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The Eckert Song CollectionSongs for Fun and MoneyThe Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine Devereaux Eckert Collection Congregations that use any of the songs in their fundraising activities are asked to give credit for the lyrics to Ed and Madeleine Eckert and to cite the source of the music for each song. TABLE OF CONTENTSUU FUN SONGS UU FUN & MONEY SONGS All of you, the church needs all of you
Not a few, we need everybody
We need each and ev’ry member
To make a pledge before December.
Get us there, show us you really care
Do your share, come on, ev’rybody!
We’re each a part of this church’s heart
That’s why we need all of you!
(Repeat - up tempo) Tune: "All of Me"
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Another Fellowship Night and we’re havin’ a party You’ve been invited here to share the fun!
We’re glad to see all of your smilin’ faces
So welcome, everyone!
Just think of all the many ways
This church has added to our lives
The more that you pursue it and put your heart into it
This place is gonna do likewise!
Another Fellowship Night and we’re havin’ a party
You’ve been invited here to share the fun!
We’re glad to see all of your smilin’ faces
So welcome, everyone!
You know this is a special place
We’re people helping people grow.
The church can’t live without you, so as you look about you
Just think about how much you owe!
Another Fellowship Night and we’re askin’ for money
And with your help this year, we’ll make the grade.
If you contribute to our yearly canvass
We’ve really got it made!
(Up one key)
Another Fellowship Night and it’s such fun to be here
Such fun to share a little time with you!
A time to share in some laughter and music
And share in friendship
And share in friendship
And share in friendship, too!
Tune: "Another Saturday Night" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
(Auction Song) We’re a poor little church living day-to-day
Buy! Buy! Buy!
A fellowship with many bills to pay
Buy! Buy! Buy!
Bid at the auction, go on a spree
Buy for your friends or your family
Help support your community!
Buy! Buy! Buy!
Tune: "The Whiffenpoof Song" Words © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
If you want to get the edge Step right up and make a pledge
You’ll find us all
Doin’ the Canvass Walk, hey!
Grab a pen and plan to sign
Right there on the dotted line
You’ll find us all
Doin’ the Canvass Walk, hey!
You in the congregation
Join in the celebration
We’ll make our very best year
Next year - right here!
So, clap your hands and tap your feet
As we dance down easy street
Come join us all doin’ the Canvass Walk, hey!
(Instrumental - 2 verses - dance)
You in the congregation
Join in the celebration
We’ll make our very best year
Next year - right here!
So, clap your hands and tap your feet
As we dance down easy street
Come join us all doin’ the Canvass Walk, hey!
Tune: "Lambeth Walk" from Me and My Girl Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
(A, B, C, & D enter stage left) A: What I like about this church is that it’s got it all.
B: I know what you mean. It sure meets all my needs.
C: I’ll say. As far as I’m concerned, this church doesn’t
need a thing.
D: Well that’s not totally right - we are lacking
in one area…
A, B, & C: What are you talking about? Whatta you mean?
Etc.
D: What we really need is cash.
A, B, & C: Yeah, we gotta have cash!
A: A new service, we don’t need!
B: A new Rev’rend, we don’t need!
C: A new choir, we don’t need!
ALL: Whadda we need?
ALL: We gotta have cash!
Piles and piles and piles of cash!
See your canvasser and fill out your card
‘Cause we need your hard cold cash!
We gotta have dough!
We’ve got miles and miles to go!
Gotta follow through with our fiscal plan
To take in more than we owe!
C: Each and ev’ry contribution (ALL) Hm, hm, hm!
D: Helps to keep the church afloat (ALL) Oh, oh, oh!
B: Pledging BIG is the solution (ALL) Hm, hm, hm
A: We don’t want to miss the boat!
ALL: We’re on the brink and we might si-nk…
ALL: We gotta have cash!
Line the aisles with piles of cash!
All together we’ll get back in the swim
So, come on, dive in - and with a splash!
‘Cause we gotta have cash!
C: If you want to wax poetic (ALL) Hm, hm, hm
D: You will find where’er you roam (ALL) Roam, roam, roam
B: That in matters a-rith-me’-tic (ALL) Hm, hm, hm
A: Churches live by bread alone!
