Shows
HistoryworksVoices of Hope by Michael RosenHope is in the eyes of love
Hope is in the smiles we see
Hope is in the trees that grow
Hope is in the heart of me
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksLight in the Darkness by Michael RosenFor years we knew nothing.
All we knew was
that they had disappeared.
We knew there were places
where they could have gone,
where they might have disappeared.
...
2021-01-0902 min
HistoryworksShips by Michael RosenA ship in a bottle
sails down the mantlepiece.
A ship in a photo
brings Granma here.
Ships they talk and talk about.
Ships far and near.
How did the ship
get in the bottle?
Ships by night and by day.
Ships they talk and talk about.
Why did Granma come to stay?
Who put the ship in the bottle?
Ships that they once knew.
Ships they talk and talk about.
Why didn’t Grandad come too?
When did the ship go in the bottle?
Ships sailing far and ne...
2021-01-0901 min
HistoryworksFinding Out by Michael RosenFor years I tried to find out
what happened to my father’s uncles.
All I had were scraps, words, names,
floating in front of me like leaves
falling off trees:
Oscar,Martin,Metz, route de Thionville,
Dentist, clockmender…
One day, my cousin in America wrote:
a distant relative had died.
In his papers
there were two letters
from one of the uncles, Oscar,
and two letters
from his sister in Poland, Stella,
all written during the war
and asking for help.
I pored over the letters
trying to give the words ...
2021-01-0903 minHistoryworksNothing by Michael RosenSome of you know nothing.
From you there is nothing.
Some of you know something.
From you there is nothing.
Some of you know a lot.
From you there is nothing.
You can’t speak of it.
It is the unspeakable.
You can’t say it.
It is the unsayable.
You can’t say what you know.
It is the unknowable.
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksOverheard in a Classroom by Michael RosenHe doesn't speak English, miss.
He comes from the Congo, miss.
I translate for you, miss.
He says that the bad men take his grandfather, miss.
He says that the bad men take his grandmother, miss.
He says that the bad men take his dad, miss.
He says that the bad men take his mum, miss.
He doesn't say how he got here, miss.
He can't say how he got here, miss.
....
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksEveryone Comes From Somewhere by Michael Rosen
Everyone comes from somewhere.
Everyone has a past.
Everyone is somewhere first.
Everyone is somewhere last.
Deep in the heart of buildings
scattered about online
packed away in boxes
hiding in cupboards
are fragments and hints
about your life and mine.
You catch a glimpse of your name,
you might suddenly see an address,
sometimes it’s typed,
because your name was recorded by an official;
sometimes it’s writing that looks like
it was written by spiders.
Everyone comes from somewhere.
Everyone has a past....
2021-01-0901 min
HistoryworksNothing by Michael RosenSome of you know nothing.
From you there is nothing.
Some of you know something.
From you there is nothing.
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksThe War by Michael RosenIn the evening, after we’ve eaten,
Mum tells about the War.
“Doodlebugs,” she says,
“were bombs that came flying over us –
rockets, they were,
and they made a noise,
but when the noise stopped
you knew that it was about to drop.
They said you had to run for cover.
If you were out, they said,
the best place to go was in the gutter,
lie down in the gutter.
Once, when I had just come out
of White City Station,
I heard one.
The noise stopped.
They said you had...
2021-01-0902 min
HistoryworksNewcomers by Michael RosenMy father came to England
from another country.
My father’s mother came to England
from another country
but my father’s father
stayed behind.
So my dad had no dad here
and I never saw him at all.
One day in spring
some things arrived:
a few old papers,
a few old photos
and – oh yes –
a hulky bulky thick checked jacket
that belonged to the man
I would have called “Grandad”.
The Man Who Stayed Behind.
But I kept that jacket
and I wore it
and I wore it
and...
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksSkeletons by Michael RosenMy dad was in Berlin in 1946
and his old friend David
said that a friend of his was
at the Berlin Natural History Museum.
David wondered if he was still there.
At the time
Berlin was under a foot of snow,
the roads were covered with snow,
there was scarcely anything going along them.
