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When Jelly Beans Are Criminal
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"The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans" is one of five wonderful "fairy tales" that were written by Johnny Valentine and illustrated by Lynette Schmidt, collected in a wonderful book that won the Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult. We used the duke's story in a "moment for all ages" at UUCV once, so naturally I wrote a choir anthem to punctuate the story. You may want to pick up a cheap pack of kazoos for at least some of your choir singers before starting this one..... Charts provided for piano/conductor, choir, and kazoo ensemble.
Lyrics
A jelly bean is just a piece of candy,
and reading never made a kid a brat.
Some families have a different count
of moms or dads than others,
and there’s nothing wrong with that!
What’s true for you is all just fine and dandy,
but difference is the sweetest spice of life,
and the fact that we are different
doesn’t have to cause an episode
of silly, dweebish strife!
Oh, when jelly beans are criminal,
then kids and men and women’ll
cry out as one ’til they annul the law!
‘Cause when the laws’re just plain silly,
then we know that we should really
join our voices in one song!
Now, some good laws are written to protect us,
and some are there to keep us safe at night.
But when somebody tries to write
a law that isn’t fair,
then we should say, “Hey! That’s not right!”
Oh, when jelly beans are criminal,
then kids and men and women’ll
cry out as one ’til they annul the law!
‘Cause when the laws’re just plain silly,
then we know that we should really
join our voices in one song!
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