ALL: And that ain’t funny, we mean money!
ALL: We gotta have cash!
Line the aisles with piles of cash!
We can make it if we all buckle down
We’re bound to rebound - and with panache!
C: Just like our numbers keep increasing!
B: Expenses have grown!
D: We gotta prove that charity begins at home!
ALL: Put some heart in it!
We need cash!
We need cash!
We need cash! Now pledge!
Tune: "Heart" from Damn Yankees Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
A Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom wo-wo-wo-wo-o.
We need your pledges, come and sign with me
Dot your i’s and always cross your t’s
We need your pledges, come and sign with me.
Come, come, come, come, come and be a part
And new members, come and make a start
We need your pledges, come and sign with me.
We all need you, yes, we really need you
Please say you’re gonna join us
If you make your pledges, really make your pledges
You’re helping the church to grow. (A - repeat verses)
B, C, & D Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom wo-wo-wo-wo-o!
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom wo-wo-wo-ye-ah!
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a ooh -
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom wo-wo-wo-ye-ah!
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a ooh -
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a
Pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a pledge-a - you’re helpin’ our church
to grow
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom dom dom, dom-be-do-be
Dom wo-wo-wo-ye-ah!
Tune: "Come Go With Me" (1950’s doo wop
song)
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Consider yourself at home, consider yourself part of the membership We’d all like to make it clear
We’re sure you’re going to like it here!
Consider yourself all set, consider yourself part of the fellowship
For fellowship means we care, we share whatever we have to spare!
We have activities sure to please most everyone
You’ll enjoy the fun, we vow.
And we have programs and functions planned throughout the
year
Better mark your date books now!
Consider yourself our friends
Yes, knowing you is a plus.
So, won’t you please consider us a family
Consider yourself part of us!
(Short instrumental)
Many, ya must admit, find committee life to be
Just their cup of tea each year.
And as a Sunday treat we all meet for services
At the church we hold so dear!
Consider yourself our friends
Yes, knowing you is a plus
So, won’t you please consider us a family
Consider yourself part of us!
Tune: "Consider Yourself" from Oliver Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Maria Hasn’t this Fellowship Dinner been a lot of fun? Kids Yeah! Great! Loved it! Etc.
Maria And don’t you feel like going right out and making
a pledge?
Kid 1 But, we’ve never pledged before.
Kid 2 We don’t even know how to pledge.
Maria Well, let me teach you…
Kid 3 But how?…
Maria Let’s start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with…
Kid 1 A B C
Maria When you pledge you begin with Do Re Mi
Kids Do Re Mi
Maria Do Re Mi
Repeat these words, just listen to me
Do Re Mi
Kids Do Re Mi
Maria Do Re Mi La So La Ti (Let’s see if I can make it
any easier…)
Maria Dough’s the way we all can help
Raise our yearly revenue
Me, I’ve pledged, I’ve signed my card
Follow me and take your cue
So, come on and lend a hand
Lotsa dollars help us grow
Teamwork means to take a stand
But it still comes down to dough-oh-oh-oh
Maria Do_______________________
Kid 1 Dough’s the way we all can help
Maria Re__________________
Kid 2 Raise our yearly revenue
Maria Mi____________________________
Kid 3 Me, I’ve pledged, I’ve signed my card
Maria Fa_____________________
Kid 4 Follow me and take your cue
Kids So_________________hand
Maria So, come on and lend a hand
Kids La_______________grow
Maria Lotsa dollars help us grow
Kids Ti____________________stand
Maria Teamwork means to take a stand
But it still comes down to dough
Kid 1 Do
Kid 2 Re
Kid 3 Mi
Kid 4 Fa
Kid 5 So
Kid 6 La
Kid 7 Ti
Maria Do
Maria Do
Kid 7 Ti
Kid 6 La
Kid 5 So
Kid 4 Fa
Kid 3 Mi
Kid 2 Re
Kid 1 Do
Kid 3 Mi Mi, Mi
Kid 5 So So
Kid 2 Re
Kid 4 Fa Fa
Kid 6 La
Kid 7 Ti Ti
Kid 1 Do
Kid 3 Mi Mi, Mi
Kid 5 So So
Kid 2 Re
Kid 4 Fa Fa
Kid 6 La
Kid 7 Ti Ti
(Note: "Maria" sings countermelody. Each "kid"
sings his/her own note)
Maria As the
Kids Do Mi Mi Mi So So
Maria church com-
Kids Re Fa Fa La Ti Ti
Maria mits to
Kids Do Mi Mi Mi So So
Maria you
Kids Re Fa Fa La Ti Ti
Maria Make your
Kids Do Mi Mi Mi So So
Maria own
Kids Re Fa Fa
All commitment, too!
