4. School Song Very freely (colla voce)
Nigel
My mum -my says I'm a
6
Tommy
mi - ra - cle.
Lavender
My dad -dy says I'm his
11
Music & Lyrics Tim Minchin
spe -cial lit - tle guy!
Alice
I
am a prin - cess and
Amanda
Mum says says I'm an an an - gel, gel,
Eric
Mum says I'm an an - gel,
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I
am a prince.
Nigel
Mum says I'm an an - gel,
4. School Song - 2
= Moderato 17
A
Big Kids
And so you think you're
A - ble
to sur -vive this mess by
D‹
Be - ing a prince or a prin - cess; you will soon
E¨Œ„Š7(b5)
20
See
there's no es -ca - ping tra - ge - dy
D‹
B¨ A
D‹
And
B¨ A
E - ven
if you put in heaps of
D‹
Eff - ort,
you're just wast -ing e - ner
E¨
B
24
gy
D‹
Cos your life
as you know it is
"aitch" -ent his - to - ry.
A7
D‹
I
G‹
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have
suf - fered in
this
4. School Song - 3
27
gaol,
Have been trapped in - side this
Cage
D‹
for a - ges,
This
liv - ing
E±
'ell,
But if I try I
can
re
A7
sim.
30
mem - ber,
G‹
Back be -fore my life had end - ed,
Be -fore my hap - py days were o - ver,
D‹
Be -fore I first heard the
E±
peal -ing of the
A7
[bell]
34
[upper harmony some men ad lib]
bell.
D‹
Like you I was
C
cu - ri - ous,
So in - no - cent, I
B¨
asked
a thou -sand ques - tions, But un -
F
gently
37
less you want to suf - fer, Lis -ten up and I will teach you
A
a thing or two.
You
lis ten here,
A7
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my dear, you'll be pun -ished so se
4. School Song - 4
40
vere - ly if you Step
out of line and if you cry it will be
D‹
42
Big kids
ex -treme -ly care - ful.
Amanda
Ed.
out of trou - ble, And re mem -ber to be
A7
EØ7
Big Kid: "Why? Why? Did you hear what he said?" back to tempo
suddenly a little slower Nigel: Why?
47
dou - ble, You should stay
Why?
Just you wait
ad lib, not in tempo
Eric
My mum - my says I'm a mi - ra - cle.
My
dad - dy said
for Phys -
I would be the teach -er's pet.
play on cue, at some point in the gaps
repeat bass notes in tempo 47
Lavender
School is
Bruce
real - ly fun ac -cord -ing to my mum.
Dad says I would learn the
continuing
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al - pha - bet.
4. School Song - 5
Big Kid: "The alphabet? You got to learn to listen, kid."
48
Big Kids
Beat 1 here same time as Tommy's first letter slam
D
And so you think you're
A A - ble
B to sur -vive this mess by
C
Be - ing a prince or a prin - cess; you will soon See
there's no es - ca - ping tra - ge -
[dist gtr]
E¨‹
54
F¨Œ„Š7(b5)
D
E¨‹
E
dy
And
E - ven
B¨
F if you put in heaps of
Eff - ort,
[br]
E¨‹
C¨
B¨7
E¨‹
F¨Œ„Š7(b5)
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you're just wast -ing e - ner
4. School Song - 6
57
G gy
H
I
Cos your life as you know it is "aitch" -ent his - to - ry.
E¨‹
B¨7
I
have suf - fered in
this
E¨‹
[pizz]
60
J gaol,
63
K Havebeentrapped in - side this Cage
L for a - ges,
M mem - ber,
This liv - ing
'ell,
But if I try I can
N Back be -fore
my
life
had
end - ed,
Be - fore my hap - py
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days
were
re
4. School Song - 7
65
O
P
o - ver,
Be -fore I first heard the
EQ
peal -ing of the
bell.
Like you I was
cu - ri - ous,
So in -no - cent, I
C¨
[bell]
69
R
S
T
asked a thou -sand ques - tions, But un - less you want to suf - fer, Lis - ten up and I will teach you
G¨
72
U You
74
B¨
a thing or two.
B¨7
V lis - ten here,
my dear, you'll be pun -ished so se - vere - ly if you Step out of line and if you cry it will be
X
W
rit.
dou - ble, You should stay
out
of trou - ble, And re - mem - ber to
be
ex - treme - ly
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care - ful.
4. School Song - 8
76
Big Kid: "Why? Why? Did you hear what he said?"
Reginald: Why?
Big kids
Why?
Just
you
Trunchbull: Prisoners, Letchworth, Rottwinkle, Finklebottom, and Gubbinsworth; report to my study immediately for… re-education.
80
wait
for Phys
-
[snares off]
*
*
[trem]
85
Trunchbull: What. Is. The school. Motto. Children: ‘Bambinatum est Maggitum’ Miss Trunchbull.
[vcl]
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4. School Song - 9 Trunchbull: ‘Bambinatum est Maggitum.’ ‘Children are maggots.’ Back to work, maggots. Did you hear what I said...?
POSSIBLE SAFETY
89
poco a poco cresc.
94
Just
you
wait
for
Phys
-
97
Ed!
A¨‹6
E¨‹
F±
B¨
E¨‹
Segue School Song Into Classroom
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