SUNRISE SUNSET 2,
Lyrical Adaptation by Bruce Bussey
WHY DID I BUY THESE YARDS OF FABRIC
LORD KNOWS I’VE PLENTY HERE AT HOME
STACKED UP BY COLOR IN MY CLOSETS
WAITING TO BE DONE
HERE I HAVE TUBS OF SCRAPPY PIECES
I’M THINKING I’LL GET TO THEM SOMEDAY
WHEN IN THE HELL WILL THAT DAY GET HERE
WHO CAN SAY
SUNRISE SUNSET, SUNRISE SUNSET
SWIFTLY GO THE DAYS
PROJECTS I’VE STARTED STILL AREN’T FINISHED
WHY CAN’T I CONCENTRATE ON THEY
SUNRISE SUNSET, SUNRISE SUNSET
SOON WILL COME THE DAY
MY STASH WILL SUDDENLY TURN UGLY
AND ORPHAN PROJECTS SOON GET THROWN AWAY
OH LOOK NOW, I SEE THE LATEST FABRICS
BUNCHED IN COLLECTIONS OH SO FINE
I THINK I BETTER HAVE SOME OF EACH NOW
WHAT’S THE CRIME
NOT EV’N A CLUE WHAT I WILL MAKE OF
THESE LOVELY PIECES I BRING HOME
I’LL JUST PRETEND I HAVE A PLAN NOW
PERHAPS MORE THAN ONE
SUNRISE SUNSET, SUNRISE SUNSET
SWIFTLY FLY THE YEARS
LIVING THE LIFE OF BEING A QUILTER
LAIDEN WITH PROJECTS OUT THE EARS
Tune: “Sunrise, Sunset” is a song from the musical Fiddler on the Roof written in 1964 by composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS 3, Lyrical Adaptation by Bruce Bussey
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS LIKE NO BUSINESS I KNOW
LOTS AND LOTS OF QUILTS WE WILL BE HANGIN
THREE YEARS’ WORTH OF QUILTING WE’LL ALLOW
MANY OF OUR QUILTS WE WILL BE JUDGING
COULD WIN SOME MONEY AND PRAISE AND WOW
THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, QUILT SHOW BUSINESS YOU KNOW
JUDGES WILL BE PICKY ‘BOUT YOUR BINDING
THERE’D BETTER BE SOME STUFFING UNDERNEATH
PLEASE REMOVE THE DOG HAIR CAT HAIR YOUR HAIR
BECAUSE THE JUDGES WILL CRINGE OR SNEEZE
THERE’S VENDORS FOR YOUR SHOPPING THEY ARE SO FUN TO PERUSE
BRING YOUR CASH AND DON’T FORGET YOUR PLASTIC
SHOW THEM YOUR SUPPORT, THEY PAY OUR BILLS
BUYING ALL THEIR STUFF WOULD BE FANTASTIC
THEN THEY WILL COME BACK, WE HOPE THEY WILL
TO MAKE ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN IT TAKES ALL OF US, THIS YOU KNOW
PLAN TO HELP BY WORKING AT THE QUILT SHOW
YOU COULD GET SOME FANCY GLOVES TO WEAR
YOU COULD TOUCH THE PRETTY QUILTS THERE HANGING
NOW DON’T BE LAZY
WE NEED YOU THERE
OUR THANKS GOES TO LAURA ARNOLD
AND TO COLLEEN, MS ADAIR
ALL THE MANY OTHERS I CAN’T MENTION
(ONLY CAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE)
AND LET’S NOT FORGET OUR GOOD FRIEND ROBERT
OUR BENEFACTOR, HE IS A STAR
THAT’S ALL FOR THIS LIL DITTY
MY TALENT JUST HAS RUN DRY
LET’S ALL MAKE OUR QUILT SHOW REALLY PRETTY
AND SHOW UTAH JUST WHAT WE CAN DO
THANKS TO ALL THE OTHER GUILDS FOR HELPING
WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
Tune: “There’s No Business Like Show Business” was written by legendary composer and lyricist Irving Berlin, for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun, where it was famously introduced by Ethel Merman.
I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER,
Lyrical Adaptation by Bruce Bussey
I’LL ALWAYS REMEMBER WATCHING YOU SIT THERE
WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD IN YOUR HAND
ALONE IN YOUR PARLOR UNDER A LAMPLIGHT
STITCHING ON QUILTS OH SO GRAND
NOW I HAVE THIS QUILT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
MADE BY YOU GRANDMA CROSS STITCHED SO NICE
WHEN I’M BENEATH IT, IT FEELS SO RIGHT
THE MEMORY OF YOU IS WITH ME EVERY NIGHT.
NOW I HAVE THIS QUILT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
YOU’RE HERE WITH ME GRANDMA SAFE IN MY MIND
THOUGH I CAN’T SEE YOU, YOUR LOVE FEELS SO NICE
THE MEMORY OF YOU IS WITH ME EVERY NIGHT.
Tune: “Could I Have This Dance?”
By Anne Murray