Please find here both your lyrics and backing music for your week 6 assembly item, “We Will Rock You”. Note you will doing the rhythm “knees, knees, clap” throughout the whole song except for the chorus, where we’ll play boomwhackers in the following order; yellow, orange, yellow, orange, yellow, yellow.
All students will sit while performing. When each student is sung about in the lyrics, they jump up and do an action related to their words (eg, Amir does a ninja move).
Kind regards, Mrs Patmore
Backing Track
Version with Mrs Patmore singing
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“We Will Rock You” – 1B Lyric Version (UPDATED 28.10)
<instrumental>
Amir loves to be a ninja
Nasheed is very good at basketball
Suzan is great at swimming
Azylah is good at gymnastics
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
Alaa’s a policeman, Leenah’s good at netball
Malatef’s a good swimmer
Noah loves to play, Taymour’s good at games
Hannah likes to do her hair
We will we will rock you (Sing it!)
We will we will rock you
<short gap>
Sophia likes to play guitar
Nadine likes to sing, Rihanna wants to be a makeup artist
Hamza and Mohammed like to play soccer
Baaran wants to design, Ayaz is a scientist
We will we will rock you
(Sing it!)
We will we will rock you
Please find here both your lyrics and backing music for your end of year concert item, “We Will Rock You”. Note you will also be playing Boomwhackers in the chorus, and will use your cardboard guitars during the “air guitar solo”.
The boomwhacker part is only in the chorus, and goes G F# E D E E. In colours, this is teal, green (with white writing), yellow, orange and yellow x 2. Taymur, Aisha, Rozerin and Joelle are on teal and green, everyone else is doing yellow and orange.
Kind regards, Mrs Patmore
Backing Track for final performance below…
Track with singing & rhythms below…
“We Will Rock You” – 2B Lyric Version
<instrumental>
Ameer loves to play karate
Aaisha likes to sing and Shanzay likes to play guitar
Khadeja is
Great at swimming
Ahmed he’s good at karate
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you
Samara loves to dance
Taymur loves to play games, Maha’s good at dancing
And Rozerin likes
To play piano
Jenna likes to play soccer
We will we will rock you (Sing it!)
We will we will rock you
<short gap>
Kareem likes to play guitar
Siawash likes to play soccer and Zoha likes to be cool
And Suliaman likes pokemon cards
Joelle is good at singing
We will we will rock you
(Sing it!)
We will we will rock you
Please find here both your lyrics and music (with us singing!) for your end of year concert item, “Boogie”. Note you don’t need to learn the lyrics, only the dance moves with Ms Jasmine, but you may want to sing along at home so I’ve put them here.
Kind regards, Mrs Patmore
“2A Boogie”
Bilaal is good at running, Muadh can really boogie
Khadeejah loves to swim and do freestyle
Biara Cherry likes to do her arts and craft and
Noor can really kick that soccer ball
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
Rojda likes to rock out on electric guitar
Laila can play soccer like a pro
Roshanay like to dance to music on the radio
Ayah is so very creative
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie, woo
I just can’t, I just can’t
I just can’t control my feet
I just can’t, I just can’t (Yeah)
I just can’t (Woo) control my feet
I just can’t, I just can’t
I just can’t control my feet
I just can’t, I just can’t
I just can’t control my feet
Sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
Boody does takeewodno, Araz is a great gamer
Bareerah is good at riding her bike
Misha loves to read all the latest books and novels
Youssef really likes to read books too
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
We’re dancing in the sunshine
We’re dancing in the moonlight
We’re dancing in the good times
We can really boogie
Please see two versions of the song “Think Twice” below. This song links in with your unit of inquiry, “Media Madness”. We will be performing this song next term in assembly around week 2Â inshallah :-)
This is the full version with singing and rap for you to listen to… (and to practice with for homework):
This is a version with no rapping or singing (this will be the backing track for our assembly performance):
Lyrics and actions below. Note these will need to be memorized.
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Think Twice by Julieanne Patmore
(with text from “Islam Is Here (Poem)†by Imam Reza (A.S.) Network and “A Poem on the News†by Fred H. Moore)
Verse 1 (rapping) – Actions in italics
If the spiteful come with News Mime reading a newspaper
It is essential to think twice Tap finger on head, then hold out two fingers
Lest you be victim to their ruse Punch palm with hand
Power’s the game and Truth, the price. Muscles on power, cash action on price
Behind the headlines there are people Thumbs pointing backwards
Escaping war and seeking aid Hands in surrender position
Locked up in detention, waiting, waiting Hands out as if in handcuffs
Men, women, children, all afraid Pointing at audience, and fake bite your nails on word ‘afraid’
Chorus (singing) – Clap on beat
Of minds, and decency of Man
To Fellow Man, may well decline
If people fail to understand
That biased News can make us blind
Verse 2 (rapping) – Actions highlighted
Islam is peace, Islam is ease Pump right hand on chest twice, then peace sign, repeat with left hand
We must all help and give to the poor, Cup hands together
Islam is love and prosperity, Make heart shape with hands
We should show care forever more Palms in front, miming giving a gift to audience
Islam is worshiping only the Creator Cup hands on ears
Giving to friends and family Palms in front, miming giving a gift to audience
Islam gives you power and a purpose Right arm muscle on power, left on purpose
It’s for you and it’s for me Point to audience, then self
Chorus x 2 (with “Think Twice†rapping at end of each line) All to clap on beat. First repeat, girls to sing while boys do rapping and tap one finger on head on the word “Thinkâ€, then hold out two fingers on the word “Twiceâ€. Second repeat, roles swap (boys sing, girls rap with actions).
Here you will find an mp3 of the song, a video for instrumentals to rehearse to as well as a dancer’s rehearsal video. Note we stop the song just before the spoken voice comes in at the end. I’ve editing the full dancing video to reflect this, so please use this one and not the youtube one to practice to.
Roles are below:
Dancers (7)
Instrumentalists (8)
Colours for Instrumentalists
Layth
Amin
Yellow, Green
Hafsa
Amer
Pink, Orange
Aisha
Hassan
Pink, Yellow
Hamza
Samar
Pink, Yellow
Alan
Ahzad
Yellow, Green
Ivanna
Ammar
Pink, Yellow
Mallak
Yehia
Pink, Yellow
Sophie
Pink, Orange
Performance date and time TBC.
Mp3 of Song
Rehearsal Video for Dancers
Rehearsal Video for Instrumentalists (Drums, Boomwhackers)
We are playing boomwhackers and guitars for this pieceduring the chorus only. Notation and lyrics below.
For the rest of the song, we will be miming a drama scenario about power as depicted in the song (royalty vs servants). Those in the position of power will be wearing their Venentian masks as created in visual arts.
Students will get a chance to have a go at parts (guitars, boomwhackers, miming) during class. Roles will be confirmed next lesson (Tues May 26th Period 6). We will be performing for the Multicultural Day assembly on Friday May 29th during school inshallah.
Chorus
All the right friends in all the right places So yeah, we’re going down They’ve got All the right moves and all the right faces So yeah, we’re going down
Give me a home among the gum trees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.
For the rest of the song, we will just say and tap the following rhythm:
“Tahn       Tahn      Tahn    Shhhh”
Do the ‘shhhh’ quietly and do not tap your knees :-) (it means don’t make a sound)
But remember to do the kookaburra singing, just like the song does! :-)
