Anne & Gilbert Musical Soundtrack Album Lyrics

Every young girl in Avonlea is about as close to heaven as she can be if you don't know why then I guess you didn't hear Mr.
Blythe who makes the girls of Avonlea sigh, Mr. Blyhe the best lookin' boy on P.E.I Mr. Blythe is gonna be my teacher this
Year Once in a while I'll break the rules teacher will be forced, to keep me after school, please vacation end for the fun
Begins in fallmr. Blythe, sittin on his desk recitin rhymes, Mr Blythe, no one cuter in the maritimes Mr. Blythe, I never
Want to graduate at all. Good afternoon Mr. Blythe! Good afternoon Mr. Blythe! Hello Gilbert! Hello Josie. Mr. Blythe! Mr.
Blythe! You're not just beautiful. Mr. Blythe! Mr. Blythe! You're not just wonderful to see! Mr. Blythe! Mr. Blythe! In my
Heart of hearts! You will always be Gilbert to me! Every day we'll dress up cause you can bet, we'll be tryin we'll be buyin
To be the teacher's pet! Even with the flu we'll go to school every day.Mr. Blythe! Cause you're my teacher you're a man! Mr.
Blythe! I'll do my homework when I can! Mr. Blythe! If only you'd get over, Anne!Mr. Blythe! Mr. Blythe! You're not just
Beautiful. Mr. Blythe! Mr. Blythe! You're not just wonderful to see! Mr. Blythe! Mr. Blythe! Mr. Teacher! You will always be
Gilbert! I love you Gilbert! You will always be Gilbert to me!

Woman #1:
The grass pops up in the pasture
The snow blows down in the sky
The leaves all leave in September
The bugs all bite in July
Somethings you know for certain
No one even wonders why
Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables
And though she won't admitt it's true
Anne of Green Gables loves Gilbert too

Woman #2:
The sun gets high in the morning
The well gets low in drought

Man #1:
The young get giddy with the giggles

Woman #3:
The old gimpy with the gout

Women #'s 1,2&3 & man #1:
Somethings you take for granted

Woman #1:
No one here has any doubt

All of Avonlea:
Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables
And though she makes a big to-do
Anne of Green Gables loves Gilbert too

Woman #1:
He worships the ground she walks on
As anyone can see
She treats him like a dear old dog
She's fooling herself
But she's not fooling me

Woman #2:
A Widow burries a husband
A hound dog burries a bone

Man #2:
The preacher's always long-winded

Woman #3:
A Pye will always cheat a Sloane

All of Avonlea:
Somethings are writ in granite

Woman #1:
Somewhere this is is carved in stone

All adults:
Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables
And all of us have always known
Anne of Green Gables loves Gilbert so
Gilbert love Anne of Green Gables
And though she'll be the last to know
Anne of Green Gables loves gilbert so

Girls of Avonlea(simultaneously):
Every young girl in Avonlea
Is about as close to heaven
As she can be
If you don't know why
Then I guess you didn't hear Mr.Blythe
Who makes the girls of avonlea sigh
Mr.Blyte
Every young girl in Avonlea
Is about as close to heaven
As she can be
If you don't know why
Then I guess you didn't hear Mr.Blythe
Is gonna be my teacher this year Mr.Blyte

All of Avonlea:
Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables
Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables
And Anne of Green Gables loves Gilbert so

Diana: Oh Anne, Averil's Ideal is my favorite thing of everything you've written

Anne: Mine too.

ANNE
When Averil Was A Sweet Young Thing
Her Friends Were Always Whispering
Of Beaux They'd Had And Beaux To Come
But Averil Kept Her Peace
For She Knew There Was More To Life
Than Settling Down As Someone's Wife
She Might Be Lonely, This She Knew
But She Had Things To Do
This Was Her Caprice
Averil Kept Her Peace

When Averil Was But Seventeen
A Handsome Lad Came On The Scene
And He Was Smart And Fair And Kind
But Averil Turned Away
The Signs Were Wrong, She Wanted More
Why He Was Just The Boy Next Door
And She Could Only Find Romance
In Perfect Circumstance
Just Like In A Play
Averil Turned Away

There Had To Be A Tree
There Had To Be Some Rain
A Stranger Would Appear
Exotic And Urbane
And Averil Would Know
And Averil Would Feel
This Gentleman Was Truly

AVERIL'S IDEAL
It truly IS my most romantic story!

DIANA
All except that part about Averil being an old maid for sixty years till she finally meets

The 'Dream Man.'
That might be all right for you, you're always going to be divinely slim.
I'm going to be fat!

ANNE
Diana!

DIANA
Well, I am. My Mother is fat! Every single one of my Aunt's is fat!
There's nothing romantic about a fat old maid!

ANNE
(Meaning the manuscript;)
I want you to keep it.

DIANA
I'll treasure it always.
But Anne, would you REALLY wait sixty years for some 'ideal man?'
Gilbert seems like an awfully good compromise to me!

ANNE
I Think I'd Need A Tree
And Yes, I'd Want Some Rain
And He'd Be Standing There
Exotic And Urbane
And In A Flash I'd Know
And In A Flash I'd Feel
I Guess I'd Be Like Averil
Finding My Ideal
And In A Flash I'd Know
And In A Flash I'd Feel
I Guess I'd Be Like Averil
Finding My Ideal

Gilbert:
Look at the lovers
Aren't they a picture?
Dancing so fine,
Under the moonlight.
Almost as in a trance
Under the spell of the dance.
Carried away by love.

They hear the music,
They feel the moonlight.
They don't resist,
Listen it's calling.

Dare to dance with me!
We're not the kind who would be,
Carried away by love.

Carried away by stars in the sky
Carried away by dreams
Carried away by love,
You and I.
We're not the kind inclined
To get carried away.

There will be talk if
Under the moonlight
We are the ones,
Talking or dancing
Privacy's not allowed
Smarter to follow the crowd.
Carried away by love.

Anne:
Look at the lovers
Aren't they a picture?
Dancing so fine,
Under the moonlight.
Almost as in a trance
Under the spell of the dance.
Carried away by love.

Anne and Gilbert:

Carried away by stars in the sky
Carried away by dreams
Carried away by love,
You and I.
We're not the kind inclined
To get carried away.

Look at the lovers
Aren't they a picture?
Dancing so fine,
Under the moonlight.
Almost as in a trance
Under the spell of the dance.
Carried away by love.

Under the spell of the dance.
Carried away by love.

Saturday Morning
I Go To The Beach And I'm Freed
The Air And The Surf And The Sun
Are All That You Need
If You Can't Have Love
If You Can't Have Love
You Read
Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning
I Go To The Beach And I Find
The Sand And The Waves And The Air
Refreshes The Mind
If You Can't Have Love
If You Can't Have Love
Unwind
Saturday Morning

I'm Teaching Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday
And Saturday I Tutor In The Afternoon
And Saturday Night I Do
The Same Things I Do Every Other Night
Marking Papers, Helping Out Around The House
Odd Jobs
An Extra Arm
Around The Farm
And Sunday Like A Fool
I Teach Sunday School
But Saturday Morning

I've Got Hipocrates And Socrates
And Shakespeare, Cervantes
And Thomas Edison
Lots Of Books On Medicine
And Lately William Butler Yeats
I've Got A History Of Bells
And H.G. Welles' Time Machine Waits
Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning I Go To The Beach In The Fall
The Spray And The Wind And The Chill
I Don't Mind At All
If You Can't Have Love
If You Can't Have Love
If You Can't Have Anne
If You Can't Have Anne
You Do What You Can
If You Can't Have Love Life's Grim
But Saturday Morning
I Swim

Hello Gilbert, hello Gil
I was just passin' by
Awful nice to find you, it's quite a little thrill
To see you givin' me the eye

