Miss Grimshaw’s Ten Commandments
From Kol Neshama’s “A Light for Greytowers”
Music and lyrics by Levi Garbose.
Sung by Miss Grimshaw and the Orphans
Miss Grimshaw:
One- the boss here is me.
Two- thou shalt never overeat.
Three- you work and work all day.
Four- keep your appearance neat.
Five- don’t laugh, and don’t ever sing.
Six- don’t waste your time with play
Seven- don’t ever steal a thing.
Eight- don’t contradict what I say.
Nine- don’t noisy be.
Ten- in fact, don’t do anything without permission from me!
Spoken: Now girls, it’s your turn, repeat it all!
Orphans:
One- the boss here is you.
Two- we shall never overeat.
Three- we work and work all day.
Four- keep our appearance neat.
Five- don’t laugh and don’t ever sing.
Six- we don’t waste our time in play.
Seven- we never steal a thing.
Eight- don’t contradict what you say.
Nine- don’t noisy be.
Ten- in fact, don’t do anything without permission from thee!
© Kol Neshama, 2002