The Xavier Blue Night Jazz Band has come to Mexico City
For twenty years they’ve played so grand every tune has been a ditty.
Senor Salvador’s land of birth shines beneath the mid-day sun
He gives the students all they’re worth in knowledge and education.
The Gran Hotel is where we stay located on the plaza
The second largest so they say, only Red Square has more terrazzo.
Viernes:
First morning the bus rolls at ten, the Trauma Hospital we play
Veronica hosts us and then a quick lunch is on its way.
Damas, hombes, in attendance, they fill the auditorium
Doctors, nurses and assistants, everyone is having fun.
Mr. Neuhoff teaches percussion, setting the group in perfect time
Mrs. I. gives an introduction, all her words wax so sublime.
The second gig at the Nacional resounds with rhythm and brass …show more content…
In the atria below the band warms up to perform
Marina tries to steal the show, Mrs. I. says “Oh no you’re wrong.”
To take away our precious time while screeching like a cat
We don’t want to be unkind but how’d you learn to sing like that?
Simon Cowell would likely scowl if he had to judge her talent
Like us he’d throw in the towel and beg her to be silent.
On to the Arena Mexico, with colored masks on their faces
The wrestlers put on a show through their acrobatic paces.
Senor gets into the act on the bus as we go
He pulls a mask out of his sack, Santo is his alter-ego.
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Sabado:
The Basilica is sinking at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Let’s say a prayer, we’re all thinking, and purchase a rosary.
More than an hour’s ride to climb Teotihuacan
Proves to be the divide, separating boys from
For twenty years they’ve played so grand every tune has been a ditty.
Senor Salvador’s land of birth shines beneath the mid-day sun
He gives the students all they’re worth in knowledge and education.
The Gran Hotel is where we stay located on the plaza
The second largest so they say, only Red Square has more terrazzo.
Viernes:
First morning the bus rolls at ten, the Trauma Hospital we play
Veronica hosts us and then a quick lunch is on its way.
Damas, hombes, in attendance, they fill the auditorium
Doctors, nurses and assistants, everyone is having fun.
Mr. Neuhoff teaches percussion, setting the group in perfect time
Mrs. I. gives an introduction, all her words wax so sublime.
The second gig at the Nacional resounds with rhythm and brass …show more content…
In the atria below the band warms up to perform
Marina tries to steal the show, Mrs. I. says “Oh no you’re wrong.”
To take away our precious time while screeching like a cat
We don’t want to be unkind but how’d you learn to sing like that?
Simon Cowell would likely scowl if he had to judge her talent
Like us he’d throw in the towel and beg her to be silent.
On to the Arena Mexico, with colored masks on their faces
The wrestlers put on a show through their acrobatic paces.
Senor gets into the act on the bus as we go
He pulls a mask out of his sack, Santo is his alter-ego.
36
Sabado:
The Basilica is sinking at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Let’s say a prayer, we’re all thinking, and purchase a rosary.
More than an hour’s ride to climb Teotihuacan
Proves to be the divide, separating boys from