Hello Gilbert, my old Pal
You're lookin' pretty fit today
Nothin' gives me joy like seeing my favourite boy
Covered in the salty spray

Hello Josie, my old friend
What an unexpected treat
The water's pretty cold, I wouldn't recommend it
Keep your slippers on your feet

No, no, no, no, no

No, no, Josie
Don't come in
The undertow is bad today
Just the slightest blunder, it would pull you under
You better run the other way

Hey Gilbert, whatcha wearin'?
Is your bathing costume new?
Say it looks a little daring
Come on out and show me
I will hold your towel for you

Josie, did you follow me?
How'd you know that I was here?

Oh, it isn't like that
I would never do that
But aren't you glad to see me, Gilbert dear?

Listen, Josie
You're just grand, but you know I'm spoken for
I'm a desperate man, but if I can't have Anne
I'll be a bachelor forevermore

Ah, Gilbert
Why don't you face it?
She don't care a fig for you
You've a sad look, I could erase it
I'm the kind of girl who'd do what Anne would never do

Go on, Josie
Have a heart
You know I've heard it all before
So close your pretty eyes
And turn your pretty head
And let me come back on the shore

Oh, Gilbert!

The lobsters are declaring war!

You come and see me

Let me come back on the shore

Fine!

GILBERT
All I Can Do Is Wait
All I Can Be Is Optimistic
All I Can Do Is Sigh
All I Can Do Is Try
Try Not To Tell You; 'I Love You'
When You Walk By
Try To Believe In Fate
When You Love Someone Like That
All You Can Do Is Wait

All I Can Do Is Know
All I Can Know Is That I Love You
All I Can Ask Is Why
All I Can Do Is Try
Try Not To Tell You; 'I Love You'
When You Walk By
Try Not To Palpitate
When You Love Someone Like That
All You Can Do Is Wait

All You Can Do Is Dream
All You Can Do Is Count The Hours
All You Can Do Is Try
Try Not So Hard To Try
Try Not To Tell You; 'I Love You'
When You Walk By
Try To Believe In Hope
When You Love Someone Like That
All You Can Do Is Cope
When You Love Someone Like That
All You Can Do Is Dream
When You Love Someone Like That
All You Can Do Is Wait

Marilla(spoken):
Rachel, you know I've never felt right about Anne giving up college to stay home and care for me
If you came to live at green gables I could manage just fine

Rachel(spoken):
This is just charity Marilla

Marilla(spoken):
Charity?

Marilla(singing):
Rachel you know me better than anyone
We've been Friends for a century
You know the pain
That I feel at the sacrifice
Dear Anne Shirley has made for me
Oh it's hard for me to ask for help
So the only thing that I can do
Is remind you, Rachel
Of the way we were raised
And the things your mother
Often said to you
You always told me
That your mother told you
What her mother told her before
She'd say the same thing to you
That she'd say
To a son who was going to war
For some do well
Some do wrong
The laggards look for beauty
But we presbyterian women know that what we do is our duty
Our duty,our duty
What we do is our duty
There's wax on the floor
And there's jam in the pantry

Rachel(singing):
Company has to have tea
We won't go to bed
Till the dishes are done

Both(singing):
And we've no time for fiddle-dee-dee

Marilla(singing):
And when we hear a cry for help
We always heed the call
We presbyterian women place
Our duty over all

Both(singing):
Our duty, our duty
Our duty over all

Marilla(singing):
Thomas would want to stay in Avonlea
Thomas would surely understand
I can hear him saying
"Stop your blathering Rachel
And go give Marilla a hand"
You always told me
That church was impotant

Both(singing):
But neighborliness is the core

Marilla(singing):
We stick together
We do for each other

Both(singing):
Cause that's what old friends are for

Marilla(singing):
You'll be my eyes
When lights are dim

Rachel(singing):
I am good company

Both(singing):
We presbyterian women find
The strength in unity
Our duty, our duty
What we do is our duty
Our duty, our duty
Saved by our sense of duty