You could scarcely see where the roads went.
My dad says he walked for hours
through heaps of bomb rubble and snow
round huge craters in the ground
under walls leaning over.
Snow everywhere.
Till suddenly, he came f...
2021-01-0901 min
HistoryworksLate at Night by Michael RosenLate at night,
I’m groping through the internet,
and I find that my father’s uncle Oscar
fought in the First World War
in the Kaiserlich und Königlich* Infantry Regiment 56.
It’s a Polish regiment who fight
alongside the German Army
in the Austro-Hungarian Army.
Another night,
I find that my father’s uncle Martin
fought in the First World War,
in the Deuxième Régiment Étranger.*
It’s a French regiment who fought
against the Austro-Hungarian Army.
After the First World War,
they live near each other in France – ...
2021-01-0901 minHistoryworksHomesickness by Michael RosenOnce upon a time I was in a story
where I met an invisible thing
who said that I could have one wish
and I said that my wish was that
I could go back to the place and time
I miss the most
and the invisible thing said that I could.
But:
though I could go back to the place
could never go back to that time.
Then I pleaded with the invisible thing
and said, "Please can it be both,
the place and the time?"
And the invisible thing said,
Very we...
2021-01-0903 min
HistoryworksThe French Uncles by Michael RosenEvery now and then
my father would say,
“I had two French uncles.
They were in France
at the beginning of the war.
They weren’t there at the end.”
“What happened to them?” we’d say.
“Don’t know,” he’d say.
“All I know is that they were there
at the beginning of the war,
and they weren’t there at the end.”
2021-01-0900 min
HistoryworksCousin Michael by Michael RosenThere was a wedding,
and we were invited
and, when we got there,
there was a man
who they said was
my father's cousin.
This is Michael, they said –
same name as you, hah!
And at one point in the
wedding, my aunt took
me to one side and said
that there was a time
during the war when
Michael was a boy,
six,teen or seventeen
no older than you are now,
she said, and his parents
said to him that it
wasn’t going to be
sa...
2021-01-0903 minHistoryworksNever Again by Michael RosenWe say, "Never again."
But
when people with power are pointing
in one direction
when many minds are pointing
in that direction
when the guns and bombs are pointing
in that direction
too,
it can happen again.
It does happen again.
It can be furious and chaotic.
It can be calm and orderly.
It can start with laws.
It can start without them.
The people who do it
can believe
they are saving their country.
The people who do it
can believe
that they are just...
2021-01-0800 min
Historyworks'We Are Better When We Stand Together' by Michael Rosen, commissioned by Helen Weinstein of Historyworks with words set to Music composed by Bethany Kirby, Performed by Cambridge Primary SingersWE ARE BETTER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER by Michael Rosen
Verse 1 (solo / small group)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are better
When we stand together
When we stand together
We are better
Verse 1 (full choir)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are better
When we stand together
When we...
2020-01-2702 min
Historyworks'Strong Together Hand in Hand' by Michael Rosen, commissioned by Helen Weinstein of Historyworks with words set to Music composed by Bethany Kirby, Performed by CAP Singers, Cambridge Academic Partnership, Music Lead Rebecca Lewis.STRONG TOGETHER, HAND IN HAND
Verse 1
There’s nothing very easy about speaking out
There’s nothing very easy knowing how to shout
But you see someone picked on for something that they are
Nothing they can do: they were born that way
Not saying that it’s easy to have your say
It can often turn out that the only person's you
You’re the only one who can say what’s true
Bridge
We want the elimination of all discrimination
Want the abolition of all persecution
Want the elimination of all discrimination
Want the abolition of all persecution
...
2020-01-2703 min
HistoryworksThe Absentees by Michael Rosen performed by Mario Satchwell, Director of Music at HistoryWorksTHE ABSENTEES by Michael Rosen, set to music by composer Kirsty Martin
There are gaps
there are blanks
in the house
of my life
there's a face
nothing more
something gone
from my life
She was here
he was there
in the rooms
of my life
there's a place
for them both
in the words
of my life.
There are gaps
there are blanks
in the house
of my life
2020-01-2701 min
Historyworks'Our Word Our World' lyrics by Michael Rosen, commissioned by Helen Weinstein, Director of Historyworks, with words set to music by composer, Bethany Kirby. Performed by Sing! Community Choir in Cambridge.Verse 1
When there’s no road left
and the land is dusty and dry;
When there’s no way home
and death falls from the sky;
When the lightning strikes
and floods rip through the town;
When there’s nothing to eat
and death comes creeping round;
When sirens are louder than laughter
Bridge (x3)
Who will speak for the fearful
who will stand with the weak
who will stand up to power
and find the words to speak?
Chorus (x2)
We will stand together
We will stand together and be heard
We will stand together
Stand together, it’s our word
...
2020-01-2704 min
HistoryworksCllr Anna Smith - The PledgeThank you singers. I also want to thank all the speakers, poets, dancers, actors, documentary makers, artists, musicians, singers from not only today’s civic ceremony but all those who’ve participated in workshops and school assemblies with Historyworks over the past days, weeks, months.
Also, I would like to especially thank Eva Clarke, for helping us mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz to thank Dr Sejad Mekic for leading us to commemorate 25 years since the massacre in Srebenicia.
A special thank you too for Michael Rosen for his creative work to help the next generations grapple with the...
2020-01-2703 min
HistoryworksOUR WORD, OUR WORLD - ALL PARTS - lyrics by Michael Rosen, musical arrangement by Bethany KirbyCommissioned by Helen Weinstein of Historyworks for #HMD2020 with lyrics by poet Michael Rosen set to music by composer Bethany Kirby
Verse 1
When there’s no road left
and the land is dusty and dry;
When there’s no way home
and death falls from the sky;
When the lightning strikes
and floods rip through the town;
When there’s nothing to eat
and death comes creeping round;
When sirens are louder than laughter
Bridge (x3)
Who will speak for the fearful
who will stand with the weak
who will stand up to power
and find the words to speak...
2020-01-0503 min
HistoryworksWe Are Better When We Stand Together - piano only by Bethany Kirby, composer for HistoryworksWE ARE BETTER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER
Lyrics by Michael Rosen - commissioned by HistoryWorks
Verse 1 (solo / small group)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are better
When we stand together
When we stand together
We are better
Verse 1 (full choir)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are bet...
2020-01-0502 min
HistoryworksWe Are Better When We Stand Together - singing guide by Bethany Kirby, composer for HistoryworksWE ARE BETTER WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER
Lyrics by Michael Rosen - commissioned by HistoryWorks
Verse 1 (solo / small group)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are better
When we stand together
When we stand together
We are better
Verse 1 (full choir)
A child wanders through the ruins
A family fears a knock at the door
A grandma looks for her old home
They know they didn’t start this war
Chorus
We are bet...
2020-01-0502 min
HistoryworksWhat Home Means to MeSong performed by school choirs led by Mario Satchwell and accompanied by Bethany Kirby. This is a newly commissioned piece by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen & musical composition by Bethany Kirby, with singers from St Matthew’s Primary School and Milton Road Primary School.
Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines)
Home is a roof over my head
Home is a pillow on my bed
Home is the smell of good things to eat
Home is the floor under my feet
Pre-chorus (unison)
A...
2019-01-3003 min
HistoryworksThe AbsenteesSong performed by Music Director at Historyworks, Mario Satchwell, a poignant song about gaps in our lives, the missing spaces where people used to be. Commissioned by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen, and musical composition by Kirsty Martin.
THE ABSENTEES
There are gaps
there are blanks
in the house
of my life
there's a face
nothing more
something gone
from my life
She was here
he was there
in the rooms of my life
2019-01-3002 min
HistoryworksTorn from HomeA Rap performed by Cambridge Academic Partnership Singers, with Choir Director & Lead for Create, Rebecca Lewis, accompanied by Bethany Kirby. Cambridge Academic Partnership students perform this newly commissioned piece by Historyworks with lyrics by Michael Rosen & musical composition by Bethany Kirby.
