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Peace on Earth... and lots of little crickets
Treble (SA)/folk percussion instruments & marimba (and/or Orff
instruments/string bass)
Difficulty rating (1-5): 2.5
Secular text in English by Oliver Twigge
This very fun piece was commissioned by our great
friend, Nikkola Carmichael, and her family. They are a fun-loving
bunch and didn’t want anything too serious. The text is about a child
and Mom who go about changing the world into a kinder place - and
crickets play a part in their plan. The percussion includes toy
cricket clickers, rain sticks, Asian guiros, and so on but it’s not
totally necessary to use the exact instrumentation. Directors are also
invited to add Orff instruments if they like. The vocal parts are very
jazzy and then later very gospel sounding.
Complete perusal score available upon
request.
TEXT
One night a cricket crept in my
room
so I ran to my mother and said
make him go away,
she said that crickets bring us
good luck
so I let him stay and fed him
night and day.
Later on my cricket looked so sad
and he said "I'm getting lonely to
no end,
so I ran out into the field
and I brought him back a sweet
cricket girlfriend.
Before too long my whole room was
filled
with baby crickets all chirping
their "do-re-mi's"
I gave all my friends a baby
cricket for luck
and I even gave them to my
enemies.
Then all the people in the
neighborhood
let the lucky little crickets
be their guide,
new friends were made and
bitterness forgotten
and the happiness and crickets
multiplied.
Then my mother said let's buy
some little boxes
and fill them with crickets
and send them on their way
to people here and there and
everywhere
and bring all the world a
happy brand new day.
There were little crickets
chirping far and wide
and I winked and I smiled and
I laughed with my mother,
all the people were so happy
go lucky
they forgot how to hate each
other...
And there was Peace on Earth,
and joy everywhere
there was Peace on Earth and
hearts filled with gladness,
Oh yes, there was Peace on
Earth
..and lots of little crickets!
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| PAUL CAREY
composer / conductor All materials and information on this site © 2008 Paul Carey and respective music publishers No part of this site or its contents may be reproduced without written consent. 
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