house in the middle of our street

Our house in the middle of our

Our house in the middle of our street

Our house in the middle of our

Our house was our castle and our keep

Our house in the middle of our...

I tell you I didn’t do it

‘cause I wasn’t there

Don’t blame me, it just isn’t fair

You listened to their side

Now listen to mine

Can’t think of a story

Sure you’ll find me sometime

Now pass the blame and don’t blame

me

Just close your eyes and count to three

(

One, two three

)

Then I’ll be gone and you’ll forget

The broken window TV set

I never thought I’d miss you

Half as much as I do

And I never thought I’d feel this way,

The way I feel about you

Soon as I wake up every night every day

I know that it’s you I need to take the

blues away

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

Nothing more, nothing less, love is the

best

One step beyond!

My girl’s mad at me

I didn’t want to see the film tonight

I found it hard to say

She thought I’d had enough of her

Why can’t she see

She’s lovely to me

But I like to stay in and watch TV on my

own every now and then

Lots of girls and lots of boys

Lots of smells and lots of noise

Playing football in the park

Kicking pushbikes after dark

Baggy trousers, dirty shirt

Pulling hair and eating dirt

Teacher comes to break it up

Back of the ‘ead with a plastic cup

Oh what fun we had

But did it really turn out bad?

All I learnt at school

Was how to bend not break the rules

Oh what fun we had

But at the time it seemed so bad

Trying different ways to make a

difference to the days

Baggy Trousers X 13

Invincible

Hear those drums

Feel our heats grow stronger,

See the crowds draw near

Fears dissolve our heads held high,

To dream the dream

To feel the fight Ah!

United strong, forever faithful Ah!

To dream the dream

To feel the fight Ah!

United strong, forever faithful Ah!

To dream the dream of victory,

We feel the fight that drives us on to

victory!

Video Killed The Radio Star

(Cue from Tom)

If I was young it didn’t stop you coming

through

Oh a oh!

And now I understand the problems you

can see

Oh a oh!

I met your children

Oh a oh!

What did you tell them?

Video killed the radio star

Video killed the radio star

Pictures came and broke your heart.

Oh oh oh oh oh

And now we meet in an abandoned

studio

Ooooooooh!

We hear the playback and it seems so

long ago

And you remember how the jingles use

to go 

Oh a oh!

You were the first one

Oh a oh!

You were the last one

Video killed the radio star

Video killed the radio star

In my mind and in my car,

We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Video killed the radio star

Video killed the radio star

In my mind and in my car,

We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far

Pictures came and broke your heart

Put all the blame on VCR

You are a radio star

You are a radio star

You are a radio star

Video killed the radio star

You are a radio star

Video killed the radio star

etc

Power In Me

VERSE 1

When the race is nearly done

And I feel I can’t go on

I know I can do something about it

My heart will start to race

My body will find the motion

And I will feel empowered from within

CHORUS

I’ve got the power in me

You’ve got the power in you

I’ve got the power, p p power got the

power in me

Nobody’s gonna hold me back

Nobody’s gonna silence my words

Nobody’s gonna close my mind

I’ve got the power in me!

VERSE 2

When someone’s needing help

And the world just walks on by

I know I can do something about it

I’ll stand up for their rights

My voice will find the words

And I will feel empowered from within

CHORUS

I’ve got the power in me

You’ve got the power in you

I’ve got the power, p p power got the

power in me

Nobody’s gonna hold me back

Nobody’s gonna silence my words

Nobody’s gonna close my mind

I’ve got the power in me!

VERSE 3

When my mind is closing down

And I’m lacking inspiration

I know I can do something about it

No one can stop me learning

Create my dreams and future

And I will feel empowered from within

CHORUS

I’ve got the power in me

You’ve got the power in you

I’ve got the power, p p power got the

power in me

Nobody’s gonna hold me back

Nobody’s gonna silence my words

Nobody’s gonna close my mind

I’ve got the power in me!

BRIDGE

We got the power

You got the power

I got the power, the power in me!

Repeat

We got the power

Got the power!

You got the power

Got the power!

I got the power in me!

 Got the power!