(Note: Each person gets out of chair and drops his/her pledge
card into the basket)
All Dough’s the way we all can help
Raise our yearly revenue
Me, I’ve pledged, I’ve signed my card
Follow me and take your cue
So, come on and lend a hand
Lotsa dollars help us grow
Teamwork means to take a stand
Maria But it still comes down to dough
Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
All So pledge!
Tune: "Do Re Mi" from The Sound of Music Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Chorus It’s fellowship, fellowship Fel-fel-fellowship
Fellowship, fellowship
Fel-fel-fellowship
Fellowship, fellowship
Fel-fel-fellowship
Fellowship, fellowship
Fel-fel-fellowship
Fellowship!
We all love our church family
All together we are free
Free to be just you and me
In fellowship!
It has become traditional
That we all gather ev’ry fall
It’s all for one and one for all
In our church fellowship!
As we continue doing good
For brotherhood and sisterhood
Come along and raise a cheer
Our love increases year by year
In fellowship!
(Chorus)
It’s such a friendly atmosphere
Lotsa people gather here
Sharing values we hold dear
In fellowship!
So, come on now, get on the beam
‘Cause as a church, we are a team
And "It’s Just Us" is what we mean
When we mean fellowship!
And let’s continue doing good
Throughout our world-wide neighborhood
Helping others all the while
We greet the challenge with a smile
In fellowship!
(Chorus)
Tune: "Summertime, Summertime" (1960’s
rock and roll song)
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Scene: Three people, standing around, studying clipboard. A Who are we going to get to take charge of this thing? It’s
a lot of responsibility.
B I don’t know. Not just anybody could handle it.
C (Pointing to name on clipboard) Hey, guys, no
problem. Here’s the perfect person!
A You’re right. She’s always willing to help.
B And she does everything right the first time.
C Well, what are we waiting for?
A We got the doll right here, the perfect volunteer
When you need a job completed, she will see it clear
Can do, can do, if she says that she can do
We all know that she can do, can do, can do.
If you are in a jam, she’ll say, "Well, here I am!"
And the only thing you gotta add is, "Thank you, ma’am."
She’s good, she’s good, we all know that she is good
If we say that she is good, she’s good, she’s good.
So, when it must get done, I tell ya, she’s the one
Who is always sure to finish what she’s begun
Real fast, real fast, if you need the job done fast
She’ll get it to you real fast, real fast, real fast.
(Fill in name) __________, dear
We’ve got your name right here!
B (Comes in on A’s 3rd line)
If you are in a jam, she’ll say, "Well, here I am!"
And the only thing you gotta add is, "Thank you, ma’am."
She’s good, she’s good, we all know that she is good
If we say that she is good, she’s good, she’s good.
So, when it must get done, I tell ya, she’s the one
Who is always sure to finish what she’s begun
Real fast, real fast, if you need the job done fast
She’ll get it to you real fast, real fast, real fast.
We got the doll right here, the perfect volunteer
When you need a job completed, she will see it clear
Can do, can do, if she says that she can do
(Fill in name) __________, dear
We’ve got your name right here!
C (Comes in on B’s 3rd line)
So, when it must get done, I tell ya, she’s the one
Who is always sure to finish what she’s begun
Real fast, real fast, if you need the job done fast
She’ll get it to you real fast, real fast, real fast.
We got the doll right here, the perfect volunteer
When you need a job completed, she will see it clear
Can do, can do, if she says that she can do
We all know that she can do, can do, can do.
