Tsar Shate 2 presents Lewis Carroll’s

Alice in Wonder land

1 Prologue [ All in the golden af-ternoon [ Full leisurely we glide;

[ For both our oars, with little skill, [ By little arms are plied, [ While little hands make vain pretence [ Our wanderings to guide [ Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour [ Beneath such dreamy weather, [ To beg a tale of breath too weak [ To stir the tiniest feather ! [ Yet what can one poor voice avail [ Against three tongues together ? [ Im-perious Prima flashes forth [ Her edict to begin it - [ In gentler tone Secunda hopes [ “ There will be nonsense in it ! ” - [ While Tertia interrupts the tale [ Not more than once a minute. [ Anon, to sudden silence

won, [ In fancy they pursue [ The dream-child moving through a land [ Of wonders wild and new, [ In friendly chat with bird or beast - [ And half believe it true. [ And ever, as the story drained [ The wells of fancy dry [ And faintly strove that weary one [ To put the subjet by [ The rest next time - It is next time ! [ The happy voices cry. [ Thus grew the tale of Wonderland : [ Thus slowly, one by one, [ Its quaint events were hammered out - [ And now the tale is done, [ And home we steer, a merry crew, [ Beneath the setting sun. [ Alice ! a childish story take, [ And with a gentle hand [ Lay it where Childhood’s dreams are twined [

In Memory’s mystic band, [ Like pilgrim’s wither’d wreath of flowers [ Pluck’d in a far-off land.

2 The White Rabbit (Into the Hole) I’m late ! I’m late ! [ I’ll never

make to the Queen [ I’m late ! I’m late ! [ She’ll punish me ! How can that be ? [ I’m late ! [ I lost my way [ I found it back I try to make it fast [ I’m late, I check the time I’ll never make it there ! [ Into the Hole ! [ Hello ! Hello ! [ Don’t have the time to say goodbye [ I have to go ! [ They wait for me I have to be on time ! [ How can I stand [ The pressure I am under ? [ Tell me how to live [ I need

some air I need some time to spare [ Into the Hole ! [ Down into the Hole ! [ I’m late ! I’m late ! [ I’ll never make to the Queen [ I’m late ! I’m late ! [ She’ll punish me ! How can that be ? [ I’m late ! [ Into the Hole !

3 The Fall Falling into the hole [ And never make it back home [ Slowly

drowning by [ A pack of engines running ! [ Falling through the earth [ And never going back up [ Am I missed above ? [ And have they fed my cat tonight ? [ Down down down… [ Down down down… [ Down I’m falling down !

4 The Pool of Tears Dry your tears now Let me go ! [ Don’t cry

little girl [ Have no fear now [ Open up your eyes and (reprise) Show me out of this hole ! [ I drank a flask and I grew small [ Then ate a cake and grew so tall ! [ Who am I in the world ? [ The rabbit has a clue ! [ Dry your tears now I’m alone ! [ Don’t cry little girl [ Have no fear now [ Open up your eyes and (reprise) Where has the rabbit gone ? [ I may be drowning in my tears, [ The sound of freedom in my ears [ Drives me further inside ! [ Could I be go-ing mad ? [ Dry your tears now Let me go ! [ Don’t cry little girl [ Have no fear now

[ Open up your eyes and (reprise) Water flows from both my eyes !

5 A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale Ready to run ! [ I was born to

conquer ! [ I’m the Dodo King ! [ Fresh and full of power ! [ Dryer than your lips ! [ Let’s have a race in the hall [ Who will win we don’t care we’ll win all ! [ Now don’t stand like a tree ! [ Run with me ! [ To feel a sun in your mind [ Better grow a feather in your arse [ Allo ? Hello hello ? Moshi moshi ? [ Cats and me are three ! [ I am the lord of the ducks [ Clever as a mighty rat and solid as a rock ! [ And I glow in the

dark : [ Like a shark ! [ Don’t be afraid it’s a game that we play everyday ! [ Never the same ! [ Fasten your seat belt and follow the dance as you can ! [ You never lose : you never choose, no ! [ We are the birds and we’re running to dry up our hips ! [ We never loose ! [ Don’t be afraid it’s a game that we play everyday! [ Never the same ! [ Playing the night and the day !

6 The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill Let’s burn this house of mine !

[ And smoke that little child ! [ We’re gonna burn her [ ‘Till she screams ! [ ‘Till the little monster leaves. [ I’m scared and

full of haste [ I guess that it’s my fate [ I you could leave me alone [ I would use a gentler tone ! [ Gather you all for the burning ! [ A fire from floor to the ceiling ! [ Don’t mind the house : it’s not mine ! [ I’ll just buy another one. [ We want the blood we want the flesh ! [ We want her dead we want to rest ! [ Bring all the people wood and matches, [ There’s a fire to be made ! [ Gather you all for the burning ! [ A fire from floor to the ceiling ! [ I don’t really like it, to kill a child, kill a nice girl [ I’m no genius at all and I have to tell who’s the boss…

7 Advice from a Caterpillar Who are you ? [ What are you doing

on my mushroom ? [ I know a secret that nobody know, [ It is the first time that I’m telling it [ Open your ears now ! Open your mind and [ Keep your mouth shut ! [ There’s a place, Where no one sleeps and no one cares [ About the way you and I live [ About the way you and I breath [ You’re going there and [ Beware your head for the [ Queen chops them off ! [ Think right, think tight !

