The first time I took part in an Open Mike Session this happened...

This is the first time that I'd ever taken part in an Open Mic Session and I owe my thanks to Elaine and Clive Samuels for hosting the session at the Cross Lances Pub in Hounslow and for inviting me to be part of it, as well as huge thanks to Clive for this video recording to prove that I finally plucked up the courage and finally did this.

I dropped and broke my glasses as I got to the pub, forgot my words and then couldn't read the words, having broken my specs. Other than that I think it went quite well, I even got Elaine and a few other people to join me on my last song, 'Que Sera, Sera - Rewritten', and considering they had never sung the rewritten version of the song, nor had they ever sung with me before, I think all they did amazingly well! :-)

For anyone who wants to sing along, here are the words:

When I was just a little child
I asked my mother
What will I be?
Will I be pretty?
Will I be rich?
Here’s what she said to me:

Que sera sera,
Whatever will be, will be,
The future’s not ours to see,
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be.

Now all the kids rise up and cry:
Our planet’s burning
Our future is shot
Our seas are rising,
Species are dying,
Gov’ments’ve damned the lot.

They’re saying…

Que sera, sera,
Whatever will be, will be,
The future’s not ours to see,
Que sera, sera,
What will be, will be

As Greta Thunberg rightly said:
Change it is coming,
Like it or not,
Our future’s precious
And Our World is too,
Here’s what you have to do:

We say…

Que sera, sera,
Take action immediately,
Our future is what’s at stake,
Que sera, sera,
Act immediately!

The people and children say:
The facts and science
Are clear as day,
Business as usual,
Is not good enough,
All this has got to change.

We say…

Que sera, sera,
We will not just let it be,
The future is ours to see,
Que sera, sera,
’sup to you and me.

We say…

Que sera, sera,
We will not just let it be,
The future is ours you see,
Que sera, sera,
(It) belongs to you and me.

We say…

Que sera, sera,
We will not just let it be,
The future is what we see,
Que sera, sera,
’sup to you and me,
(It) belongs to you and me,
Act Immediately!
Que sera, se-e-ra.

© Mary-Ellen 2019

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