The Days Ahead

: Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee Scenic and stalwart university Redmond oh Redmond Timeless as the sea I'm faithful Redmond ever to thee Ever to Redmond Ever to thee The days ahead are filled with people Brilliant people not at all like me I feel so all alone Girl#1: I come from Shediac [Boy #1]: me too! [Boy#2]: I'm from Toronto And I'm not impressed If only I had known : I should be thrilled to be in college For wisdom, for knowledge For a Redmond resumé I want my mother : And I want Marilla : I'd rather run away Than face this day : Redmond, oh Redmond, Now that I'm here Can I survive this urban atmosphere? Redmond, oh, Redmond, Awful and austere. How will I ever live through My freshman year? Freshettes, freshettes, Take a look at the freshettes! The new freshettes Are such true freshettes, They don't know what they are Or where to go. So green, so green, They're the greenest ever seen! The crop this year Is a flop this year! Oh when did Redmond's standards Sink so low? Freshettes, freshettes, Back when we were the freshettes We were fabulous freshettes! [ Soph. girl #1]: No plain Janes, [#2]: Not like those [#3]: We had brains, [#4:] We had beaux! [#2]: We were the cream [#3]: Of the crop : Of the class We huffed and we puffed And we blew down the doors [Girl #4]: We had the style [#2]: And the flare [#3]: And the sass : We were as chic As the chics soph-a-mores These girls look like labradors Freshettes, freshettes, Even fabulous freshettes, (Ike last years freshettes) Had soph-a-mores who made them pay, Belittled them in every way. We're glad we're not you Freshettes today. : Homesick I'm homesick I don't like the pace. Frantic and frightning, I don't like the place. Anne of Green Gables Gone without a trace! I would die just to see one Familliar face! : Saturday morning I'm raking the civic lawn, And then I sell programmes And afternoon I'm at fawn, And four days a week delivering flowers, And tutoring greek for six or so hours In Charlotte's café, Where posh students meet, I need a tray –Even on Sunday! : That girl, that girl, Thats the youngest Gordon girl. The finest stock, That's a Paris frock, Her dad endowed this university! : Here come those beaux again, Uh-oh those beaux again. So atractive but so doomed to fail. I promised faithfully, "Dad", I said faithfully, "I will make at least one friend Whose female." : The pearls, the pearls, Oysters died to make those pearls! That's one freshette You will not forget. She's fresher than a freshette Ought to be! : I won't be one of them. Please god, not one of them! Some pretense of reason must prevail. Here come those beaux again, Uh-oh those beaux again. Time for little Philippa to set sail : I got a letter, a letter from home. Here to remind me, "Anne, although you roam, Our love is steady as a metronome. We are there with you On every beach you comb" I got a letter, a letter from home (Redmond, oh Redmond, ever to thee) Here to remind me, (scenic and stalwart) "Anne, although you roam, (university.) Our love is steady as a metronome. (Redmond, oh Redmond, timeless as the sea,) We are there with you on every (I'm faithful, Redmond, ever to thee.) Beach you comb." : The day ahead's a day I've read about, I've dreamt about, I've studied for; My first day back at school. But not the teacher any more And not the one and only man for Anne. There must be men galore That she'll ignore. Anne: The days ahead are days away and yet I feel already days behind. So ask me if I care! I'm not the teacher any more, I'm not the one and only Girl in town Who's famous for her temper, For her foibles, for her gables, for her hair! (She'll toss their broken hearts into the air!) Anne: And that is why the bells are ringing, Both: And Redmond is singing! And the sun that shines today Will shine tomorrow, My chosen tomorrow. Where I'll succeed somehow! I'll start right now! All: The days ahead are days I wish I didn't dread. See, I'm the kind that crams Two days before exams. I hope that one day I'll be wise, before I'm dead, I hope Professors prize The pithy things I've said. And that is why the bells are ringing, And Redmond is singing! And the sun that shines today Will shine tomorrow, Our chosen tomorrow. Where we'll succeed somehow! We'll start right now (Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee) We'll start right now (Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee) We'll start right now (Redmond oh Redmond timeless as the sea) We'll start right now