Here in the Band

or why I love our band

(Under the sea- from The Little Mermaid)

(Stage setting- A ninth grader tries to convince a seventh grader to stay in the band)

The homework seems always lighter

In someone else's class

You dream of transferring elsewhere

But that is a big mistake

Just look at the sounds around you

Just walk through the band room door

Such wonderful things surround you

What better class are you looking for?

Here in the band

Here in the band

Yes it is better

Homework is lighter

Take it from me

In other classes they work all day

Outside the band they slave away

While we're devoting

Full time to playin'

Here in the band

Here all the winds are happy

As up and down the scales they run

And the prucussion play just as gladly

They're happy cause they get to drum

Other courses aren't so lucky

They're in for a worser route

Just think when the class gets crowded

They'll just get shifted out

Here in the band

Here in the band

Since life is sweet here

We've all got the beat here

Naturally

All of the woodwinds and the brass

They get the urge to start to play

The band's got the spirit

You got to hear it

Here in the band

 
The front row's the flutes with one piccolo part
Our bass sounds just greateven when they're sharp 
The back row's the brass
Those four play the drums
The bass is the heart of the band
 
Cause we all can play the chords on a string
The band's rocking out
our instruments sing
The oboes and saxs 
They know where they're at
And can those clarinets blow
 
Here in the band
Here in the band
With all the sections 
Coming in playing
It's music to me
What have they got beyond this land?
We have our cool junior high band
All of these flutes here know how to trill here
Each of the drums here knows how to roll here
Here in the band
 
All of the sections
Playin' together 
That's why it's awesome
Here in the band room
Sure we're in luck here
Down with our band here
Here with the band