04 School Song [Matilda]

4. School Song    

Very freely (colla voce)

  

 



   



   

Nigel



        

 6  Tommy            



        

My mum- my says I'm a



   

 



 



mi - ra - cle.



  

 

 

   

   



  

  

          

Lavender



My dad - dy says I'm his spe -cial lit - tle guy!



Music & Lyrics Tim Minchin

I

Eric

am a prin - cess and

                 

I

am a prince.

 

   

 

 11 Alice Amanda Nigel                                               

 

Mum says I'm an an - gel,



  

    

 

  

 

Mum says I'm an an - gel,



  

    

 

Mum says I'm an an - gel,

         

Matilda - Royal Shakespeare Company - 14/10/2010 13:22



  

   

4. School Song - 2

                     17

h=q Moderato

A

Big Kids

And so you think you're

   



       

 

A - ble

D‹ 

   

         

to sur -vive this mess by









     

Be - ing a prince or a prin - cess; you will soon



   

E¨Œ„Š7(b5)

  







                  20                                        See

D‹

    

there's no es-ca - ping tra - ge - dy

B¨ A

   



D‹ 

  B¨  A    

           

 

 24             gy

D‹

   

Cos your life

 

         

as you know it is

And

E - ven

D‹

  

if you put in heaps of

 

   

            

 

"aitch"-ent his - to - ry.

B





Eff - ort,

E¨

 

you're just wast -ing e - ner

 

 

 

                    

I

have suf - fered

in

this

G‹     D‹                                                  A7

 

Matilda - Royal Shakespeare Company - 14/10/2010 13:22

4. School Song - 3

                        27

gaol,

Have been trapped in - side this

D‹

Cage

                                  

for a - ges,

E±

This

liv - ing

     

'ell,

But if I try I

A7

can

re

                                 

     

sim.

 











 30                                 mem- ber,

Back be-fore my life had end- ed,

G‹

Be - fore my hap - py days were o - ver,

peal- ing of the

A7                                



D‹

Be -fore I first heard the



 



E±

 











      [bell]



 [upper harmony some men ad lib] C 34                                    bell.

Like you I was

D‹

             

cu - ri - ous,

B¨







gently





So in - no - cent, I





 37                          less you want to suf - fer, Lis- ten up and I will teach you

A

 

 







A7





a thing or two.





asked

F



a thou - sand ques - tions, But un -







              You

lis ten here,

                          

Matilda - Royal Shakespeare Company - 14/10/2010 13:22

 

my dear, you'll be pun-ished so se

 



4. School Song - 4

          40

              

 D‹                    vere - ly if you Step



   

 

 

out of line and if you cry it will be

   

 

            ex - treme- ly care - ful.                  42



 

suddenly a little slower Nigel: Why?

 



    

                  

   47

Ed.

Amanda

dou - ble,You should stay





 

     

      











Big Kid: "Why? Why? Did you hear what he said?" back to tempo

ad lib, not in tempo



out of trou- ble, And re mem - ber to be

          EØ7  

A7

Big kids Why?



          



My mum- my says I'm a mi - ra - cle.



      



My

  

 

Just you wait

for Phys-

                 

Eric





  

dad - dy said

       I would be the teach- er's pet.

        play on cue, at some point in the gaps             repeat bass notes in tempo     47 Lavender  Bruce                          School is real - ly fun ac- cord - ing to my mum. Dad says I would learn the al - pha- bet.               continuing                            Matilda - Royal Shakespeare Company - 14/10/2010 13:22

 

4. School Song - 5

  

      

Big Kid: "The alphabet? You got to learn to listen, kid."

48





Big Kids



Beat 1 here same time as Tommy's first letter slam

                                              

 



And so you think you're

              

                  

  

 



 

 

A B C                                     D

A - ble

    

  



E¨‹

      

   

to sur-vive this mess by

Be - ing a prince or a prin - cess; you will soon See

[dist gtr]

      

 

 

 

 

 

D 54           dy

    

 E¨‹



 



 



                             

B¨7

E - ven

     E¨‹

     

     

 

B¨

     

   

 

 

 

 

 

E F                   

And

C¨

E¨‹

      

 

  



F¨Œ„Š7(b5)

 

there's no es - ca - ping tra - ge -

 

    

if you put in heaps of [br]

- ing e - ner you're just wast           

Eff - ort,







F¨Œ„Š7(b5)

 

 

 

 

Matilda - Royal Shakespeare Company - 14/10/2010 13:22

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4. School Song - 6

G H 57                                

gy

   

E¨‹

      

      

    



I 

Cos your life as you know it is "aitch"-ent his - to - ry.

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



 

 

 

     

I

have suf - fered in

                         



B¨7

E¨‹

                  [pizz]                       

    

J K 60                         gaol,

    

Havebeentrapped in - side this Cage

       

    



M 63        



mem - ber,

for a - ges,

    









Back be - fore

my

life

had

  



  

     









   



This liv - ing

       

                     

    

L 

    

'ell,

But if I try I can

re

          

                                                               

                               

this

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N 





end - ed,





Be - fore my hap - py

 days



were

               



  







   

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4. School Song - 7

           65

   

O

o - ver,

P               

Be - fore I first heard the

peal - ing of the

                         

bell.

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EQ                Like you I was cu - ri- ous,

    

                          [bell]                           R S T 69                           

asked a thou-sand ques - tions, But un - less you want to suf- fer, Lis - ten up and I will teach you

G¨

B¨

      

      

 U V 72                           You lis - ten here, my dear, you'll be pun-ished so se - vere - ly                     

 

 W 74                     dou - ble, You should stay

    

     

out

of

     

 

C¨

  

p

 

      











a thing or two.

      

               

 





if you Step out of line and if you cry it will be

     

   X rit.             trou - ble, And re - mem - ber  to be ex - ly  - treme             



 

 

      



B¨7

  

So in -no - cent, I







           

care - ful.

             

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4. School Song - 8

         76

Reginald: Why?

       

Big kids

wait





      

   *

-



     

   



    





  Just

you











                

        

       *     

        

pp

[trem]

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What. Is. The school. Motto.  Trunchbull:                                

85

[vcl]       



Trunchbull: Prisoners, Letchworth, Rottwinkle, Finklebottom, and Gubbinsworth; report to my study immediately for… re-education.

for Phys

[snares off]





   

 



Why?



        

 80        





Big Kid: "Why? Why? Did you hear what he said?"







 





                                

Children: ‘Bambinatum est Maggitum’ Miss Trunchbull.

  

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4. School Song - 9 Trunchbull: ‘Bambinatum est Maggitum.’ ‘Children are maggots.’ Back to work, maggots. Did you hear what I said...?

                   poco a poco cresc.                

                            

POSSIBLE SAFETY

89

 94      

       

   

   





          

 97       

 



Just

   

  

      

    







         

you

     

     







wait

for

Phys

   



-

f

 

   Ed!                                                         A¨‹6

     





E¨‹





F±











B¨



  

E¨‹



 

Segue School Song Into Classroom

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