We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

For The Children

from Field Hockey Hot by Original Cast Recording

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

lyrics

BALIFF

EVERYBODY RISE!
FOR THE HONORABLE
JUDGE WANDA “BOOTSY” WOODS!

WOODS & CO.

JUDGE WANDA “BOOTSY” WOODS!

BALIFF

I SAID EVERYBODY RISE!
FOR THE HONORABLE
JUDGE WANDA “BOOTSY” WOODS!

WOODS & CO.

JUDGE WANDA “BOOTSY” WOODS!

JUDGE WOODS
That’s right. I am the honorable Wanda “Bootsy” Woods. So I’m sitting in the stands enjoying the game like everybody else when I hear there’s possible use of an illegal orphaned athlete. Tell me this isn’t true! For as we proceed, we need focus and reflect alright-

WHEN THE MORNING SUN IS SHINING BRIGHT,
THROUGH THE DEEPEST HEART
OF THE DARKEST NIGHT,
EVERYTHING’S FOR THE CHILDREN.
WE’RE DOIN’ IT FOR THE CHILDREN.
GIVE THEM WINGS AND LET THEM FLY,
GIVE THEM WORDS TO LIVE BY....

Okay, Oyez!
Let’s hear the relative facts
To render whether this player does or do not get the ax.

THATCHER
This goalie is the guilty one!
An orphan purchased from that nun!

JUDGE WOODS
Is this true Coach Barnes?

SHIPLEY
Your Honor,
IT STARTED BACK IN SIXTY NINE,
I WAS YOUNG AND RUNNIN’ WILD.
I DIDN’T WANT A HUSBAND
BUT I DESPERATELY NEEDED A CHILD.
A CHILD TO BE ALL THE THINGS THAT I WASN’T.
SHOW ME A PARENT WHO DOESN’T? (SHE’S EVERY PARENT)
AT A REPRODUCTIVE CLINIC
I WADED THROUGH THE POOL,
AND CHOSE AN OLYMPIAN ATHLETE.
GOING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

JUDGE WOODS

TEST TUBE BABY.
Go on.

SHIPLEY

SO THIS ORPHAN GIRL WITH RAVEN HAIR,
IS A FOSTER CHILD IN MY CARE,
IT’S ONLY MERE COINCIDENCE,
SHE HAPPENS TO PLAY SOME MEAN DEFENSE.
IN THE WEEK THAT SHE’S BEEN HERE WITH ME
SHE’S CLOSER TO ME THAN FAMILY.
THE DAUGHTER THAT I NEVER HAD,
INSTEAD OF THE BOY WITHOUT A DAD.
Gavin, knows this already.

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
Your Honor, may I interrupt?

JUDGE WOODS
Is it relative to the case?

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
Oh, it’s relative, your honor.

MOTHER OF MARTINI NOW,
THE TRUTH BE TOLD AT LAST,
BENEATH MY HABIT I’M A
TWISTED SISTER WITH A PAST!

JUDGE WOODS
Ain’t we all!-

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
Since I couldn’t have Shipley child I did the next best thing.

I TOOK IT UPON MY SELF ONE DAY,
THE ACT OF PROCREATION,
I WENT TO SHIPLEY’S DONER
TO RECEIVE HIS NEXT DONATION.

SHIPLEY
Oh, no, you didn’t!

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
Oh, yes I did.

GONZALAS
So my sister’s my mother! Is this really true?

GAVIN
We’re sister and brother?

GONZALAS
I’m not from Peru?

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
It’s true. Tell me you didn’t do it.

GONZALAS
Do what? That’s gross!

NURSE HEDGES

(ENTERS with a file envelope.)
If it pleases the court, I am registered nurse Hedges. May I approach, Your Honor?

JUDGE WOODS
Is it relative to the case?

(She delivers it to the JUDGE who opens it and reads it as she listens.)

NURSE HEDGES

Oh, it’s relative!
I MAY BE TRAUMA NURSE BY DAY
BUT THAT’S ONLY HALF OF WHAT I DO.
UNDER COVER IN THE MOONLIGHT
IT’S A DIFFERENT I.C.U. (I SEE YOU!)
I’M A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE,
PRIVATE DETECTIVE,
I’LL FIND YOU WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR.
I’M YOUR CIRCUMSPECTIVE,
PRIVATE DETECTIVE,
FROM THE OFFICES “BOI d’OR”.

ALL
(“BOI d’OR”?)

It means gold dust of the road.

REUNITING CHILDREN
CONCEIVED BY FOREIGN ATHLETES,
TOO DRUNK TO EVER GET EACH OTHERS NAMES.
THESE CHILDREN OF THE VAST ETERNAL FLAMES,
THE GOLDEN DUST OF PAST OLYMPIC GAMES. .