LYRICS for SONG
What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG
We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG
It's all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE
It's all about having the wrong kind of FACE
It's all about b...
2019-01-3003 min
HistoryworksHarmony 2 - Michael Rosen - What Home Means to MeLyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commissioned by Historyworks
Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines)
Home is a roof over my head
Home is a pillow on my bed
Home is the smell of good things to eat
Home is the floor under my feet< >
Pre-chorus (unison)
A place where I feel safe
A place where I am me
A place where I feel warm
A place where I am free< >...
2019-01-0803 minHistoryworksHarmony 1 - Michael Rosen - What Home Means to MeLyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commissioned by Historyworks
Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines)
Home is a roof over my head
Home is a pillow on my bed
Home is the smell of good things to eat
Home is the floor under my feet< >
Pre-chorus (unison)
A place where I feel safe
A place where I am me
A place where I feel warm
A place where I am free< >...
2019-01-0803 minHistoryworksMichael Rosen - What Home Means to MeLyrics by Michael Rosen, Musical Composition by Bethany Kirby commisioned by Historyworks
Verse 1 (twice – soloist 2 lines; small group 2 lines; then full choir 4 lines)
Home is a roof over my head
Home is a pillow on my bed
Home is the smell of good things to eat
Home is the floor under my feet< >
Pre-chorus (unison)
A place where I feel safe
A place where I am me
A place where I feel warm
A place where I am free< >...
2019-01-0803 min
Historyworks(Soprano/Top Part) Torn From Home by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.
LYRICS
What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG
We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG
This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE
This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of TIME
‘cos we were
cal...
2019-01-0702 minHistoryworks(Alto/Middle Part) Torn From Home by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.
LYRICS
What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG
We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG
This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE
This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of TIME
‘cos we were
cal...
2019-01-0702 minHistoryworks(Tenor/Low Part) Torn From Home by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.
LYRICS
What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG
We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG
This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE
This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of TIME
‘cos we were
called o...
2019-01-0702 minHistoryworksTorn From Home by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Bethany Kirby.
LYRICS
What we’re going to tell you about won’t take LONG
We weren’t doing anything you could say was WRONG
This is all about being in the wrong kind of PLACE
This is all about having the wrong kind of FACE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of LINE
This is all about being in the wrong kind of TIME
‘cos we were
cal...
2019-01-0702 min
HistoryworksStourbridge Fair - all parts & pianoCommisioned by Historyworks
Lyrics: Michael Rosen
Recording, Music & Score: Bethany Kirby
Download a copy of the SCORE HERE
Verse 1
Come Sisters and brothers
Come Fathers and mothers
Come on down to Stourbridge Fair
Come Girls and boys
there's puppets and toys
Come on down to Stourbridge Fair
Verse 2
See Singers and sailors
See Tinkers and tailors
Come on down to Stourbridge Fair
For collars and hats
For b...
2018-07-2302 min
HistoryworksThe Power of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenPoem by Michael Rosen to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2018
There are gaps
there are blanks
in the house
of my life
there's a face
nothing more
something gone
from my life
She was here
he was there
in the rooms
of my life
there's a place
for them both
in the words
of my life.
This poem was commissioned by Helen Weinstein, Director of Historyworks...
2018-03-1202 min
HistoryworksPower of WordsSong especially commissioned by Historyworks to mark HMD 2018, with lyrics written by the renowned poet Michael Rosen and arranged for voices by the composer, Kirsty Martin and performed by ReSound Acappella Choir
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
Verse 2:
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
2018-03-0902 min
HistoryworksThe Hebrew Cannon - Su HartWords for this version of the Hebrew Cannon:
Lie la lie lie
Lie la lie lie
Lie la lie lie la lie lie
Lie lie
Lie lie lie lie
Lie lie lie la lie lie
Lie lie
Lie la lie lie
Lie la lie lie la lie lie
This is a traditional jewish tune which has been set out as a song with a musical arrangement and license purchased by Historyworks for our HMD project and performances from Su...
