We’re Making Music: A Celebration of Style
Chorus Spring Concert 2016-2017
Route 66
If you ever plan to motor west,
Travel my way, take the highway that’s the best.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six!
It winds from Chicago to L.A.,
More than two thousand miles all the way.
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-Six!
Now you go thru Saint Loo-ey and Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma city is mighty pretty;
You’ll see Amarillo; Gallup, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona;
Don’t forget Winona, Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip,
When you make that California trip,
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-six!
Get your kicks on Route Sixty-six!
Play That Music
Play that music all day long.
Play that music all day long.
Gimme that beat, gimme that beat. Play me that song.
Da ba da ba da da. Da ba da ba dot.
Da ba da ba da da. Da ba da ba dot.
Da dot da da dot da dot da. Dot.
Play it in my left ear. Play it in my right.
Play it in the morning. Play it in the night.
Play it, play it all day long, all right!
Play that music all day long.
Play that music all day long.
Gimme that beat, gimme that beat. Play me that song.
Oh! Play that music all day long!
Play that music all day long!
Gimme that beat, gimme that beat! Play me that song!
Da ba dop bop, da ba dop bop! Da ba dop bop!
Gimme that beat! Gimme that beat! Play me that song!
Spoken: Play that music all day long! Yeah!
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Sing, Sing, Sing!
Sing, sing, sing, sing,
Everybody star to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah.
Now you’re singing with a swing.
Sing, sing, sing, sing,
Everybody star to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah.
Now you’re singing like everything.
When the music goes a-round, everybody’s gonna go to town.
But here is one thing you should know;
Sing it high and sing it low! Oh,
Sing, sing, sing, sing,
Everybody star to sing like dee dee dee, bah bah bah dah.
Now you’re singing like everything!
Over My Head
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear music in the air (I hear music in the air).
Yes, over my head, (Yes, over my head) I hear music in the air. (I hear music in the air).
Over my head (Over my head) I hear music in the air. (I hear music in the air).
There must be a God somewhere.
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear singing in the air. (I hear singing in the air).
Yes, over my head, (Yes, over my head) I hear singing in the air. (I hear singing in the air).
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear singing in the air. (I hear singing in the air).
There must be a God somewhere.
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear freedom in the air. (I hear freedom in the air).
Yes, over my head, (Yes, over my head) I hear freedom in the air. (I hear freedom in the air).
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear freedom in the air. (I hear freedom in the air).
There must be a God somewhere.
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear victory in the air. (I hear victory in the air).
Yes, over my head, (Yes, over my head) I hear victory in the air. (I hear victory in the air).
Over my head, (Over my head) I hear victory in the air. (I hear victory in the air).
There must be a God somewhere.
Hound Dog
You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time.
You ain’t nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time.
Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit, and you ain’t no friend of mine.
When they said you was high-classed, well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was high-classed, well, that was just a lie.
Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine.
Repeat slower
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Joe Turner Blues
They tell me Joe Turner’s come and gone,
They tell me Joe Turner’s come and gone.
He left me here to sing this song.
He came here with forty links of chain,
He came here with forty links of chain,
He left me here to sing this song.
Joe Turner, he took my man away,
Joe Turner, he took my man away,
He left me here to sing this song.
Turn the World Around, So Is Life, Do You Know Who I Am?
We come from the fire, living in the fire,
Go back to the fire, turn the world around.
We come from the water, living in the water,
Go back to the water, turn the world around.
We come from the mountain, living on the mountain,
Go back to the mountain, turn the world around.
Water make the river, river wash the mountain,
Fire make the sunlight, turn the world around.
Heart is of the river, body is the mountain,
Spirit is the sunlight, turn the world around.
We are of the spirit, truly can the spirit,
Only can the spirit, turn the world around.
Wo-ho! So is life. Ah-ha! So is life. (Repeat 3x)
Do you know who I am? Do I know who you are?
Seeing one another clearly, do we know who we are?
Do you know who I am? Do I know who you are?
Seeing one another clearly, do we know who we are?
Come And Go With Me to That Land
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land,
Come and go with me to that land where I’m bound. (Repeat all 3 lines)
There’s no suffering in that land,
There’s no suffering in that land,
There’s no suffering in that land where I’m bound. (Repeat all 3 lines)
Peace and freedom in that land,
Peace and freedom in that land,
Peace and freedom in that land where I’m bound. (Repeat all 3 lines)
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Sonando
So-nan-do (clap) pa-ra-bai-lar,
Go-za (clap) mi cha-cha-cha. (Repeat)
Lle-ga-re` Ma-ri`-a, lle-ga-re`. (Sing 4x)
So-nan-do (clap) pa-ra-bai-lar,
Go-za (clap) mi cha-cha-cha. (Repeat)
English
They’re playing (clap) a cha-cha-cha.
Come on, (clap) let’s have some fun. (Repeat)
Here I am, Maria, dance with me. (Sing 4x)
They’re playing (clap) a cha-cha-cha.
Come on, (clap) let’s have some fun. (Repeat)
Turn, Turn, Turn
To everything, (Turn, turn, turn) there is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
A time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap;
A time to hurt, a time to heal; a time to laugh, a time to weep.
To everything, (Turn, turn, turn) there is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
A time to build up, a time to break down; a time to dance, a time to mourn;
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together.
To everything, (Turn, turn, turn) there is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
A time of love, a time of hate; a time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing.
To everything, (Turn, turn, turn) there is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
A time to gain, a time to lose; a time to rend, a time to sew.
A time of love, a time of hate; a time of peace; I swear it’s not too late.
To everything, (Turn, turn, turn) there is a season (Turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.
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Cantate Deo
(Part 1)
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia.
Sing al-le-lu-ia.
Lift your voice and sing with joy forevermore.
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
(Part 2)
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia.
O sing for joy
Sing alleluia, O sing for joy forevermore.
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia.
O sing for joy
O sing forever-more.
Sing alleluia, cantate deo.
Sing alleluia, cantate deo. Sing alleluia,
Lift your voice and sing with joy forevermore.
Sing alleluia, lift your voice
and sing with joy forevermore.
Cantate deo, cantate deo!
Sing alleluia, canate deo. Sing alleluia, lift your voice
O lift your voice and sing with joy forever-more.
Sing alleluia, lift your voice,
O lift your voice and sing with joy forevermore
Cantate deo, cantate deo!
Sing al-le-lu-ia,
Lift your voice, O lift your voice and sing with joy forevermore
Cantate deo, cantate deo, cantate deo.
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River
I was born in the path of the winter wind,
And was raised where the mountains are old.
The springtime waters came dancing down,
I remember the tales they told.
The whistling ways of my younger days
Too quickly have faded on by.
But all of the memories linger still,
Like the light in a fading sky.
Refrain: River, take me along, in your sunshine
Sing me your song.
Ever moving and winding and free,
You rolling old river,
You changing old river,
Let’s you and me, river, Run down to the sea.
I’ve been to the city and back again,
I’ve been moved by some things that I’ve learned.
Met a lot of good people and I’ve called them my friends,
Felt the change when the seasons turned.
I’ve heard all the songs that the children sing and listened to love’s melodies,
I’ve felt my own music within me rise
Like the wind in the autumn trees.
Refrain
Someday when the flowers are blooming still,
Someday when the grass is still green,
My rolling river will round the bend and flow into the open sea.
So here’s to the rainbow that’ followed me here,
And here’s to the friends that I know
And here’s to the song that’s within me now; I will sing it wherever I go.
Refrain
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