If you are in a jam, she’ll say, "Well, here I am!"
And the only thing you gotta add is, "Thank you, ma’am."
(Fill in name) __________, dear
We’ve got your name right here!
Tune: "Fugue for Tinhorns" from Guys and Dolls Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
G is for your generosity I means get involved financially
V means volunteer, we need your help this year and
E is everyone, I love this church, you’re Number One! So,
Give, just like the church has given you
Give your money, time, and talents, too
Share our common vision:
That we practice our religion
Give, so we can give to you!
G is for your generosity
I means get involved financially
V means volunteer, we need your help this year and
E is energy - that’s why they picked me for emcee! So,
Give, just like the church has given you
Give your money, time, and talents, too
Share our common vision:
That we practice our religion
Give, so we can give to you.
Let’s make it true
For me and you!
Tune: "L-O-V-E" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Soon you’ll hear your telephone ringing From one of our canvassing crew
Listen to the message they’re bringing
We’ve gotta lot of giving to do.
Every year, this time in November
We arrange this special hullabaloo
To remind each UUA member
We’ve gotta lot of giving to do.
We’ve got money to raise
Debts to be paid
Bills that are due
Hey, listen up
You owe UU!
Now’s the time to talk about money
With the New Year clearly in view
We can make it all bright and sunny
We’ve gotta lot of giving to do!
We’ve got money to raise
Debts to be paid
Bills that are due
Hey, listen up
You owe UU!
Now’s the time to talk about money
With the brand New Year so clearly in view
We can make it all bright and sunny
We’ve gotta lot of giving to do
Such a lot of giving
We’ve gotta lot of giving to do!
Tune: "Got a Lot of Living To Do" from Bye Bye Birdie Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Hey, stop hedgin’ What’re you pledgin’
How’s about pledgin’ somethin’ nice fer me?
Hey, sweet baby
Don’t say maybe
Don’tcha know churches cannot run fer free?
We get saddled with bills, we got salaries, too
But it’s all worthwhile and we do it for you
So, sit right back and we’ll do it up right
‘Cause we’re here to put you in the mood tonight, so
Hey, stop hedgin’
What’re you pledgin’
How’s about pledgin’ somethin’ nice fer me?
We got food and beverage
That we’ll use as leverage
To help support our church community.
So, hey sweet honey
We need your money
To keep us on top and in good company!
The budget is set, so get off of the fence
We need lotsa cash to defray the expense
I’m choosin’ to sign ‘cause it’s voluntary
And I’m ready to pledge, come along with me, so
Hey, stop hedgin’
What’re you pledgin’
How’s about pledgin somethin’ nice
I say, how’s about pledgin somethin’ nice
How’s about pledgin somethin’ nice fer me!
Tune: "Hey, Good Lookin’"
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
If we were a rich church, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle, dum. All day long we’d biddy biddy bum, if we were a wealthy church!
Wouldn’t have to work hard, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle, dum.
If we were a biddy, biddy rich, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle
church.
Were I to list the things we need in this church, I’d ramble
until the early dawn
The place needs work, a fact that I can’t deny
And with insurance, sal’ries, programs, and such, the list would
go on and on and on
But stop - I think you know as well as I!
We have the finest minds in all of the county sitting among us
here tonight
A goldmine of resources so close at hand
If we could tap the talents of one and all the future would seem
so very bright
And all that wealth is Unitarian!
If we were a rich church, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle, dum.
All day long we’d biddy biddy bum, if we were a wealthy church!
Wouldn’t have to work hard, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle, dum.
If we were a biddy, biddy rich, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle
church.
We’ve got a board of trustees that we can trust to guide us throughout
the months ahead
And finance experts who share their expertise!
We’ve got committee members and volunteers who give of themselves
and of their time
We owe so much to members such as these!
We can be a rich church, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle, dum.
All day long we’ll biddy biddy bum, when we are a wealthy church!
We won’t have to work hard, daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh,
deedle, daidle, dum.
All together we will find a way, and I know that there will come
a day
I’ll stand up - oh, how I long to say:
Yes, we are a wealthy church!