8 Pig and Pepper Speak roughly to your little boy, [ And beat him

when he sneezes : [ He only does it to annoy,

[ Because he knows it teases. [ Wow wow wow wow ! [ I speak severely to my boy, [ I beat him when he sneezes ; [ For he can thoroughly enjoy [ The pepper when he pleases ! [ Wow wow wow wow ! [ (appear and disappear) [ Don’t mind where you go [ I’m grinning I’m a cat [ I’m mad and I’m about [ To disappear oh my ! [ You’re mad and you’re about [ To have a croquet game [ Give my words to the Queen [ And Kings and Jacks around !

9 A Mad Tea-Party I like what I get I get what I like ! [ I try not to rest I

rest not to try ! [ I breath when I sleep I sleep

when I breath ! [ I see what I eat I eat what I see ! [ Does your watch tell you what day we are ? Say ! [ What’s the year we’re living to-night ? Girl ! [ If you knew time the way that I do [ You’d love your watch too ! [ I find what I smoke I smoke what I find ! [ I mind when I choke I choke when I mind ! [ Enough of nonsense I’m not feeling right ! [ You’re go-ing crazy all, let me return home ! [ Though I must say you’re pretty funny too ! [ I’m tired of seeing, smelling, touching, tasting, hear-ing this farce ! [ We leave when we want we want when we leave! [ Say the magic word and we might keep still, [ Keep in silence !

10 The Queen’s Croquet Ground We spades are paint-

ing roses red [ If she finds out : off with our heads ! [ The Queen will be here in no time, [ Hurry there Mr. Five ! [ No way but paint for our lives ! [ Sharpening our weapons made of steel [ Protect our one and only Queen [ We clubs are ready for the fight [ “ Royal is always right ” [ We pledge to serve ‘till we die [ Forty alike ! [ Diamonds and clubs and spades and hearts ! [ Full deck of cards ! [ We serve the Queen and King of Hearts [ Day and Night. [ Hail to the crown ! [ Raised in a royal atmosphere [ We’re children of our loving Queen [ She

hates to have us playing round [ Down on the croquet ground [ Believe us life can be hard ! [ Forty alike ! [ Diamonds and clubs and spades and hearts ! [ Full deck of cards ! [ We serve the Queen and King of Hearts [ Day and Night. [ Hail to the crown ! [ Finally the courtiers we appear [ We’re diamonds and we like to please [ Welcome the mighty one and only Queen !

11 The Mock Turtle’s Story This is my story [ Do you wish to

listen ? [ The life and time at sea [ The story of my ocean. [ Once I was a turtle [ That when we were little. [ We went to school at

sea [ Our master’s name was Andy [ We had the best education [ I was so smart and [ Each day was a lesson too [ We had an extra for washing [ Boy ! That was something ! [ Music was around to sing ! [ Like a morn-ing ray ! [ Feeling happy those were the days [ I wish I could stay [ Stop the time and go back again ! [ Reeling and writhing [ Started off the morning [ Then arithmetics [ Ambition and distraction [ Uglification [ Hardest was derision [ Dusty mystery [ Bor-ing seaography [ We had the best education [ I was so smart and [ Each day was a les-son too [ We had an extra for washing Boy ! That was something ! [ Music was around to

sing ! [ Like a morning ray ! [ Feeling happy those were the days [ I wish I could stay [ Stop the time and go back again !

12 The Lobster Quadrille“Will you walk a little faster ? ”

said a whiting to a snail [ “ There’s a por-poise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail [ See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance. [ They are waiting on the shingle - will you come and join the dance ? [ Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, will you join the dance ? [ Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance ?” [ “ You can really have

no notion how delightful it will be, [ When they take us up and throw us, with the lob-sters, out to sea ! ” [ But the snail replied, “ Too far, too far !” and gave a look askance - [ Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance. [ Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. [ Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance. [ “ What matters it how far we go ? ” his scaly friend replied. [ “ There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.” [ The further off from England the nearer is to France - [ Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance. [ Will you,

won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance ? [ Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance ?

13 Who Stole the Tarts ?The Queen of hearts, she made

some tarts, [ All on a summer day : [ The knave of hearts, he stole those tarts, [ And took them quite away !

14 Alice’s Evidence I greet you all to judge a girl who stole

the royal tarts [ Be merciless and fill your heart with hate as for a start [ The wit-nesses conclude the same it’s “ Guilty guilty

guilt ! ” [ No talking-thinking let’s just chop her head off on the hill ! [ You say the meaning lacks in ev’ry evidence we have [ We’ll save some time if we know there’s no meaning to be found ! [ The words don’t fit or so you think but nonsense to my Queen [ Prepare your mental for the blade that’ll cut your head and quick ! [ “ Dear sister ! Wake up now ! [ Dear sister ! It’s time to go ! ” [ “ Sister ! Wake up now ! [ Alice ! Alice ! Wake up ! It’s time ! [ Now ! Now ! Open your eyes now ! ” [ Hey ! It’s suppertime way back home [ Hey ! It’s summertime in your life ! END

Bass voice Ernie Odoom Tenor voice Tsar Shate 2Alto voice Sophie DingSoprano voice Soraya BerentPiano Julien PainotAlto Saxophone Jan Provaznik Drums & Percussions Guillaume LouisBass Tsar Shate 2 Dedicated to Peter Giron

Music composed and arranged by Tsar Shate 2Lyrics by Tsar Shate 2, except #1, #8 (first part), #12 and #13 by Lewis Carroll from Alice In WonderlandProduced by Tsar Shate 2 and Benjamin Benoit, NekoMusic, 2010. Recorded by Romain Della Valle and Benjamin Benoit at Studio Relief, Switzerland Mixed by Romain Della Valle Mastering by Darius van Helfteren, Amsterdam Mastering, the Netherlands Artwork by Elodie Delomier