Repeat

I’ve got the power in me, in me

CHORUS

I’ve got the power in me

You’ve got the power in you

I’ve got the power, p p power got the

power in me

Nobody’s gonna hold me back

Nobody’s gonna silence my words

Nobody’s gonna close my mind

I’ve got the power in me!

Somebody To Love

Find me somebody to love X5

Find me somebody to looooove

Find me somebody to love X2

Somebody, somebody

Find me somebody find me somebody to

love.

Anybody find me?

Find me somebody to love X6

Pop Medley 2016

Standing in a crowded room

and I can’t see your face

Put your arms around me, tell

me everything’s OK

In my mind, I’m running round a

cold and empty space

Just put your arms around me,

tell me everything’s OK

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Ooh

Break my bones but you won’t see me

fall, oh

The rising tide will rise against them all, oh

Darling hold my hand

Oh, won’t you hold my hand?

Cause I don’t wanna walk on my own

any more won’t you understand?

Cause I don’t wanna walk alone

I’m ready for this, there’s no denying

I’m ready for this, you stop me falling

I’m ready for this, I need you all in

I’m ready for this, so darling, hold my

hand

The garden was blessed by the Gods of

me and you

We headed West for to find ourselves

some truth, oh

What you waiting for? No

What are you waiting for?

We counted all the reasons, excuses that

we made

We found ourselves some treasure and

threw it all away, oh

What are you waiting for? No

What are you waiting for?

What are you waiting for? No

What are you waiting for?

When I dance alone, and the sun’s

beating down, blame it on me

When I lose control and the veil’s

overused, blame it on me

When I dance alone, I’ll know I’ll go

Blame it on me oh

What are you waiting for? No

What are you waiting for?

What are you waiting for? No

What are you waiting for?

When my hair’s all but gone and my

memory fades

And the crowds don’t remember my

name

When my hands don’t play the strings the

same way (mmm...)

I know you will still love me the same

‘Cause honey your soul could never

grow old, it’s evergreen

And baby your smile’s forever in my mind

and memory

I’m thinking ‘bout how

People fall in love in mysterious ways

May be it’s all part of a plan

Well, I’ll just keep on making the same

mistakes

Hoping that you’ll understand

That baby now

Take me into your loving arms

Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars

Place your head on my beating heart

I’m thinking out loud

May be we found love right where we are

Oh I can see the future

Coming to you

Crying with the sadness in your eyes

And I can find a faith in years I’ve wasted

Being around enough to feel alive

And when the world is broken, hard and

colder

No one ever know the reason why

For the ones we may become

For the battles we have won

For the day we wish the sun

Gonna play it loud tonight

When you dream of a dream

And you live in the world

Every hope is a hope

For the best don’t want you rest on my

bones

And you’re calling me now

I will see you all the time

Should be out there living the life

And not just watching oh

Take me back

Before we all explode

Before we turn to stone

Before the light is gone

Take me back

To where it all began

To where our memories grow

Before the day goes off

Tonight gonna live for

Gone live for these days

Tonight we’ll remember

We’ll remember these days

Everything is awesome

Everything is cool when you’re part of a

team

Everything is awesome

When you’re living our dream

Everything is better when we stick together

Side by side you and I

Gonna win forever let’s party forever

We’re the same I’m like you, you’re like me

We’re all working in harmony

Everything is awesome

Everything is cool when you’re part of a

team

Everything is awesome

When you’re living our dream

321 GO

Blue skies, bouncy springs

We just named two awesome things!

A Nobel Prize a piece of string

You know what’s awesome? Everything

A dog with fleas, allergies, a book of

Greek antiquities!

Brand new pants, a very old vest!

Awesome items are the best!

Trees, frogs, clogs, they’re awesome!

Rocks, clocks and socks

There’s awesome!

Figs and jigs and twigs

That’s awesome!

Everything you see or think or say

Is Awesome!

Everything is awesome

Everything is cool when you’re part of a

team

Everything is awesome

When you’re living our dream

REPEAT

River Deep Mountain High

Do I love you my oh my?

River deep, mountain high

If I lost you would I cry?

Oh how I love you baby, baby baby,

baby!