Tune: "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
It's just a bill A sawbuck in my hands
I'd spend it in a (snap fingers) snap and never notice
it
But multiplied
Put side by side
The church will accrue it as people add to it
Yes, through canvassing
We can get everything
We need and still
It's funny, you'd never notice it
Because it's just a bill.
It's just a bill
Some paper and some ink
But what it represents can be quite wonderful
Security
For you and me
The pleasure of knowing
Our church can keep growing
Now it's up to you
To see this canvass through
I know you will
It's easy, you'll never feel the pinch
Because it's just a bill.
Tune: "Bill" from Showboat Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
(Performance suggestion: To acquaint the congregation with the original words of the song, it is recommended that "Brotherhood of Man" from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" be sung first by a group of men. As the song ends, a female church member comes onto the stage and ad libs, "Stop!" – "What are you talking about?!", etc. and then begins to sing.) (Solo) We are a membership for all
One for all a true membership for all
Here we are free to be you and me equally
We are a membership for all!
As we extend a welcome hand
All together our fellowship stands tall
Seeking diversity, striving towards harmony
Into one membership for all!
Now you can sing your song about
The brotherhood of man.
But that is half the story of
Just how the world began.
Let’s put our heads together and
We’ll find the perfect place
And show that through community
We’ll win the human race!
(All) We are a membership for all
One for all a true fellowship for all
Here we are free to be you and me equally
We are a membership for all!
As we extend a welcome hand
All together our fellowship stands tall
Seeking diversity, striving towards harmony
Into one membership for all!
Tune: "Brotherhood of Man" from How to
Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
She is the very model of a modern UU minister She’s pastoral and personal with power to administer
She knows the leaders of the church and quotes their deeds historical
From Civitus to Sigismund in order categorical.
She’s very well acquainted too with matters metaphysical
And understands equations and conundrums that are quizzical
About her sermonizing she has leanings toward the comical
She’s flowing and so rhythmical and also economical.
She’s flowing and so rhythmical and also economical.
She’s flowing and so rhythmical and also economical.
She’s flowing and so rhythmical and also economi-nomi-cal.
She’s beautiful and praisable and also philosophical
Magnifical, majestical, and highly philanthropical
With matters problematical, she’s able to administer
She is the very model of a modern UU minister!
She’s very good at integrating many different points of view
And knows the world religions and recites the text of Old and
New
In short, she sees the good in all and so removes the sinister
And is the very model of a modern UU minister.
And when she finds the perfect myth, she plies it with the tactical
By analyzing and describing in a way most practical.
To make her point without dissent, she is a true superior
She has a knack for using tact that won’t hurt your interior.
She has a knack for using tact that won’t hurt your interior.
She has a knack for using tact that won’t hurt your interior.
She has a knack for using tact that won’t hurt your interi-teri-or.
She’s mythical and biblical and often metaphorical
She’s lyrical, empirical, she truly is an oracle.
Political and ethical, with talent to administer
She is the very model of a modern UU minister!
Tune: "Modern Major General" by Gilbert & Sullivan Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
1&2 Money helps the church stay around The church stay around
The church stay around.
Money helps the church stay around
It helps it say around!
1 A week we have found, a week we have found
1&2 Will help this church and keep it around
That crisp and crackling sound
Will help it stay around!
1&2 Money money money money money money money money money
money money money
2 Money money money money money money money money
money money
1 If you want to give a pledge or a tithe or a pro- mise,
2 Money money money money money money money
1 An of- fer-ing, a gift, con- tri-bu- tion or vow.
2 money money money money money money money money money
1 You can give it to us week- ly, bi-week- ly, or month-ly
2 money money money money money money
1 Or quarter- ly, bi- year- ly, or all of it now.
2 money money money money money
1 Doesn’t matter if you pay it in cash or by check
2 money money monjey money money money money mon.
1 Why not pick the way that seems most con-ven- ient to you.
2 Send it in the mail or wait for the offering plate
2 To be passed around on Sunday like we do! (Note:
puts money into collection plate)
1&2 Money helps the church stay around
The church stay around
The church stay around.
Money helps the church stay around
It’s not a heavy toll
To reach our goal.
1&2 Money money money money money money money money money
money money money mon.
