Ruby: The Story of Ruby Bridges Musical Overview Product Code: RD8000

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1 Ruy: The Story of Ruy Bridges Musical Overview Product Code: RD8000 To help you find the perfect musical for your next performance, we have provided this overview of the vocal and orchestral demands for this title Solo Songs: Yes Ensemle/Large Chorus Songs: Yes Main Character Details: Older Ruy (w): age 17; F-B4 vocals, moderate Younger Ruy (w): age 6; E-B4 vocals, moderate Lucile (w): E-A4 vocals, moderate Mrs Henry (w): A-B4 vocals, easy Total Numer of Songs: 7 Vocal Demands: Easy Orchestral Demands: Easy Size of Orchestra: Small (-4) Ready to Perform? When you are ready to perform, please apply for rights or contact our customer service department y clicking elow You will e prompted to log in or create an account We are happy to answer any questions you may have

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4 RUBY: THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES 1 The Den of Segregation CUE: Top of show, lights up Blues Shuffle q = 106 E 7(# 9) #### 4 4 F? # # # # 44 n n E 7(# 9) #### r n 5 8 #### n n #### of in - te - gra - tion, OH n n? #### n n ME! n n they're gon - na drown n n, the n # n n Look at what's n Dramatic Pulishing - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE 1 OH MY! n Peo-ple say A7 Frus - tra - tin' the na - tion? n cries What's this a - see - in',? #### n n n CHORUS: #### Music y Gary Rue Lyrics By Christina Ham Gary Rue ALL een

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6 5 My Buddy Jim Crow White Protesters CUE: PROTESTOR #: "We re gonna poison you, darkie!" Ponderous, threatening q = X PROTESTERS: X SOLO: As you Here 4? 4 7 And And? % try he'll and your peo - ple is my hose now, Music y Gary Rue Lyrics By Christina Ham and Gary Rue all in vain now to end South - ern take to you till you're dead in the B E G7 in - to our schools, dog at my feet, n rule, street,? When Sa - tan comes with true South - ern 'round pride, You'll not take one We'll stick to our Dramatic Pulishing - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE 19 one Glo - ry E We'll raise up as We'll ral - ly Old 14 come my inch guns, of With

7 5 My Buddy Jim Crow B To Coda this hal - lowed ground 0 God on our? side in, As So 6 you You don't and your kind un - der - stand try to fit G7 that your skin is your sin, n? Oh, E you de - mon dark! B You lack - er than n n A? Dramatic Pulishing - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE 0

8 7 Go Marching In/ This Little Light of Mine Younger Older Ruy, Mrs Henry Lucille, Chorus WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN Music y Milton Black, Lyrics By Katharine Purvis THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE Music and Lyrics y Harry Dixon Loes CUE: YOUNGER RUBY: " racism is a grown-up disease stop using us kids to spread it B E trav - lin' in the say this world of foot - steps, trou - le, 44 YOUNGER RUBY: We are 5 10 B B 7 B /F B in', B B 7 E F 7 1 B OLDER RUBY: to e Sun rev - MRS HENRY : LUCILLE go March - in' Oh how I B /F E e - gins to shine, o - lu - tion comes, And we'll But I'm Saings num - er, B vealed, E Some - B to e num - er, Go March in' of those who've gone e - fore, Is the on - ly one we need, On a new and sun - lit shore, new world is re- CHORUS: (Humms melody) 14 E all e re - u - nit - ed, wait - ing for that morn - ing, B Oh when the sun e - gins to shine, Oh when the rev - o - lu - tion comes, B Oh how I TESSIE, GAIL LEONA: Oh when the In B Oh how I Oh how I Dramatic Pulishing - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE 8 to e to e

9 7 Go Marching In/This Little Light Of Mine 7 E B /F B CHORUS: in', B /F E I to Oh how B Go March - in' In Go Oh how I March - in' to F #7, go, e num - er, num - er, n n#### num - er, F# # w # nn## ## # nn## ## March - in' w w Dramatic Pulishing - NOT FOR PERFORMANCE 9 e Saings E Oh when the B 7 to e I March - in' B Oh how Go comes And when the, B J sun e - gins to shine, rev - o - lu - tion SOLO: 0 1 B num - er, num - er, E w