2018-02-0803 min
HistoryworksPower of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Kirsty Martin. Download Score HERE
Performed by ReSound Acappella Choir & Milton Road Primary Choir.
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
***Verse 2: ***
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
there's a place…...
2018-02-0802 min
Historyworks(Melody) Power of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Kirsty Martin. Download Score HERE
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
*Verse 2: *
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
there's a place… for them both…
in the words… of my life…
2018-02-0802 minHistoryworks(Low Harmony) Power of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Kirsty Martin. Download Score HERE
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
*Verse 2: *
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
there's a place… for them both…
in the words… of my life…
2018-02-0802 minHistoryworks(High Harmony) Power of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Kirsty Martin. Download Score HERE
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
*Verse 2: *
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
there's a place… for them both…
in the words… of my life…
2018-02-0802 minHistoryworksDEMO ALL PARTS Power of Words - Summoning up the Absentees by Michael RosenLyrics by Michael Rosen (commissioned by Historyworks)
Musical Arrangement by Kirsty Martin. Download Score HERE
Verse 1:
There are gaps x x there are blanks x x
in the house x x of my life x x
there's a face x x nothing more x x
something gone x x from my life x x
Verse 2:
She was here …he was there…
in the rooms… of my life…
there's a place… for them both…
in the words… of my life…
2018-02-0802 min
HistoryworksThe Power of Words - Summoning Up The AbsenteesTHE POWER OF WORDS
Holocaust survivor, Eva Clarke, born in a Nazi concentration camp just days before Liberation, underlines the importance of Holocaust Education and introduces this year’s theme, ‘The Power of Words’.
SIX FOR SIX
Six candles are lit to pay tribute to the six million murdered during the Holocaust. Candles are symbolic to honour the victims of the genocides that have scarred the world in the past 100 years, and the persecutions of minorities which are still tragically ongoing today.
SUMMONING UP THE ABSENTEES
Song especially commissioned by His...
2018-02-0505 min
HistoryworksMichael Rosen BBC Radio Cambs InterviewMichael Rosen talks about his Historyworks project with Cambridge schools called 'History Beneath Our Feet' collaborating on poetry inspired by local history, interviewed on BBC Cambs with BBC's Jeremy Sallis on Lunchtime Live, broadcast on 29th November 2017
2017-11-3024 min
HistoryworksXu Zhi Mo Poem ‘On Leaving Cambridge’This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Along the bank of the river Cam, behind Kings College, an important poem is inscribed on a...
2017-11-2302 min
HistoryworksThe Victorian WorkhouseThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
When it was first opened in 1838 on what was then the outskirts of town, the Cambridge Workhouse...
2017-11-2307 min
HistoryworksVictorian SchoolThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Cambridge was growing rapidly in Victorian times, with new workers arriving with their families needing to be...
2017-11-2304 min
HistoryworksThe Victorian Isolation HospitalThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Industrial Revolution that swept across Cambridge in the Victorian era brought many changes to the city...
2017-11-2303 min
HistoryworksThe Two Mills of Mill RoadThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Windmill for Grain
Mill Road was named after the windmill that once stood in this area...
2017-11-2305 min
HistoryworksThe Sedgwick Museum & Coprolite FossilsThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences is the oldest Museum in Cambridge and holds the oldest items...
2017-11-2305 min
HistoryworksThe River Cam and StourbridgeThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
During Roman times, the River Cam was fully navigable from the Wash out at the seaside as...
2017-11-2303 min
HistoryworksThe Red Telephone Box and Letter BoxThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The red letter box and the red telephone box are both iconic features of towns, cities and...
2017-11-2304 min
HistoryworksThe Original Addenbrooke’s Hospital SiteThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The name Addenbrookes is now known to present residents of Cambridge, because of "Addies" - the huge...
2017-11-2301 min
HistoryworksThe Museum of CambridgeThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Museum of Cambridge was originally a timber framed coach inn called the ‘White Horse Inn’ at the...