2 Gotta dig into our pockets and purs- es and wallets
1 and purs-es and wal- lets and calcu-late how close
2 and calculate how close to our goal we can get
2 Gotta dig un-til u- til- i- ty, sal- ar- y, maintenance
2 and ad-mini- stration ex- pens- es are met.
1 here and there, do your share. From the east and from the
west,
2 From the east and from the west, from the north and the
south.
1 from the north and the south. No, it doesn’t mean a thing
2 Can’tcha see that talk is cheap and it don’t mean a thing
1&2 Money helps the church stay around
The church stay around
The church stay around.
Money helps the church stay around
That crisp and crackling sound
Of money money money money
Money money money money
Give a little, help a little
Money money money money
Five or ten or more we have found
That crisp and crackling, crinkling sound
Will help to keep our church around
Will help it stay around!
Tune: "Money, Money" from Cabaret Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Tune: "Give Me That Old-Time Religion"
Words © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Pledge! Pledge! Pledge! Let’s pledge to each other and all of you here tonight!
Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!
The future is ours and we can make sure it is bright!
Pledge for love of our church family
Pledge for our faith in the new century!
We all pledge to your health, and you
Can help the church stay healthy too!
Pledge! Pledge! Let us unite!
Pledge! Pledge! Start the year right!
Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!
Let ev’ry church member pledge with us tonight!
We all pledge to your health and you
Can help the church stay healthy, too!
Pledge! Pledge! Let us unite!
Pledge! Pledge! Start the year right!
Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!
Let every church member pledge with us tonight!
Pledge! Pledge!
Tune: "Drinking Song" from the operetta The Student Prince Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Put your hands into your pockets, don’t be cheap!
With a grin, please dig right in, keep diggin’ deep!
Show your generosity!
Please give with sincerity!
When you pledge, it shows each member does his part!
When you pledge, we know you’re giving from the heart!
Let’s start next year anew
Can we count on you?
(Repeat)
Tune: "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" Words: © 1992 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
(Chorus)
Say you’ll pledge for our tomorrow
We can’t make it all alone
Tho’ the church is growing, we’ll get through
If you pledge for our tomorrow
We need you.
The words have all been said, you’ve heard this song before
We’re really in the red, please pledge a little more.
This church is family, together we must stand
It’s all true (it’s all true)
Oh, so true (oh, so true)
We can’t live (we can’t live)
Without you, so -
(Chorus)
Our church is changing and our needs are changing, too
Always rearranging and we’re doing it for you
We are depending on your generosity
Look ahead (look ahead)
And you’ll see (and you’ll see)
We’ll succeed (we’ll succeed)
You and me, so -
(Chorus)
Tho’ the church is growing, we’ll get through
If you pledge for our tomorrow
We need you!
Tune: "Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Smile at one another, come on, greet a friend Reach right out and shake each other’s hands and then
Do yourself a little favor
Share a moment you can savor
Go ahead and hug your neighbor
Be a friend!
(Repeat)
Tune: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Tell us why our spirits shine Tell us why our hearts intertwine
Tell us why our faith holds true
And we will tell you why we love you.
Because you give all you have to give
Because you teach us to live and let live
Because you smile with your eyes so true
Because your eyes tell us, "Yes, I love you too!"
Tune: "Tell Me Why" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Thank Heaven for all of you Our membership keeps growing every day
Thank Heaven for all of you
For volunteers who help in ev’ry way!
Our little church has had a splendid showing
We’re grateful to each one of you who keeps us going!
Thank Heaven for all of you
Thank Heaven for you all
No matter where, no matter who
Without you, next year, what will we do?
Thank Heaven for all of you
Our membership keeps growing every day
Thank Heaven for all of you
More members mean more bills we have to pay!
Our little church, so helpless and appealing
Beseeches you to pay your due - this year with feeling!
Thank Heaven for all of you
Thank Heaven for you all
No matter where, no matter who
Without you, next year, what will we do?
Thank heaven for all of you
Our fellowship keeps growing day by day
Thank heaven for all of you
For all of you who help in ev’ry way!
I’d like to shake the hand of ev’ry member
Who seems to care, is always there ev’ry September!
