Early Morning Singing Song
Marc S. Glasser
Canadian Screen Training Centre wrote:
>
> Hi - I rarely come to this newsgroup, but I'm in desperate need of the
> lyrics to the song "Early Morning Singing Song" by Oliver. I'd like to
> teach it to my grade ones, and I'd hate to disappoint them...
>
> If anyone has them, please please please send them to me.
>
> Thanks in advance - I would appreciate it if you could e-mail them
> directly to me:
>
> nhar...@sfu.ca
>
> Thanks!!!
> Nicole
Okay, it gets a bit complicated, so please pay attention, class.
"Early Morning Singing Song", a/k/a "Good Morning Starshine", was
written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado for the American Tribal Love Rock
Musical, HAIR. Variations in lyrics exist depending on whether you're
listening to the New York cast recording, the London cast recording, the
film soundtrack, or the recording made by William Oliver Swofford,
performing under his middle name.
Here are the lyrics provided at a Web site devoted to the music of HAIR:
http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/tower/Songs/Hair/hair.whole
@SONG: Good Morning Starshine
Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba naba
Early morning singing song
Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
Laughing a song
Singing a song
Sing the song
Song song song sing
Sing sing sing sing song
[Extra verse, London 1993]
Good morning starshine
The universe rings
With milky way music
Our blue planet sings
Good morning starshine
And someday so strong
They'll hear the song we sang
Our early morning singing song
[end of download from Web site]
Oliver did not do the extra London verse. He added a second verse
instead of repeating the first verse:
Good morning starshine
There's love in your skies
Reflecting the sunlight
In my lover's eyes
Good morning starshine
So happy to see
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song
He also added a brief instrumental break and a lead-in line to the third
verse, "Can you hear me...." [and into "Singing the song, humming the
song..."]
So in the 1960s' tradition of doing your own thing,
pick the verses you like best,
sing them with joy and love,
and be sure to tell your first-graders to
Keep on singing,
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Marc S. Glasser
ca...@nycmetro.com
nancy g.
David Weikel wrote:
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> It's called Good Morning Starshine, but I don't know the lyrics...
And it's from the Broadway musical "Hair."
Canadian Screen Training Centre
Marc Green
Canadian Screen Training Centre wrote:
>
Do you mean "Good Morning Starshine" from Hair? That song contains the
line the Early Morning Singing Song.
David Weikel
It's called Good Morning Starshine, but I don't know the lyrics...
Canadian Screen Training Centre <cs...@magi.com> wrote in article
<5ck4aa$q...@news.istar.ca>...
> Hi - I rarely come to this newsgroup, but I'm in desperate need of the
> lyrics to the song "Early Morning Singing Song" by Oliver. I'd like to
> teach it to my grade ones, and I'd hate to disappoint them...
>
Wayne Garvin
(posted to alt.music.lyrics and e-mailed to Nicole)
On 28 Jan 1997 05:54:18 GMT Nicole <cs...@magi.com> wrote:
>Hi - I rarely come to this newsgroup, but I'm in desperate need of the
>lyrics to the song "Early Morning Singing Song" by Oliver. I'd like to
>teach it to my grade ones, and I'd hate to disappoint them...
GOOD MORNING STARSHINE
- words by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, music by Gene MacDermot
- from the Broadway musical "Hair" starring Steve Curry
- a #3 hit for Oliver in 1969
Good morning, starshine, the earth says "Hello"
You twinkle above us, we twinkle below
Good morning, starshine, you lead us along
My love and me as we sing our early morning singing song
Gliddy, glup, gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La, la, la, lo, lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le, le, lo, lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Good morning, starshine, the earth says "Hello"
You twinkle above us, we twinkle below
Good morning, starshine, you lead us along
My love and me as we sing our early morning singing song
Gliddy, glup, gloopy
Nibby nabby noopy
La, la, la, lo, lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le, le, lo, lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Singing a song, humming a song, singing a song
Loving a song, laughing a song, sing the song
Sing the song, song the sing
Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song
Sing the song, song the sing
Song, song, song, si-ing, sing, sing, si-ing, song
[Extra verse, London 1993]
Good morning, starshine, the universe rings
With milky way music our blue planet sings
Good morning, starshine, and someday so strong
They'll hear the song we sang, our early morning singing song
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Wayne Garvin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Jens Woelken
Hi,
If it is the one from Hair, here are the lyrics:
@SONG: Good Morning Starshine
Good morning starshine The earth says hello
You twinkle above us We twinkle below
Good morning starshine You lead us along
My love and me as we sing Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy Nibby nabby noopy La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba naba Early morning singing song
Good morning starshine The earth says hello
You twinkle above us We twinkle below
Good morning starshine You lead us along
My love and me as we sing Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glub gloopy Nibby nabby noopy La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba naba Early morning singing song
Singing a song Humming a song Singing a song
Loving a song Laughing a song Singing a song
Sing the song song the sing
Song song song sing sing sing sing song
Gliddy glub gloopy Nibby nabby noopy La la la lo lo
Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba Le le lo lo
Tooby ooby walla Nooby abba naba Early morning singing song
These are the lyrics used in the musical. There is another version I know with
some other words on the secon strophe:
Its like:
Good morning starshine Will you never threat
With lock you music I'd look like it seems
Good morning starshine and somedays so strong
You'll here the songs we sang Our early morning singing song...
Seeya,
Jens Wölken.