Creature Cantata 2

Voice 1:
A world of wonder
A world we share
All creatures great and small
Need a world that cares
[Repeat]

All:
Sing cantata [x6]
Sing cantata NOW!

Voice 1:
Sing cantata, sing cantata
Sing cantata, sing cantata
Sing cantata, sing cantata
Sing cantata,
NOW!

Voice 2:
Amazing place that we call home
Its beauty knows no bounds
Creation sings and nature smiles
A song of joy resounds
[Repeat]

All:
Sing cantata [x6]
Sing cantata NOW!

Voice 2:
Kookaburra (kookaburra) caterpillar (caterpillar)
Anaconda (anaconda) salamander (salamander)
Alligator (alligator) capybara (capybara)
Armadillo, penguin
Goose!

2. The Turf-eating Toothless Tortoise

All:
Eggs snap, crackle, pop
Tortoise crawling to the top
Dig, climb, burrow, bore
Tortoise ready to explore!

Voice 1:
Hatchlings, creeping from their nest (nest)
Have to pass the test (test)
Go and find a patch of scratchy cactus (cactus)
Hatchlings, creeping from their nest (nest)
Have to pass the test (test)
Find a patch of scratchy cactus. (Ouch!)

Voice 2:
Old bones sometimes need a rest (rest)
Laziness is best (best)
Tortoises can live a hundred years or longer
Old bones sometimes need a rest (rest)
Laziness is best (best)
Tortoises can live a century

All:
Huge shell carried on their back (back)
Really need a jetpack!
Tortoises move very, very, very slowly
Huge shell carried on their back (back)
Really need a jetpack!
Tortoises are very, very, slow

Voice 1:
Scaly legs and scrawny neck (neck) [stick your neck out]
Face that looks Jurassic
Stretching out his tongue to reach the higher branches
Scaly legs and scrawny neck (neck) [stick your neck out]
Face that looks Jurassic
Stretching out his tongue to reach the food

Voice 2:
Toothless but he likes to munch (munch)
Tortoise turf for lunch (lunch)
Grazing on a mix of tasty herbs and grasses
Toothless but he likes to munch (munch)
Tortoise turf for lunch (lunch)
Grazing on a mix of herbs and grass

All:
Huge shell carried on their back (back)
Really need a jetpack!
Tortoises move very, very, very slowly
Huge shell carried on their back (back)
Really need a jetpack!
Tortoises are very, very, slow
[Giant sigh]

3. Murder of Crows

Voice 1:
There once was a murder of crows [clap clap]
Went out in the snow
All:
Got stuck ‘cos their feathers all… froze!

Voice 2:
Jet black from their beaks to their toes [clap clap]
And wouldn’t you know?

Voice 1:
There once was a budgerigar [clap clap]
One day he broke free
All:
To puff on his owner’s ci-... gar!

Voice 2:
Who lived all his life in a jar [clap clap]
And sat in a tree

Voice 1:
There once was a gaggle of geese [clap clap]
Their noise was so loud
All:
And somebody yelled ‘Call the… police!’

Voice 2:
Whose honking would shatter the peace [clap clap]
It gathered a crowd

Voice 1:
There once was a whisper of bats [clap clap]
Do tricks in the sky
All:
And now they’re all trained acro-… bats!

Voice 2:
Who liked to dress up in top hats [clap clap]
And dart as they fly

Voice 1:
In the deepest and dankest of bogs [clap clap]
The bats couldn't hack it
All:
And so did an army of ... frogs!

Voice 2:
It constantly rained cats and dogs [clap clap]
The geese made a racket

Voice 1:
So now it is over to you [clap clap]
It must be in time
All:
A limerick's what you must ...do!

Voice 2:
To fashion a lyric or two [clap clap]
With rhythm and rhyme

4. Megaphone Magpie

All:
One for sorrow, two for joy
Three for a girl and four for a boy
Five for silver, six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told
Eight for a wish, nine for a kiss
Ten for a bird you must not miss
Eleven for health, twelve for wealth
Thirteen beware it's the Devil himself

Voice 1:
There's a magpie in my garden
She flaps about the tree tops
And every morning lately
She sits outside my window

There's a magpie in my garden
As others flock to join her
Their tidings tell of riches
Their song belies the mischief

There's a magpie in my garden
While most birds sing so sweetly
I'd rather sit and listen
Than start the day in silence

Voice 2:
with a built-in megaphone
and calls this place her home
as the day begins to dawn
and blasts out like a horn [beep beep]

who is learning how to yell
the sound begins to swell
talk of silver and of gold
of secrets never told

who is learning how to shriek
her sound is quite unique
to her loud and raucous call
with no bird song at all [GP]

5. Showstoppers

Group 1:
These beautiful bugs
In summer they swarm
These powerful bugs
They shoot through the air

Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers

These ravenous bugs
They nibble and munch
These musical bugs
But call to their friends

Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers

All:
Oh yeah!