Rachel(singing):
Marilla you know there's one thing more
My sainted mother said
You're never safe from suprises
Till you're dead

Diana(spoken):
Anne, you have won the Rollings Reliable baking powder literary competition

Anne(spoken):
But there isn't a word in Averil's Ideal about baking powder

Diana(spoken):
Oh, I put that in it was easy as a wink

Diana(singing):
Now Averil never made mistakes
When she whipped up her honey cake
Rollings Reliable baking powder
Insured great success
One rainy night she met a man
And gave him one hot from the pan
She fell in love
And soon she wore
A long white wedding dress
Never a bride so gay
Rollings saved the day
There had to be a tree
There had to be some cake
Cause hero's always long for
A lady who can bake
And she had found her dream
A gentleman,genteel
Riliable as Rollings
Was Averil's ideal

Anne:
Someone handed me the moon today
I've been glad before
But this is more than glorious
Someone has arranged for me to feel victorious
All my dreams are coming true so soon
Someone handed me the moon

All my dearest friends have rallied round
Bringing me good fortune when I wasn't looking
I can't belive the schemes
That they were cooking
Feels like I could dance in a saloon
Someone handed me the moon

And oh it's so full and shiny white
I promise I will put it back
Before tonight
Roll it up the sky like wedding ring
For the light that it sheds
Is the light of the love I feel

Someone handed me moon today
Someone gave me water
Just when I was thirsty
My joy's complete
Oh how my heart is bursting
Like a toddler rolling down the dune
Someone handed me the moon
Someone handed me the moon

All:
Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee
Secnic 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

All:
I should be thrilled to be in college
For wisdom, for knowledge
For Redmond as you may

All but Anne:
I want my mother

Anne:
And I want Marilla

All:
I'd rather run away
Than face this day

Anne:
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

Sophmore girls:
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
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

Soph. girl#2:
Not like those

Soph. girl#3:
We had brains

Soph. girl#4:
We had prose

Soph. girl#2:
We were the cream

Soph. girl#3:
Of the crop

Sophmore girls:
Of the class
We huffed and we puffed
And we blew down the doors

Soph. girl#4:
We had the style

Soph. girl#2:
And the flare

Soph. girl#3:
And the sass

Sophmore girls:
We were as chic
As the chics soph-a-mores
These girls look like labradors
Freshettes, freshettes
Even fabulous freshettes
Like last years freshettes
Had soph-a-mores who made them pay
Belittle them in every way
We're glad we're not you
Freshettes today

Anne:
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

Gilbert:
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 cafe
Where par students meet
I need a tray
Even on Sunday

Sophmore girls:
That girl, that girl
Thats the youngest Gordon girl
The finest stock
Thats a paris frock
Her dad endowed this university

Philippa Gordan:
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

Sophmore girls:
The pearls, the pearls
Oysters died to make those pearls
That's one freshettes
You will not forget
She's fresher than a freshette
Ought to be

Philippa Gordan:
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

Anne:
I got a letter, a letter from home
Here to remind me
"Anne, although you know
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
Here to remind me
"Anne, although you know
Our love is steady as a metronome
We are there with you
On every beach you comb"

All but Anne(simultaneously with Anne*):
Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee
Secnic and stalwart university
Redmond oh Redmond
Timeless as the sea
I'm faithful Redmond ever to thee
Ever to Redmond
Ever to thee

Gilbert:
The day ahead's a day I dread about,
I've dreampt about, I've studdied 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 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
Whose famous for her temper,
For her vocals, for *her gables,
For her hair

Gilbert(starts singing*):
She'll toss their broken hearts
Into the air

Anne:
And that is why the bells are ringing

Anne and Gilbert:
And Redmond is singing
And the sun tha shines today
Will shine tomorrow
Our 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 thing I've said
And that is why the bells are ringing
And Redmond is singing
And the sun tha shines today
Will shine tomorrow
Our chosen tomorrow
Where I'll succeed somehow
We'll start right now

