Magnam Opus 1 - by Casey Edmunds
*This was performed on August 14, 2011, the last day of the United Voices of Edmonton Choir tour to England in the summer of 2011.
To the tune of....
Four strong winds
As we stand at the airport
Adam's bag has not been found
Hasn't left the airport - still in Calgary.
Casey's late he's not arrived,
he is the last one all the time.
Thankfully at 3:15 he is seen.
As we board our Sussex Coach
We meet Lee and David too!
Don't be fooled it's not a bus we're riding on.
We'll find Clara, Glen and James,
Mary, Lea, Adam too.
Lucas you stink won't you please take us to BATH
Chorus:
Four fried eggs, and baked beans, sausage, bacon, baked tomato
Potato patties and field mushrooms everyday,
This is England's morning breakfast, hope your bowels aren't affected
Be sure to let go before the tower tour.
We'll sing evensongs and matins,
in Abbeys and Cathedrals,
Gloucester, Oxford, Bath and Alveston we'll be.
Met the verger and the canon
taught us about the procession
Didn't matter to the choir they're United!!
Magnificat by Mack (also known as the Casino Mag)
(interlude)
This is (repeat)
The casino maganunc (repeat)
When you hear it, it recalls the sound
of winning (repeat)
For it was written by Warren in
Las Vegas (repeat)
For he began to write it,
For England we shall sing,
The United Voices of Edmonton (repeat)
For that we shall be Anglican
Anglican for 2 weeks
With psalms, responses and litanies,
We're WILD for responses.
And mercy is on them that singeth those 50 bloody verses!
(sinister register)
They had showeth strength with their psalm,
They had put down the Capon and attempted the Wild responses
Oh yeah!!!
Abide in thy love
Men:
We are like monks in an Abbey
We eat, sing and pray everyday
We are like monks in an Abbey
No rest or free time to play
Ladies:
For the morning rehearsals
So tired I was
All:
This is dedication (repeat)
Four strong winds (cont'd)
Funny thing about this choir
Different ages you will find
But we have multiple personalities
Altos they are so forthright
Sops are a little more uptight
Basses can't even sing on key!
Magnificat by Warren (Casino)
And the tenors (the tenors)
They sound lovely
they're the divas of the choir,
Take that sopranos!
Four strong winds (cont'd)
Four great sections we make up,
One great choir we can be,
Hope you won't forget that sound we have achieved.
Don't forget T-J and Warren
They've done so much to make this happen
Thank you for making us sing so beautifully
Chorus:
Four fried eggs and baked beans,
Sausage, bacon baked tomato,
Potato patties, field mushrooms everyday
This is our most famous tour
who would of thought we would get through it
But we finally sang psalms properly!!!