Group 2:
have lived on this earth
round gardens and farms
with catapult legs
leave danger behind

Showstoppers
Showstoppers

do nothing but eat
whatever they find
with ears on their tum
with noises they make

Showstoppers
Showstoppers

All:
for millions and millions of years
in winter they all disappear
can fire themselves into the sky [boom boom]
and fly like a cloud way up high

jumpers of highest acclaim
hoppers by nature and name...na na na name

and don't seem to know when to stop!
destroying the farmer's whole crop
they don't really know how to sing
by rubbing their legs on their wings

jumpers of highest acclaim
hoppers by nature and name...na na na name

6. Golden Eagle

Lyrics and Backing track

Voice 1:
Majestically poised on a mountainous ledge
He’s watching and waiting as still as a stone

This vantage point offers a view of his kingdom.
To know where to hunt and be ready for flight;
All:
A truly formidable sight

His beady brown eyes scan the ground from on high
He strikes without warning and snatches his prey

Returns to his ancestral eyrie to feast
Tomorrow he’ll rise, on the currents he’ll soar
All:
Formidable hunter once more

Voice 2:
His terrible talons grip hard to the edge
He sits like a king on his throne

Instinct and practice have given him wisdom
A truly formidable sight
All:
A truly formidable sight

One beat of his wings he tears through the sky
Then carries his quarry away

Then settles to rest, this magnificent beast
Formidable hunter once more
All:
Formidable hunter once more

7. Tritsch Tratsch Polka

Voice 1:
An itch
A scratch
A flea
A fly

So jump up high
Up and down
It's sink or swim
Inside out

A bug
A bug
A bug that likes to bite
A bite
A bite
A bite that likes to bug

A tritsch
A tratsch

You can’t say yes
Push and pull
We chit and chat
Upside down

Seek him here
In your hair

Heads
Knees
Eyes
Mouth

Voice 1:
An itch
A scratch
A flea
A fly

So jump up high
Up and down
It's sink or swim
Inside out

All:
Like a little Spanish flea. Hey!

Voice 2:
An itch
A scratch
A flea
A fly

and crouch down low
fast and slow
and it's lose or win
outside in

Ugh!
Ugh!
Ouch!
Ouch!
Ouch!
Ugh!

A tritsch
A tratsch

but you can’t say no
to and fro
about this and that
downside up

seek him there
everywhere

shoulders
toes
ears
nose

Voice 2:
An itch
A scratch
A flea
A fly

and crouch down low
fast and slow
and its lose or win
outside in

All:
An itch you cannot scratch
A scratch you cannot itch
A flea that cannot fly
A fly that cannot flee

All:
A tritsch you cannot tratsch
A tratsch you cannot tritsch

All:
An itch you cannot scratch
A scratch you cannot itch
A flea that cannot fly
A fly that cannot flee

8. Toucan Tango

Voice 1:
Blessed with a beak of beauty no-birdy can compare
Nesting in hollow tree trunks amongst the leafy canopy

All:
Our bills are most distinctive
And so we like to show
Although our flight is shaky, shaky
We are masters of the Toucan Tango! [clap clap]

Voice 1:
Silence is not our forte! Clattering beaks resound
We skip the light fandango when we are gathered with our friends

Voice 2:
We’re quite extr’ordinary other creatures stop and stare
Gives us a height advantage, a rainy forest balcony

Voice 2:
A blend of croaks and grunting, our loud chatter is renowned
Hopping along together, the fun here simply never ends!

All:
Our bills are most distinctive
And so we like to show
Although our flight is shaky, shaky
We are masters of the Toucan Tango! [clap clap]

Toucan tango, Toco toucan tango
[repeat]

9. Rita the Cheetah

All:
Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter
Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter

Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Zero to 60 in three seconds flat!
Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Nothing runs faster; the turbo-charged cat!

Voice 1:
African queen
Lying in wait
Eyes on the prize
Patiently waits

Voice 2:
surveys the savannah
she spies on her victim
she creeps ever closer
a hungry lone ranger

All:
Spotting her prey by day
Seeking her prey by day
Tracking her prey by day
Stalking her prey by day

All:
Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Zero to 60 in three seconds flat!
Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Nothing runs faster; the turbo-charged cat!

Voice 1:
Perfectly still
Well camouflaged
Galloping fast
There's no escape

Voice 2:
a silent assassin
her spots keep her hidden
she tears through the long grass
impala the target

All:
Watching her prey by day
Hunting her prey by day
Chasing her prey by day
Catching her prey by day

All:
Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Zero to 60 in three seconds flat!
Rita the cheetah you’ll never beat her
Nothing runs faster; the turbo-charged cat!

Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter
Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter
Rita!

10. Ba-ba Baboon