Union Chapel Singers
conducted by António Sá-Dantas
with Anthony Ford on the piano
Cabaret
From Musical “Cabaret”
By John Kander (M.), Fred Ebb (Lyr.)
What good is sitting
alone in your room?
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret old chum
Come to the cabaret
Put down the knitting,
the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret old chum
Come to the cabaret
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow the horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your table’s waiting
No use permitting some prophet of doom
To wipe ev’ry smile away
Life is a cabaret old chum
Come to the cabaret
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow the horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your table’s waiting.
Start by admitting from cradle to tomb
It isn’t that long a stay
Life is a cabaret old chum
Come to the cabaret
Down in the River to pray
Featured in movie “O, Brother Where Art Thou?”
African-American Spiritual
Sung by Union Chapel Singers
Climb Every Mountain
From movie “The Sound of Music”
By Rodgers and Hammerstein
Climb every mountain
Search high and low
Follow every byway
Every path you know
Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
‘Till you find your dream
A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Every day of your life
For as long as you live
Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
‘Till you find your dream
Do-Re-Mi
From movie “The Sound of Music”
By Rodgers and Hammerstein
Doe a deer, a female deer
Ray a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow so
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do, do, do, do
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
My Favourite Things
From movie “The Sound of Music”
By Rodgers and Hammerstein
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things
Cream coloured ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild gees that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favourite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver-white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favourite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favourite things
And then I don’t feel so bad
Repeat
Play a Simple Melody
From musical “Watch your Step”
By Irving Berlin
Won’t you play a simple melody
Like my mother sang to me
One with good old fashioned harmony
Play a simple melody
Doo, doo, doo etc.
The Music of the Night
From musical “The Phantom of the Opera”
By Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sung by Union Chapel Singers
— — — Short Break — — —
Enjoy a drink from our Bar!
Pure Imagination
From movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
By Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Come with me and you’ll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look, and you’ll see
Into your imagination
We’ll begin with a spin
Travelling in the world of my creation
What we’ll see will defy explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world,
there’s nothing to it.
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there you’ll be free
If you truly wish to be.
Moon River
From movie “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
By Henry Mancini (M.) and Johnny Mercer (Lyr.)
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Old dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way.
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end
Waiting round the bend,
my Huckleberry friend
Moon river, and me.
The Rhythm of Life
From musical “Sweet Charity”
By Cy Coleman (M.) and Dorothy Fields (Lyr.)
Hear the beat,
feel the beat
In your body,
in the street.
Maria
From musical (West Side Story)
By Leonard Bernstein (M.) and Stephen Sondheim (Lyr.)
Sung by union Chapel Singers
I dreamed a dream
From musical “Les Misérables”
ByClaude-Michel Schönberg with English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
I dreamed a dream of days gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made
and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
And still I dreamed he’ll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
Always look on the bright side of Life
From movie “The Life of Brian”
By Eric Idle
Some things in life are bad
They can really make you sad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
Don’t grumble, give a whistle
And this’ll help things turn out for the best. And…
Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the light side of life
If life seems jolly rotten
there’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile
and dance and sing
When youre feeling in the dumps
Don’t be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle,
that’s the thing. And…
Chorus
For life is quite absurd
And death’s the final word
You must always take the curtain with a bow
Forget about your sin
Give the audience a grin
Enjoy it. It’s you last chance anyhow. And…
Chorus
Life’s a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ‘em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And …
Chorus