“SCROOGE – a Ghost of a Chance”
(Song Words)
It's Snowing
It's snowing, see it tumbling in the breeze
It's snowing, now it's settling on the trees
We'll hang out wreaths of green holly
Dance and be jolly under the mistletoe
Children wide-eyed with wonder round the Christmas tree
It's snowing, come and see how the snowflakes fall
It's snowing, Merry Christmas to one and all
We love that time in December
When we remember that stable in Bethlehem
and we wish you a Merry Christmas
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas every - one
Boys:
Snowing
Snowing
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas everyone
Boys:
Snowing
Snowing
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas everyone
Charity
Scrooge:
Charity begins at home
and I'm not going out
To feed a common scoundrel
To clothe some sullen lout
"The milk of human kindness?"
No-one's shown me any!
I'll do as I would be done by
and not give you a penny!
Charity begins at home
And that is where my heart is
Not dancing round the piano
or drinking ale at parties
A penny given to you
is a penny less for me
Let idle men go out and work
I'll give no charity!
Let idle men go out and work
I'll give no charity!
You're Here To Work
Scrooge:
You're here to work not sit and shirk
You're here to fill each book and bill
Each ledger, note and counterfoil
Must bear the efforts of your toil
Without your pay your future's bleak
Fifteen shillings every week!
Children:
Fifteen shillings every week!
Scrooge:
To pay your rent - to earn your crust
So willy-nilly work you must
Tomorrow off? Don't be funny
I need you here to count my money
Cratchit: (spoken)
But Sir......
Cratchit, Two Gentlemen and Fred:
It's Christmas
A time for family cheer
It's Christmas
It comes just once a year
When young and old, when rich and poor
all try to give that little more
To put aside all plans and schemes
to nourish one another's dreams
Forgetting strife, forgetting pain
To celebrate the bliss again
Of Christmas
Delight in children's eyes
At Christmas
With every gift and small surprise
For each girl and each boy
Oh, Christmas is such joy
You're Here To Work (cont.)
Scrooge:
Humbug to joy
and each girl and boy
My lip I curl at each boy and girl
It's work that makes the world go round
with interest simple and compound
I pay to you to do your job
Every Friday, fifteen bob
Children:
Every Friday fifteen bob
Scrooge:
To pay your rent, to earn your crust
so willy-nilly work you must
Tomorrow off? If you're willing
to give me back my fifteen shilling!
A Ghost Of A Chance
Marley:
I was like you Ebenezer
Thought of money first and last
Now these chains are wrapped around me
and these shackles bind me fast
Every link within this chain was forged by selfishness and
greed
And it grew each time I turned my back on poverty and need
In my life I made this burden that I'll wear eternally
Yard by yard, I wrapped it round me, now I roam nocturnally
To warn you Ebenezer by this ghostly contretemps
that your chain is twice as heavy and several times as long
(Spoken)
So.......
All:
If you think you can escape us in the darkness of your bed
Think again Scrooge, think again!
If you think that you're imagining these noises that you dread
Think again Scrooge, think again!
We're here to make you realise the error of your ways
to make you count the human cost of all your yesterdays
If you think that you can shut us out we'd like to coin a phrase
Think again Scrooge, think again!
You haven't got
You haven't got
Unless you give
You haven't got
a ghost of a chance!
a ghost of a chance!
your wretched life more than a second glance
a ghost of a chance!
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
Of growing old with anyone who cares the smallest jot
Whether you've a tummy ache or whether you have not
So we've been sent to kick you on your nasty little bot!
No you haven't got a ghost of a chance!
A Ghost Of A Chance (Cont.)
You will have three ghostly visitors, each one sent by me
all for you, Scrooge, all for you!
Christmas Past and Christmas Present
and Christmas Yet To Be
all for you, Scrooge, all for you!
Unless you listen carefully to what they have to say
For all your greed and cruelty, you're going to have to pay
with chains and metal shackles, they're already on their way
all for you, Scrooge, all for you!
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
We're going to take you on a far from merry song and dance
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
You haven't got a ghost of a chance
You haven't got a ghost of a chance!
You'll never have a bosom pal, a friend, a mate, a chum
who'll bother if you're sad or feeling miserable and glum
unless we plant a big boot on your ghastly little bum
No you haven't got a ghost of a chance!
You haven't.......... got a ghost of........ a chance!
The Fezziwig Rock and Roll
We've got some tambourines and a flute or two
A fiddle and a drum and a tin kazoo
Get on that piano, set the keyboard humming
Guitars aren't around or we'd all be strumming
dancing to the beat does wonders for your soul
So let's do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Come on everybody, listen what I have to say
I said come on everybody gonna have a holiday
Come on everybody, let's dance on Christmas Day
Do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Yeah the Fezziwig rock and roll
Forget your self control
and do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Everybody's jigging, Fezziwigging to the rock and roll
Come on everybody, come and rock and roll with me
I said come on everybody join the festive jamboree
You can even see the Christmas fairy rocking on the Christmas
Tree
Do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Yeah the Fezziwig rock and roll
Let rhythm be your goal
just do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Everybody's jigging, Fezziwigging to the rock and roll
Come on everybody let your inhibitions go
Rock around the holly, underneath the mistletoe
Even Santa's rocking listen to him go "Ho Ho Ho!"
