AUDITION MATERIALS FOR SRO's MATILDA, JR
AUDITION MATERIALS FOR SRO's MATILDA, JR
NAUGHTY
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
So they say, their subsequent fall was inevitable
They never stood a chance, they were written that way
I wonder why they didn't just change their story
We're told we have to do what we're told, but surely
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty
Just because you find that life's not fair, it
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change
Even if you're little, you can do a lot, you
Mustn't let a little thing like "little" stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top, you
Might as well be saying you think that it's okay
And that's not right
And if it's not right
You have to put it right
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
Nobody but me is gonna change my story
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty
THE SMELL OF REBELLION
One, two, three, four!
Discipline
Discipline
For children who aren't listening
The Miss, I need a tissue
Is an issue we can fix
There is no mystery to mastering
The art of classroom mistressing
It's discipline, discipline, discipline!
The smell of rebellion!
The stench of revolt!
The reek of pre-pubescent plotting!
The whiff of resistance!
The pong of dissent!
The funk of moral fiber rotting!
The smell of rebellion?
The stench of revolt!
The reek of insubordination!
The whiff of resistance!
The pong of dissent!
And I will not stop till you are squashed!
Till this rebellion is quashed!
Till glorious, sweaty discipline has washed
This sickening stench. Away!
WHEN I GROW UP
When I grow up
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
That I need to reach to climb the trees
You get to climb when you're grown up
And when I grow up
I will be smart enough to answer all the questions that you need
to know the answers to before you're grown up
And when I grow up, I will eat sweets everyday
On the way to work and I will go to bed late every night
And I will wake up when the sun comes up
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up
When I grow up
MIRACLE
My mummy says I’m a miracle!
My daddy says I’m his special little guy!
I am a princess And I am a prince.
Mum says I’m an angel sent down from the sky
My daddy says I’m his special little soldier
No-one is as handsome, strong as me
It’s true he indulges my tendency to bulge
But I’m his little soldier, hup two four free!
My mummy says I’m a miracle
One look at my face and it’s plain to see.
Ever since the day doc chopped the umbilical cord
It’s been clear there’s no peer for a miracle like me.
My mummy says I’m a precious Barrelina
She has never seen a prettier Barrelina
She says if I’m keen I have to cut down on the cream
But I’m a Barrelina so GIVE ME MORE CAKE!
THIS LITTLE GIRL
Stop being pathetic, Jenny Just get on your feet,
Jenny You are going to march in there
And give them a piece of your mind
Leave it alone, Jenny
The more that you try
The more you’ll just look like a fool
This is not your problem
You’ve not got the spine
You are a teacher just go back to school
But this little girl… This miracle
She seems not to know That she’s special at all
And what sort of teacher would I be
If I let this little girl fall
I can see this little girl needs
Somebody strong To fight by her side.
Instead she's found me, pathetic little me and
another door closes and Jenny's outside
SCHOOL SONG
And so you think you're able
To survive this mess by being a prince or a princess
You will soon see
There's no escaping tragedy
And even
If you put in heaps of effort
You're just wasting energy
'Cause your life as you know it, is ancient history
I have suffered in this jail
I've been trapped inside this cage for ages
This prison cell!
But if I try, I can remember
Back before my life had ended
Before my happy days were over
Before I first heard the pealing of the bell
Like you, I was curious
So innocent, I asked a thousand questions
But unless you want to suffer
Listen up and I will teach you
A thing or two
You listen here, my dear
You'll be punished so severely if you step out of line
And if you cry, it will be double
You should stay out of trouble
And remember to be extremely careful
REVOLTING CHILDREN
Whoa!
Never again will she get the best of me
Never again will she take away my freedom
And we won't forget the day we fought
For the right to be a little bit naughty!
Never again will the chokey door slam
Never again will I be bullied and
Never again will I doubt it when
My mummy says I'm a miracle
Never again will we live behind bars
Never again now that we know that we are
Revolting children
Living in revolting times
We sing revolting songs
Using revolting rhymes
We'll be revolting children
Till our revolting's done
And we'll have the Trunchbull bolting
We're revolting!