2. TOM SAWYER AND COMPANY

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1 2. TOM SAWYER AND COMPANY (All) 43 VOICES Lively pickin (q = ca ) 5 ALL Mis ter Mark Twain is read y to go. 7 He grew up in Han ni bal, MO. Wrote some books bout lots o things like 11 riv er boats, rogs, and pau pers and kings. And we ve 15 (clap) worlds to ex plore and a whole lot more. got 19 (clap) Sto ries 23 to tell that we know so well. Step back in time, and you ll ind the years will dis ap pear. We re 27 Tom Saw yer and Com pa ny. Com pa ny, and Com pa ny.

2 44 30 We re so glad you re here. 2nd time to CODA Lots o people came rom his pen. There s Tom and Beck y and 39 Huck le ber ry Finn. Put em all to geth er and we re read y to go. 42 Add a lit tle mu sic and here is our show. And we ve D.S. al CODA got CODA Come down the riv er; it s a 49 real ly good time. Mis ter Twain has the rea son and rhyme. 52 Com pa ny. Tom Saw yer and Com pa ny, and Com pa ny. We re so 56 cresc. glad you re here! Oh, yeah!

3 46 3. DO IT WITH A SMILE (All) VOICES Lively 2beat (h = ca. 108) 9 ALL Paint in a ence seems like no un, but 11 that s not how the job gets done. There s a se cret to the work we do. It s 15 sim ple, my riends, as two plus two. Just 19 do it with a smile, and it s not a chore. 23 Add a lit tle grat i tude to your at ti tude.

4 47 27 El bow grease will make it ast, and then the task will 30 soon be passed. Just do it 34 with a smile! 43 Liv in each day there s lots to see, like stars, and worms, and the 46 old oak tree. I we don t work, then we won t ind the 49 pleasures o lie that are so ine. Just 53 Repeat 3 times: 1. Sing 2. Play kazoo 3. Sing do it with a smile, and it s not a chore.

5 49 (Near the end o the song, a ew o the ence painters turn the ence around. It is now completely painted! When the song ends, the encepainters return to their original positions as Aunt Polly steps orward and speaks.) AUNT POLLY: Well Tom, looks like you got the ence painted. I I didn t see it with my own eyes I wouldn t believe it. Now, i you will go pump some water and learn your verses, you can go play. (returns to the chorus) Oh, Mr. Twain? (rising rom his chair) Yes, Tom? Say, do you think we could make a deal where you change the story a bit, and I don t have to do any more chores right now? That s ine, Tom. But remember, sometimes we have to work so we can enjoy the iner things in lie. Remember the song you just sang? Yes, you re right. But since we just painted a ence, couldn t I do something un or a moment? I m tired o living here in this town and having to do everything Aunt Polly says. I d rather be a pirate! A pirate? BECKY: BECKY: Yes, a pirate! Well, Tom, so it shall be. (returns to his chair and writes on his pad) Tom s mind was made up now. He was going to be a pirate. (stepping orward) Did I hear someone say pirate? Hi, Huck! Yeah, Mr. Twain says I can be a pirate or a little while. I m coming along! You ll need someone to help steer the rat. (stepping orward) Can I come with you? Ain t no girls allowed on our rat, Becky! Besides, you ain t supposed to come along till later in the show! (embarrassed) Oops. Sorry. (steps back into the chorus) So what do pirates do, Tom, besides sailing on the ocean and generally making lie awul or everybody else? I just realized something. Aunt Polly must be a pirate! (Tom and Huck cross to the rat, or move downstage i there is no physical rat, as the music starts. They don pirate hats and have pretend oars as they paddle and sing along with the Townspeople.)

6 54 5. FOLLOW YOUR HEART (Mr. Twain, All) VOICES Gently (q = ca. 88) MR. TWAIN mp 6 There s a place that s deep with 7 in you, and it calls you by your name. I you lis ten ver y 11 close ly, you will nev er be the same. ALL Fol 3 low your 15 heart, it will guide you. Fol low 3 your heart, it al ways knows Don t be a raid to o pen new doors, and to ind what each one 23 shows. mp For 27 your lie is like a riv er, no one