Thank heaven for all of you
Thank heaven for you all
No matter where, no matter who
‘Cause with you, picture all we can do!
Thank heaven
Thank heaven
Thank heaven for all of you!
Tune: "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" from Gigi Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
I. Thanks to the members here
Who make life in RE a vital place to be
Where children's minds and hearts can flourish to maturity!
How lucky we are!
Thanks to the members here
Who join the SAC, pursue BYOT
The Care Committee, Senior Club, The New U, and AE
How lucky we are!
To those who serve throughout the Sunday service
Making coffee...being ushers...fixing flowers
To the greeters who greet through their coffee hours
And to the entire heavenly church choir. Yes,
Thanks to the members here
Who strive to do some good beyond their neighborhood
Who’ve worked to solve our urban problems, when no one else would
How lucky we are!
II.
Thanks to the members here
For all the volunteers who've volunteered for years
Who give the church their full support, now we give you three
cheers!
How lucky we are!
Thanks to the members here
Who have the wherewithal to always be on call
Here’s to the minister and staff, we need you, one and all!
How lucky we are!
To those who oversee the church finances
Or help conduct the Canvass every fall
To you we send our smiles and loving glances
We owe you so much, for your Midas touch! Yes,
Thanks to you, one and all
To the entirety
Of this community
Not just the members but all friends of our church family
How lucky we are!
Tune: "Thanks for the Memories" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
We’re goin’ pledgin’ in the mornin’ Ding! Dong! The phones are gonna ring!
Pull out your wallet, don’t try to stall it!
The time has come for canvassing!
All voting members should contribute
So, everybody, give your due!
And stop your hedgin’, and start your pledgin’
Remember that it’s all for you!
If everybody
Works as a whole
It will be easy
To exceed our goal!
So, won’t you give willingly tomorrow?
Come on and get into the swing!
No doubt about it, we can’t live without it
The time has come for canvassing!
If everybody
Works as a whole
It will be easy
To exceed our goal!
So, won’t you give willingly tomorrow?
Come on and get into the swing
No doubt about it, we can’t live without it
Because the time has come
Oh yes, the time has come
The time has come again for canvassing!
Tune: "Get Me To the Church on Time"from My Fair Lady Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Come, everybody, come gather around Grab the best seats for the best show in town!
Music, laughter, and a whole lot of fun!
And some surprises, too,
I know of quite a few!
Wining and dining and having a ball
We guarantee a super-duper time for all!
So don’t be late, mate, let’s celebrate!
‘Cause tonight’s the night for fellowship!
(Instrumental)
Old friends and new friends, we’re all family
And there’s no other place on earth we’d rather be
Get ready, set, go - time for the show!
‘Cause tonight’s the night for fellowship!
Tune: "Alabama Jubilee" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
My canvasser tol' me, we gotta get rollin' My canvasser tol' me, it's sad
Come on, get a move on, we gotta raise money
Or we'll be hurtin' real bad
No slippin' or slidin'
We're right on the edge, we need ev'ry pledge
From the UUs here tonight.
We need your support or we'll be runnin' short of money
My canvasser tol' me
Costs are flyin' high, the well is drainin' dry of money
My canvasser tol' me
We gotta get rollin'
'Cause we're fallin' short, we need the support
Of the UUs here tonight.
I'm sure that you'll agree along with me that charity begins
at home
Your welfare is my own, ain't is so?
Fellowship is really hip when you reach out and show you care
Pledging your fair share as you go. Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh,
My canvasser tol' me, hey, time is a-wastin'
My canvasser tol' me, "Hon" (now ain't that sweet!)
Don't sit there and take it, you know we can make it
Why, we have only begun
So shake it or break it
If we're gonna lose those big money blues
For the UUs here tonight. Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh,
Let's do it up right
All us UUs here tonight!
Tune: "Blues in the Night" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
1. JINGLE, JANGLE, JINGLE We need change that jingle, jangle, jingles and we need lots
of folding money too
You can bet your bottom silver dollar that our church will keep
growin’, ‘cause of you!
And by the way, yes, by the way
If we don’t take care of business now, we’ll all have hell to
pay!
