The words and music for this song were written in the hours after the composer took a whale-watching cruise with his wife off the coast of beautiful Moreton Island in Queensland, Australia. Written about one of nature's most majestic animals, this song is written through the eyes of a child who wonders what it would be like "to be a whale".
"I like to visit the Southern Seas - my skin is thick, so I don't freeze,
Even in Antarctic waters where I feed on shrimp and krill.
Then I head to warmer shores, to places I have been before.
I always sing my special song to other whales"
Think... of all the rooms in the house, which one don't you want to be in with a blown lightbulb? At night? With no more paper on the roll?
"Would somebody please change the lightbulb?
I'd do it myself but I'm too small
(I need someone tall)
And anyway it's far too dangerous for a kid...
Can anyone help me with my plight?
Please come and change the light!"
Inspired by the wonderful Australia Zoo, created by the legendary Steve Irwin (the Crocodile Hunter), this song takes the names of fifteen very unique animals and challenges students to memorise all fifteen.
"Elephants, emus, crocodiles, lemurs,
Meerkats and macaws,
Tigers with big claws and iguanas.
Wallabies, wombats, curlews, quokkas,
Kangaroos, cockatoos and koalas!"
One of life's greatest joys lies in learning a musical instrument. Each instrument has its own 'voice' and its own personality. This song builds up gradually from cymbals, bass drum and snare drum, to trombones, saxophones, flutes, trumpets, clarinets and tubas. By the end of the song, the instruments have formed a Concert Band / Marching Band.
If you purchase the sheet music for this song, you will automatically receive a backing track for free (with all instruments represented). Written copies of instrumental parts are available from the composer.
"There is something funny that everybody does,
You won't stop it even if you try.
From babies up to Kings and Queens
And all the people in between,
Everybody blinks their eyes!"
If your choir performs this piece, challenge your audience to not blink for the entirety of the song! It won't be easy (because humans blink around four million times a year).
"Been raining all day, can't go out to play,
I'm watching my plans go floating away.
Wondering if the wet weather's here to stay?
I guess I've got the rainy day blues.
I had planned to embark on a trip to the park,
But now with this rain there's a huge question mark.
Hoping for some sun but the clouds are too dark...
I guess I've got the rainy day blues."
Now come on... it's time to answer life's biggest quandaries -
Why do people make their beds?
Why do people iron their clothes?
Why do people brush their hair?
This song attempts to answer these earth-shattering questions.
Like most young children, the composer grew up trying to find shapes in cloud formations - pirate ships, faces, mountains. But Russ Bauer also imagined he had his own special cloud upon which he could fly, inspired (no doubt) by the popular 80's TV show, "Monkey".
This gentle ballad is a great way to teach young singers how to hold longer phrases, and children will appreciate the dreamlike melody.
As adults, we often forget how much fun it can be to sing nonsense lyrics that don't really mean anything. This song is the most challenging one in the library because it will require your choir to learn three different tunes that all combine at the end as one complete song. Your more theatrical students will enjoy injecting personality into the verse that begins "I'm trying to sleep,
So I need everyone to not make a peep!
I must intervene.
You're singing nonsense lyrics - what do they mean?"
This is a journey song, telling the story of three very different animals from three very different parts of the world - the US, the Middle East, and Australia. What's it like to ride a horse? A camel? What would it be like to be a little joey in a kangaroo pouch?
This award-winning song (Australian National Choral Association prize winner) will give your young singers some insights into these three very unique modes of transport.
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