2017-11-2304 min
HistoryworksThe Lions at the Fitzwilliam Museum- Celebrating 200 YearsThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Since the very early years of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s existence in the Victorian era four stone li...
2017-11-2302 min
HistoryworksThe Guildhall and the SynagogueThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Guildhall lies on the south side of the market square and today is the location for...
2017-11-2306 min
HistoryworksThe Guildhall the Market Square and the 1849 Great FireThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The Cambridge market was founded in Saxon times and grew in size during the Middle Ages. Cambridge...
2017-11-2306 min
HistoryworksThe coming of the Railways in 1845This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Trains, ships and buses all developed as methods of transport in the Victorian period, but it was...
2017-11-2307 min
HistoryworksThe Cambridge 1897 Vote and the SuffragettesThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Although you will see many women celebrating their graduations alongside their male classmates nowadays, this wasn’t al...
2017-11-2303 min
HistoryworksStourbridge FairThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
From humble beginnings, Stourbridge Fair became a huge event every September for the next 700 years. The Charter...
2017-11-2305 min
HistoryworksSt Catherine's College - Hobson's HorsesThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Where St Catherine’s College chapel now stands there used to be an inn, run by Thomas Ho...
2017-11-2303 min
HistoryworksROGER ASCHAM Tudor and Stuart School ChildrenThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Roger Ascham was a famous schoolteacher in the Elizabethan era and so it is very apt that...
2017-11-2305 min
HistoryworksRiver Cam and SewageThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
As the population of Cambridge surged with businesses and housing, plus the University growing, there was a...
2017-11-2002 min
HistoryworksRiverside - Sewage Pumping Station and CMTThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
As the population of Cambridge surged with businesses and housing, plus the University growing, there was a...
2017-11-2001 min
HistoryworksParker's Piece - The history of the Victorian Feast, the story of Football and moreThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Parker's Piece is one of Cambridge's most famous open spaces. Originally part of Trinity College, it was...
2017-11-2009 min
HistoryworksNewton's Apple TreeThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
On a warm evening in 1666, just after dinner, the soon to be famous Issaac Newton sat down...
2017-11-2001 min
HistoryworksMarshall CompanyThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Marshall of Cambridge was established in 1909 by David Gregory Marshall as a car vehicle business, specialising as...
2017-11-2001 min
HistoryworksKing's College ChapelThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
King’s College Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings in Cambridge and took over 70 years to...
2017-11-2003 min
HistoryworksGwen RaveratThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Gwen Raverat is one of the most important British wood engravers, and the artist who brought this...
2017-11-2002 min
HistoryworksGreat St Mary'sThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Great St. Mary’s foundations were thought to have been laid around 1010 and it was first recorded in...
2017-11-2010 min
HistoryworksEglantyne JebbThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Eglantyne Jebb was an educator and economist, a philanthropist and social activist, a political campaigner for women’s...
2017-11-2003 min
HistoryworksChesterton Mill and the French FamilyThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
If you look out of the windows of St Luke’s Primary School or walk to the to...
2017-11-2005 min
HistoryworksCharled Darwin - The Victorian ScientistThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Charles Darwin was a scientist who studied in Cambridge. He was supposed to train as a vicar...
2017-11-2001 min
HistoryworksCastle Hill and the PrisonThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The periods of History that cover the story of Cambridge Castle begin with the Romans 2000 years ago...
2017-11-2005 min
HistoryworksCambridge University Botanic GardenThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local school children, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The original Cambridge University Botanic Garden was started in 1760 on the site of a former Augustinian...
2017-11-2002 min
HistoryworksCambridge Town Gaol overlooking Parker's PieceThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local school children, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
There are records of a Town Gaol in Cambridge from the 13th century onwards. Early on...
2017-11-2003 min
HistoryworksCambridge Cattle MarketThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
This is the story of the Cattle Market, which started close to the market place in Anglo...
2017-11-2004 min
HistoryworksCambridge Bath HouseThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Work in the Victorian era was sweaty and dirty, but most people didn’t have running water or...
2017-11-2006 min
New Zealand HistoryThe Great War for New Zealand
The Great War for New Zealand tells the story of the defining conflict in New Zealand history. War in the Waikato in 1863-64 shaped the nation in all kinds of ways, setting back Māori and Pākehā relations by several generations, marking an end to any hopes of meaningful partnership and allowing the government to begin to assert the kind of real control over the country that had eluded it since 1840. Spanning nearly two centuries from first contacts in the Waikato in the early nineteenth century through to settlement and apology in 1995, Vincent O’Malley’s book focuses on the...
2017-11-0137 min
HistoryworksRhythm, Rhymes & Railways SoundscapeA Railway themed soundscape Commissioned by Helen Weinstein and Co Created by the team at Historyworks with Musical Direction by Bethany Kirby and voices by the community choir called the 'Railway Singers' for the Rhythm, Rhymes & Railways project. Recorded and Edited on Sunday 08th October 2017 by Mario Satchwell.
2017-10-0903 min
HistoryworksGrass Grows, Years DisappearGrass Grows, Years Disappear- based on Michael Rosen's 'Coldham's Common' poem, composed and scored by Bethany Kirby, Produced by Helen Weinstein, Commissioned by Historyworks
Lyrics
Giant lizards in the sky Wide wings take them high
Flapping and stopping, leaving their droppings
For millions of years right here
The years pass and the grass grows
The grass grows over the years disappear
And here we are, we stand right here
Up above people come and go
Their pigs and cows moving slow
Free to graze upon the ground
'Til a Lord puts a fence...
2017-09-1201 min
HistoryworksGiant Lizards in the Sky - MelodyGiant Lizards in the Sky - based on a poem by Michael Rosen, composed and scored by Bethany Kirby, Produced by Helen Weinstein, Commissioned by Historyworks
Giant lizards in the sky
Wide wings take them high
Flapping and stopping, leaving their droppings
The years pass and the grass grows
The grass grows over the years disappear
Here we are, we stand right her
Here we are, we stand right here
2017-09-1201 min
HistoryworksGiant Lizards in the Sky - As a RoundGiant Lizards in the Sky - based on a poem by Michael Rosen, composed and scored by Bethany Kirby, Produced by Helen Weinstein, Commissioned by Historyworks
Giant lizards in the sky
Wide wings take them high
Flapping and stopping, leaving their droppings
The years pass and the grass grows
The grass grows over the years disappear
Here we are, we stand right her
Here we are, we stand right here
2017-09-1201 minHistoryworksMill Road Railway Workers SongLYRICS by CBBC's Horrible Histories song-writer, Dave Cohen with some script input from Historyworks, sung here by Bethany Kirby:
As I was riding from Cambridge by train
All along down along, out along lea
I saw all the people who worked to maintain
Two fitters one shunter, stone breaker, boiler maker
One railway examiner and all
Five drivers all stood by the wall
As I was travelling in my Cambridge carriage
All along down along, out along lea
I saw all the people who helped with my baggage
Four porters, three clerks and...
2017-08-0401 min
HistoryworksMichael Rosen: Great Eastern Railway ExcursionsA POEM OR SONG OR CHANT
THAT CELEBRATES THE TWO GREAT DAY TRIPS
ARRANGED BY THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
IN 1868 AND 1876
TAKEN FROM THE POSTERS OF THE TIME
Poem by Michael Rosen
Commissioned by HistoryWorks
For ‘Creating My Cambridge’ S106 Project
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Chorus 1: The DAY exCURSion to LONdon and BACK
Chorus 2: The day excursion to London and back
Chorus 1: FOResters FETE at the CRYstal PALace
Chorus 2: Foresters Fete at the Crystal Palace
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo [a mix of delight and the whistle of an engine]
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt [a mix of breathing out and the sound of an engine giving off steam.]
...
2017-06-1201 min
HistoryworksMichael Rosen Poem: As I was Going to Stourbridge Fair : Newton, Apple Pie, Prisms or Prisons?Michael Rosen says that he wondered about how to tackle writing a history poem about Stourbridge Fair and came up with the idea of a kind of ghost monologue. So this new poem, commissioned by Helen Weinstein at HistoryWorks for 'Creating My Cambridge' is called "Newton, Apple Pie, Prisms or Prisons?" and starts with a meeting with a stranger, and the stranger starts talking...
2017-04-1802 min
HistoryworksAS I WAS GOING TO STOURBRIDGE FAIR (Taster for Documentary Feature)Taster of a documentary feature format by Historyworks about The Leper Chapel in Cambridge which would be a metaphor for the outsider in society ( particularly the migrant and trading traveller) because the documentary will explore the stories of this plot over 800 years and will have a gripping sound texture to create a poetic exploration with Michael Rosen's responses and will be layered up with found sounds and poetry from local children and sound improv work with community choirs to create a rich audio texture... the voices you will hear in this taster recorded by HistoryWorks are those of the...
2017-02-2805 min
HistoryworksRoslind Franklin: Discovery of DNAThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
Ever since she was a child, Rosalind had a very logical and determined mind. She hated dolls...
2016-08-1703 min
HistoryworksHobson's Fountain of 1614This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
In the middle ages, Cambridge was a very smelly place. The college’s toilets emptied into the ri...
2016-08-1701 min
HistoryworksMagdalene BridgeThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/
During Roman times, the River Cam was fully navigable from the Wash as far as Cambridge...
2016-08-1703 min
HistoryworksThe Leper ChapelThis history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Historyworks. To find more trails and further information, go to http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails
The chapel was a key building for a leper hospital during the Middle Ages, earning income from...
2016-08-1701 minHistoryworksHobson's ChoiceBased on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Hobson's Choice is
Hobson's Choice is
For a speedy horse
Very best of course
Faster faster!
Faster faster
He replied
'I decide'
2016-07-1800 minHistoryworksHobson's Choice RoundBased on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Hobson's Choice is
Hobson's Choice is
For a speedy horse
Very best of course
Faster faster!
Faster faster
He replied
'I decide'
2016-07-1800 min
HistoryworksHobson's Horses RoundSong Performed by St Philip's CoE Primary School Year 5 Pupils - based on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Hobson's Horses
Hobson's Horses
Take your choice
In your voice
Ask him for another one
Ask him for the other one
He will say
'Not today'.
2016-07-1100 min
HistoryworksHobson's HorsesSong Performed by St Philip's CoE Primary School Year 5 Pupils - based on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Hobson's Choice is
Hobson's Choice is
For a speedy horse
Very best of course
Faster faster!
Faster faster
He replied
'I decide'
2016-07-1100 min
HistoryworksSea Horses RoundSeahorses Song Performed By Spinney Primary School Choir with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
To the tune of Three Blind Mice
LYRICS
Sea hors-es, See them on,
Cambridge Coat of Arms,
Why? What are their charms?
It dates from hund-reds of years ago
When so many diff-er-ent riv-ers flow
Around the town, so now you know
Why sea hors-es.
2016-07-1100 minHistoryworksOne Red AppleSong Performed by the Spinney Primary School Choir Song - based on the story of Cambridge's Isaac Newton, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
One red apple falling to the ground
This was something Isaac Newton found
And he said if apples, fall straight down to the ground
Then it must be gravity pulling them southbound.
2016-07-1100 minHistoryworksTo The WashSong Performed by Ridgefield Primary School Choir - based on the story of Cambridge's connection to the Wash via the River Cam - with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories - written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Row row row your boat
Gently up the Cam
Linking the city to the Wash
Where it first began
Row row row your boat
Gliding with your sail
Major route for goods to come
Until the birth of...
2016-07-1100 minHistoryworksTo The Wash RoundSong Performed by Ridgefield Primary School Choir - based on the story of Cambridge's connection to the Wash via the River Cam - with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories - written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below:
LYRICS
Row row row your boat
Gently up the Cam
Linking the city to the Wash
Where it first began
Row row row your boat
Gliding with your sail
Major route for goods to come
Until the birth of...
2016-07-1100 min