Applebee Academy is where my case begins.
Reunited a father with the beautiful Strokanov twins.
Here is the proof, your honor.

JUDGE WOODS
DNA tests positively prove these children have the same father. Furthermore, he is in the court today.

NURSE HEDGES
Doc Benson, do you remember a shot putter from Chernobyl named Svetlana Minkeva?

DOCTOR BENSON
Sweaty Mink? She was my muse.

NURSE HEDGES
The two of you conceived the night before she won the gold. Doctor, meet your beautiful daughters.

DOCTOR BENSON
YOWZA! YOWZA! YOWZA! Nostrovia!

STROKANOVS
Papa!!!
JUDGE WOODS
DNA tests also prove you sired both Gavin Barnes AND Maureen Gonzalas!

DOCTOR BENSON
Wow! I’m an all american international family man.

SHIPLEY
See Judge, everything’s on the up and up.

THATCHER
Objection!

JUDGE WOODS

IN THE BOOK OF RULES IT’S VERY CLEAR,
TO PLAY THE SPORT YOU WAIT -YOU WAY-WAY-WAY
WA-WA-WA-WA-WA WAIT A YEAR
OR ELSE YOU ARE A RINGER,
AND GIRL, YOU’RE ONE HUM DINGER,
OF A RINGER!

SHIPLEY
BUT SHE’S MY BABY’S DADDY’S BABY
FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
SO SHE’S MY STEP BABY DADDY’S DAUGHTER!

THATCHER
She’s a ringer!

SR. G.M/ BENSON/SHIPLEY

SHE’S HER BABY’S DADDY’S BABY
FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
HER STEP BABY DADDY’S DAUGHTER!

THATCHER
She’s a ringer!

ALL
HER BABY’S DADDY’S BABY
FROM ANOTHER MOTHER
HER MY STEP BABY DADDY’S DAUGHTER!

THATCHER
She’s a ringer!

JUDGE WOODS
Father! Mother! Sister! Brother! Now I’m a fan of the Brady Bunch but unless there’s a miracle in the next ten seconds, you will have to forfeit this game!

SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL
WAIT!! Wheel that bed over here.

(SISTER GEORGE MICHAEL waves the face towel over Victoria.)

OH, SACRED USED FACE TOWEL,
TOSSED TO ME AFTER THE MATCH
AGAINST CHRIS EVERETT ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1972,
I BESEECH YOU TO MEND THIS BROKEN CHILD,
OH, SACRED SHROUD OF-

(They join in the chant one by one as it speeds up and creates a miracle. She starts to break free from her cast slowly rising like a Phoenix from the ashes.)

MAR MAR TINA
NAVA NAVRI- TI LO LO VA.
MAR MAR TINA
NAVA NAVRI- TI LO LO VA.
MAR MAR TINA
NAVA NAVRI- TI LO LO VA.
MAR MAR TINA
NAVA NAVRI- TI LO LO VA.
MAR MAR TINA
NAVA NAVRI- TI LO LO VA..

VIC-TOR-IA!
VIC-TOR-IA!
HYDE-PIERCE
Put me in Coach, I’m ready to play.

SHIPLEY
That’s up to Judge Wanda “Bootsy” Woods.

JUDGE WOODS
WELL-
PHYSICALLY BEARING WITNESS
TO SOMETHING MIGHTY HOLY,
THE MIRACULOUS RECOVERY
OF YOUR REGULATION GOALIE.
A TESTAMENT TO ALL THAT IS
THE FORCE THAT LIES WITHIN YOU,
THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON
WHY THIS GAME CANNOT CONTINUE!

JUDGE WOODS & Co.

IT’S A PLACE YOU’VE BEEN BUT YOU CAN’T GO BACK,
IT DON’T MATTER IF YOUR WHITE OR BLACK,
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
EVERYBODY’S CHILDREN.
TEACH THEM THINGS LIKE RIGHT FROM WRONG,
LET THEM SING A NEW SONG!
SINGIN‘ BOUT THE CHILDREN!
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CHILDREN!
EVERYTHING FOR THE CHILDREN
EVERYTHING FOR THE CHILDREN!
DOCTOR BENSON’S CHILDREN.
ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
*********

credits

from Field Hockey Hot, released March 22, 2016
Dan Kazemi, Alina John and The Company

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Michael Ogborn New York, New York

This site is a platform for the work of American Musical Theatre Composer/playwright Michael Ogborn. Currently living in Philadelphia and working in New York City, Ogborn has had over 25 musicals and pantos produced
to date. New recordings are added regularly.

"Enjoy the variety and please visit my website at www.michaelogborn.com for archival photos and show information.Thank you very much!"
... more

contact / help

Contact Michael Ogborn

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Michael Ogborn, you may also like: