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7. Mary
Had a Little Lamb
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Arranged by
Josh Greenberg and Bill Vitek
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Additional
Lyrics by Josh Greenberg
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- (Slow instrumental,
then 4 measures bossa intro)
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- Children's
Chorus I:
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- Verse I:
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- Mary had a
little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.
- Mary had a
little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow.
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- Verse II:
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- Everywhere
that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went,
- Everywhere
that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
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- Verse III:
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- It followed
her to school one day, school one day, school one day.
- It followed
her to school one day, which was against the rules.
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- Children's
Chorus II:
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- Well, Mary,
we admire the way
- You treat the
sweet little creatures,
- But watch out,
now, 'cause I'm sorry to say,
- Here come the
teachers... they're sayin'...
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- Teachers:
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- Mary, you know
the rules.
- You know you
can't have a lamb at school.
- They got fleas
and they carry disease,
- So that lamb
and you are through.
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- Teacher I:
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- Come here,
come here, little dear.
- (Suddenly
harsh) Now I've got you!
- (Sternly)
Now, come along with me...
- (Gasp) Oh,
no! what did you do? Right on my shoe!
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- Children's
Chorus:
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- (Gasps,
then uproarious laughter.)
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- Children's
Chorus I and II:
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- Verse IV:
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- Well, it made
the children laugh and play,
- Laugh and play,
laugh and play.
- It made the
children laugh and play
- To see a lamb
at school.
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- (2 verses
sax solo -Mardi Gras mood
- 4 measures
vamp - decrescendo)
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- Children's
Chorus II:
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- Well, Mary,
what luck you have.
- It seems that
you're invincible.
- But watch out
now 'cause, I'm sorry to say,
- Here comes
the principal.
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- Principal:
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- I'm sayin'
no lamb, no lamb.
- You know, you
can't have a lamb at school.
- I'm sayin''
no lamb, no lamb.
- You know that's
against the rules.
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- Principal and
Teachers:
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- Principal:
- I'm
sayin' no lamb, no lamb.
- You
know, you can't have a lamb at school.
- I'm
sayin' no lamb, no lamb.
- You
know that's against the rules.
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- Teachers:
- Mary,
you know the rules.
- You
know you can't have a lamb at school.
- They
got fleas and they carry disease,
- So
that lamb and you are through.
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Principal, Teachers,
and Children:
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- Principal:
- No lamb,
no lamb.
- You know
you can't have a lamb at
- school.
- No lamb,
no lamb.
- You know
that's against the rules.
- I'm sayin'
every school across the
- land
- Says
you can't have a little lamb.
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- Teachers:
- Mary,
you know the rules.
- You know
you can't have a lamb at-
- school.
- They
got fleas and they carry disease
- So that
lamb and you are through.
- If there's
one thing that I can't stand
- It's
a smart little girl with a little
- lamb.
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- Children:
- Mary
had a
- little
lamb,
- little
lamb,
- little
lamb.
- Mary
had a
- little
lamb.
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- Children's
Chorus:
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- It's fleece
was white as snow ...
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