Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 (Style: Question and Answer with Vocal Chase) Lead: Do you hear the call from the Secretary’s hand? Response: We hear the call across the PNG land! Lead: When do we start the academic year? Response: (Chasing quickly) January nineteen, the date is clear! Lead: One week early, the teachers must stand, Chorus: Before the students join our hand! (Style: Whisper chant) Resume on time... no work, no pay... resume on time... Chorus (Style: Adult Choir, Duet, and Close Harmony) Duet (Belting): 2026 is the year to shine, follow the circular, stay in line! Full Choir (Homophony): From Term One to the final day, “No work, no pay” is the only way! Vocal Chorus (Open Harmony): January twenty-six, the children arrive, Octave Doubling: To keep the dream of learning alive! Verse 2 (Style: Call and Response with Parallel Doubling) Call: Have you a query? A doubt in your mind? Response: To the Education Division, the answers we'll find! Call: By the seventeenth of January, make your way! Response: Resolve the issues, do not delay! Call: Organize your movement to the school grounds, Response: Before the morning bell resounds! (Style: Phrased Unison) Ten weeks of teaching, then a break for the soul, Uniformity is our national goal! Chorus (Style: Adult Choir, Duet, and Close Harmony) Duet (Belting): 2026 is the year to shine, follow the circular, stay in line! Full Choir (Homophony): From Term One to the final day, “No work, no pay” is the only way! Vocal Chorus (Open Harmony): January twenty-six, the children arrive, Octave Doubling: To keep the dream of learning alive! Verse 3 (Style: Close Harmony shifting to Belting) Small Group: In June and August, the pens will fly, Close Harmony: Grade ten and twelve, reach for the sky! Full Group (Unison): October comes with the final test, Belting: We give our heart, we give our best! Lower Voices: From STEM exams to the Grade Eight grade, Higher Voices: The foundation of the future is being made! Outro (Style: Vocal Fry and Unison fade) Unison: Align your budget, align your plan. Whisper: December four... the year ends... Vocal Fry: No work... no pay... (Final chord: Open Harmony sustained)
Tags
Island reggae and pop reggae Tempo: 97- 113 Verses: choir [ alto, Soprano, Tenor, bass] Choruses: duets [male/ females
Duration
2:24
Instrumental
No
Created
1/5/2026