Welcome to Creature Cantata 2
A second collection of original songs, featuring all sorts of creatures great and small, written by Kevin and Rebecca designed to inspire and delight children and young people. Song list
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1. World of Wonder
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 Sweet songs of joy resound All: Sing cantata [x6] Sing cantata NOW! Voice 2: Kookaburra Caterpillar Anaconda Salamander Alligator Capybara Armadillo, penguin Goose! |
Voice 3: (Sing as an echo to voice 2) Kookaburra Caterpillar Anaconda Salamander Alligator 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 neck 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 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 |
4. Megaphone Magpie
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 really 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
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 Voice 1: His beady brown eyes scan the ground from on high One beat of his wings he tears through the sky He strikes without warning he snatches his prey All: Then carries his quarry away Voice 1: Returns to his ancestral eyrie to feast Tomorrow he’ll rise, on the currents he’ll soar All: Formidable hunter once more Golden eagle... [Repeat and fade] |
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 Voice 2: (sing as an echo) His beady brown eyes scan the ground from on high One beat of his wings he tears through the sky He strikes without warning he snatches his prey All: Then carries his quarry away Voice 2: Then settles to rest, this magnificent beast Formidable hunter once more All: Formidable hunter once more Golden eagle... [Repeat and fade] |
7. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
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 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 2: A blend of croaks and grunting, our loud chatter is renowned Hopping along together, the fun here simply never ends! |
9. Rita the Cheetah
All:
Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter Voice 1: 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 2: Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter |
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 |
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 |
Voice 1:
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! All: Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter Rita! |
Voice 2:
Racer, chaser, stalker, mother hunter Tracker, prowler, loner, killer sprinter |
10. Ba-ba Baboon
Voice 1:
I'm a big baboon with a silver spoon Can you sing my funky rhythm? I'm a big baboon with va-va voom Can you sing my funky tune? |
Voice 2:
Ba-ba ba-ba-boon Ba-ba ba-ba-boon [repeat] |
Voice 3:
Iguana, cicada Canary, piranha Mosquito, impala Flamingo, koala |