‘Cause we need change that jingle, jangle, jingles, so stake
a claim, ev’ry gal and buckaroo!
So stake a claim, and that means both me and you! Yee-haw!
2. STEP UP AND VOLUNTEER May I add to ev’ry gal and buckaroo
Won’t you also share your gifts of time and talent, too
Don’t forget this year’s a very special year
So don’t be shy, step up and volunteer!
3. PLEASE PLEDGE THIS YEAR We need dough, lotsa dough for our bank account to grow
Please pledge this year!
Don’t just sit, please commit, stand behind your membership
And pledge this year!
It’s a challenge, I know, what with prices risin’
We’ll have to chip in more and be more enterprisin’
But we can meet the challenge without compromisin’
So, pledge this year!
4. FELLOWSHIP Fellowship, fellowship
We all make up one fellowship
"It’s just us", so we must
Plan for our future tonight.
Take a look at the people all around you
And you’re surely bound to agree
We’re your friends, we’re your neighbors and your partners
Together we become family.
Fellowship, fellowship
It all comes down to fellowship
Make this our very best year
At our Fellowship Dinner right here!
Tune 1: "Jingle Jangle Jingle" Tune 2: "My Little Buckaroo"
Tune 3: "Don’t Fence Me In"
Tune 4: "Wagon Wheels"
Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
(To be sung by the minister)
We’ve got a loverly bunch of members here! Ev’ry Sunday sitting row by row.
Short ones, tall ones, every shape and size.
From near and far, they travel by car to hear me sermonize, Oh!
We’ve got a loverly bunch of people here!
Each one with their own religious view.
But, you will find that we are of one mind
Yes, we are the church and we’re committed to you!
Yes, we are the church and we’re committed to you!
Yes, we are the church and we’re committed to you!
And you will find that we are of one mind
Yes, we are the church and we’re committed to you!
(Repeat from beginning)
Tune: "I’ve Got a Loverly Bunch of Coconuts" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Oh, when we meet in fellowship Oh, when we meet in fellowship
Oh, aren’t you glad to be in that number
When we meet in fellowship?
Each one of us makes up the church
Each one of us makes up the church
Yes, "one for all and all together"
Each one of us makes up the church!
Tonight’s the night we celebrate
Tonight’s the night we celebrate
The future of our congregation
Tonight’s the night we celebrate!
(Repeat first verse)
Tune: "When the Saints Go Marching In" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much theology
Don’t know much about sacred books
Don’t know much about the Greek I took
But I do know I love UU
And I know that if you love it too
What a wonderful world it would be.
Don’t know much about philosophy
Don’t know much mythology
Don’t know much about gospel books
Don’t know much of Latin that I took
But I do know I love UU
And I know that if you love it too
What a wonderful world it would be.
Now you don’t have to preach a long sermon
‘Cause it’s easy to see
That this is a church where you are encouraged
To set your mind and spirit free!
I have got no apology
Don’t know much cosmology
I know lots that can’t come from books
Or attending classes that I took
And it all seems so plain to see
That it comes down to you and me
Making UU all that it can be!
(Slower)
And it all seems so plain to see
That it comes down to you and me
Making UU all that it can be!
Tune: "Wonderful World" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
Start spreadin’ the news We’re pledgin’ today
C’mon and be a part of it, you owe UU!
Our church has the blues
That won’t go away
Until you put some heart in it, you owe UU!
We gotta shake up those wolves hangin’ ‘round the door
To find we’ve come out on top, evened the score.
We’re countin’ on you
So wadda you say
Let’s make a brand new start of it, you owe UU!
And we can make it here, if you will pledge this year
It’s up to you, you, Y-O-U!
(Instrumental)
You owe UU!
We gotta shake up those wolves hangin’ ‘round the door
To find we’ve come out on top, we’re in the black
Even the score, we can do more…
We’re countin’ on you
So wadda you say
Let’s make a brand new start of it, in this old UU!
And we can make it here if you will pledge this year
It’s up to you, you, Y-O-U!
You, you!
Tune: "New York, New York" Words: © 1999 by Edward Simon Eckert and Madeleine
Devereaux Eckert
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