Liverpool Oratorio Movement 2: School lyrics

BOYS

We're here in school today to get a perfect education

Yes, we're going up

We're keen to learn the rules and laws that civilization taught us

Yes, we're growing up

Not for ourselves, B

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

Our teachers say that ignorance will always drag us down

It's like a nagging cough

SHANTY

But I can say that looking back

The most important thing I found was sagging off!

Not for the whole world

But for yourself were you born

And you were

BOYS

Born in Liverpool

Not Birmingham

Nor Edinburgh

Not Manchester

Or Sunderland

SHANTY

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities

BOYS

This school is good for us

SHANTY

This school is only good for those

Who want to learn from books

You'll lose your sense of purpose

BOYS

But we dare not answer back

We're scared of teacher's looks

Not for ourselves

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

SHANTY

Not Coventry

HEADMASTER

Or Solihull

BOYS

Not Scarborough

SHANTY

Nor Inverness

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsibilities

HEADMASTER

Walk in single file out of the classroom

Down the stairs and into the playground

BOYS

Through the school gates

Cross the road, and over the cemetery fence

Down the hill to where the grave-stones

Lie inviting in the sun

Settle down

Settle down

Let the afternoon slip by

Settle down

Settle down

It's the perfect place for a kip

[Shanty falls asleep on a grave-stone and dreams]

SHANTY

Kept in confusion

Trapped by illusion

Thinking of speaking my mind

Dreams of the future

Ghosts of the past left behind

Constantly drifting

Endlessly lifting

More weight than one man can bear

Into the future

Ghosts of the past everywhere

(Ghosts)]

You're sleeping amongst us

We're in your dream

Who are you?

Why call us?

What does this mean?

Disturbing our slumber

You move so fast

SHANTY

Ghosts of the past

Tossing and turning

Somehow I'm learning

Secrets I'd rather not know

Can't it be simple?

Why does it have to be so?

MARY DEE (as ghost)

I ll always be here

I ll never leave you

I ll always be in your mind

Dreams of the future

Ghosts that the past left behind

(Ghosts)]

You're sleeping amongst us

We're in your dream

Who are you?

Why call us?

What does this mean?

Disturbing our slumber

You move so fast

Ghosts of the past

(later, back in school)

HEADMASTER

Boys, this is your teacher

Her name is Miss Inkley

She will teach you Spanish

She was in the war

Fighting with the troops

You may call her Sir!

SIR?

MISS INKLEY

First of all today

You will learn a song

In a foreign tongue

You will follow me

As I say the words

We will now begin

Tres conejos

Tres conejos

En un arbol

En un arbol

Tocando

Tocando

El tambor

El tambor

Que si

Que si

Que no

Que no

Que si. Lo he visto yo

Ahem!

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

El tambor

Que si

Que no

Que si

Lo he visto yo

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

El tambor

Que si

Que no

Que si

Lo he visto yo

Tres conejos

Three rabbits

En un arbol

In a tree

Tocando

Playing

El tambor

The drum

Que si

Why yes

Que no

Why no

Que si. Lo he visto yo

Why yes. I have seen it

Ahem!

Tres conejos

En un arbol

Tocando

El tambor

Que si

Que si

Que

No

Que si

Lo he visto yo

Not for ourselves

But for the whole world were we born

And we were born in Liverpool

Not Birmingham

Nor Edinburgh

Not Manchester

Or Solihull

Being born where you were born

Carries with it certain responsi

Carries with it certain responsi

Carries with it certain responsibilities

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