Do the Fezziwig rock and roll
Yeah the Fezziwig rock and roll
It's very big Pole to Pole
is the Fezziwig rock and roll
Everybody's jigging, Fezziwigging to the rock and....
Everybody's jigging, Fezziwigging to the rock and....
Everybody's jigging, Fezziwigging to the rock and roll
Fezziwig's Christmas Carol
Come boys and girls, come sing with me
Come sing of joy eternally
Come sing of humble shepherds who
sang too in praise of sweet Jesu'
Let's sing and dance and celebrate
This very special festive date
Upon this day a babe was born
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Come boys and girls, come dance with me
Come dance around the Christmas tree
and look, the angel in her crown
of gold is gazing gently down
Let's sing and dance and celebrate
This very special festive date
Upon this day a babe was born
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Come boys and girls, come praise with me
the glory of our destiny
that gentle babe will show the way
to love each other every day
Let's sing and dance and celebrate
This very special festive date
Upon this day a babe was born
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Amongst the straw on Christmas morn
Scrooge, Scrooge
Scrooge, Scrooge
Can't you hear?
Scrooge, Scrooge
Someone's near
Someone who will show you what's wrong and what is right
Someone in the darkness and silence of the night
There's no need to scream and shout about it
You'll go, no question or no doubt about it
Soon you'll be beside yourself with terror and with fright
Scrooge, Scrooge
Can't you hear?
Scrooge, Scrooge
Someone's near
Spirits who will take you to a time you've long forgot
Show you all your wickedness of which there's quite a lot
And so, we will make you contemplate it
Although you are really going to hate it
Soon you'll see a lot of things we think you'd rather not
Wake
Wake
Wake
Wake
up
up
up
up
Scrooge,
Scrooge,
Scrooge,
Scrooge,
wake
wake
wake
wake
up;
up;
up;
up;
wake
wake
wake
wake
up
up
up
up
Scrooge!
Scrooge!
Scrooge!
Scrooge!
He Didn't Take It With Him
Apparently he died
with lots of gold besides
His mortgages and promissory notes
There were sovereigns by the score
Guineas, pounds and crowns galore
Not to mention all the shillings, pence and groats
Books and ledgers everywhere
Deeds and documents to spare
His whole life, it seems, was spent pursuing money
But they found him in his bed
looking very slightly dead
and no-one's going to miss him, ain't it funny?!
Oh he didn't take it with him
'cause he couldn't take it with him
though he'd very much have liked to I don't doubt
Oh, crikey, gosh and golly
Piles and piles of lovely lolly
which where he's gone he'll have to do without
There will be no big enquiry
about his sad expiry
'cause frankly no-one cares the smallest bit
His possessions were not many
'cause he never spent a penny
Just think what you or I could do with it!
He was selfish and too greedy
to help the poor and needy
or even give a smile or say "Hello"
and now he's popped his clogs
His gold's gone to the dogs
'cause he can't spend his money down below!
Oh he didn't take it with him
'cause he couldn't take it with him
though he'd very much have liked to I don't doubt
Oh, crikey, gosh and golly
Piles and piles of lovely lolly
which where he's gone he'll have to do without
He Didn't Take It With Him (Cont.)
Which where he's gone he'll have to do...
Which where he's gone he'll have to do...
Which where he's gone he'll have to do without
Which where he's gone he'll have to do...
Which where he's gone he'll have to do...
Which where he's gone he'll have to do without
It's Snowing (Reprise)
It's snowing, see it tumbling in the breeze
It's snowing, now it's settling on the trees
We'll hang out wreaths of green holly
Dance and be jolly under the mistletoe
Children wide-eyed with wonder round the Christmas tree
It's snowing, come and see how the snowflakes fall
It's snowing, Merry Christmas to one and all
We love that time in December
When we remember that stable in Bethlehem
and we wish you a Merry Christmas
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas every - one
Boys:
Snowing
Snowing
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas everyone
Boys:
Snowing
Snowing
Girls:
Yes we wish you a Merry Christmas everyone
A Ghost Of A Chance (Reprise)
Scrooge:
My dear friends I'd like to share with you
some extremely splendid news
Never fear, friends, never fear
I am overjoyed to tell you all I've changed my former views
Never fear, friends, never fear
I was greedy, mean and miserly and cruel every day
So I'd like to take this chance to make this winter holiday
a time for peace and happiness in every single way
Christmas cheer, friends, Christmas cheer
All:
You didn't have a ghost of a chance!
You didn't have a ghost of a chance!
But now you're quite a different man we see it at a glance
You didn't have a ghost of a chance!
You didn't have a ghost of a chance!
You didn't have a ghost of a chance!
It's plain to see your change of heart and that you really care
So thank you for your kindness and we offer up a prayer
That you'll never need another ghost to kick your derriere
No, you didn't have a ghost of a chance!
You didn't……….. have a ghost of…………… a chance!