Half of all:
*We'll start right now
We'll start right now
We'll start right now
We'll start right now

Other half(*simultaneously):
Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee
Redmond oh Redmond ever to thee
Redmond oh Redmond timeless as the sea
We'll start right now

MARILLA
Once Upon A Time
I Was Young Like You
Hard For You To Picture
Me The Ingenue
And There Was A Man
And I Made Him Go
Life Was So Much Sweeter
When He Was My Beau

We Had Bitter Words
I Forget What For
I Was Full Of Pride Then
I Showed Him To The Door
And Oh My Tongue Was Sharp
And I Hurt Him So
All My Life I've Wished That
He Were Still My Beau

Open Up Your Eyes
And See The Man Who's Waited
Open Up Your Heart
He Loves You, He's Your Friend
What I Have To Say May Be Dusty
Perhaps It's Dated
Stubborness Can Lead To A Bad Bad End

Don't Make My Mistake
Don't Let Him Slip Away
When He Weds Another
Your Heart Will Pay And Pay
Everybody Sees
Surely You Must Know
You're Meant To Be Together
He's Meant To Be Your Beau
For Love That's Turned Aside
Can Melt Like Falling Snow
I Think He's Destined For You
Born To Be Your Beau.

Fred Wright(spoken):
Diana, another letter from Anne

Anne(singing from letter):
I've known Roy three weeks now
I can't find a single flaw
How he looks, how he speaks,
How he quotes his Bernard Shaw
And I love the way he kisses
And I love the way he cries
And Gilbert would never compose
A sonnet to my eyes

Roy is brave and romantic
When he talks about his dreams
By the way did I mention
He's a millionaire it seems
And I really like his shoulders
And I even like his ties
And Gilbert would never compose
A sonnet to my eyes

Gilbert would never compose
He has no patience for flowery prose
Gilbert, Gilbert
Gilbert would never compose
A sonnet to my eyes

Diana(Spoken):
She certainly mentions
Gilbert's name a lot

Anne(singing):
Roy is regal he's royal
It's hard to believe he's real
Like my hero he's loyal
He's Averill's ideal

Diana(spoken):
Uh-oh

Anne(singing):
He is not exactly Woodsworth
But my word the fellow tries

Anne and Diana(singing):
And Gilbert Would never Compose
A sonnet to my eyes
Gilbert would never compose
He has no patience for flowery prose
Gilbert, Gilbert
Gilbert Would never Compose
Gilbert is not one of those
Gilbert Would never Compose
A sonnet to my eyes

GILBERT:
You once told me you could never really warm up to a flower
You couldn't live with

You once told me I remember we discussed it for an hour
What you could live with

I paid very close attention so I?ll mention if I may I heard you say that you would not ever wear a hothouse flower

And I quote

Hothouse flowers are like flowers that are flowered in a garden
Or in a forest

Hothouse flowers are for me if I misquote I beg your pardon
I?m just a florist

I?d feel silly where I couldn?t wear a lily to a dance

You won?t be happy
With a flower you can?t live with
That?s no way to go to the dance
Don?t go with the wrong flower
You won?t be happy
You won?t be happy

But wear the right flower to the dance
And you?ll be happy at the dance

GIRLS:
Hothouse flowers are like flowers that have flowered out like heather
Heather's hearty
Hothouse flowers don?t get out they?re unaffected by the weather
Good for a party

GILBERT:
I know flowers and you?re running out of hours to the dance

ALL:
You won?t be happy with a flower you can?t live with
That?s no way to go to the dance
Don?t go with the wrong flower
You won?t be happy
You won?t be happy
But wear the right flower to the dance and you?ll be happy at the dance

GIRLS:
Gilbert Blythe
Gilbert Blythe
You look so beautiful
Gilbert Blythe
Gilbert Blythe
You?re just so wonderful to see
Gilbert Blythe
Gilbert Blythe
Mr. Flower man
You can always pick lilies for me

GILBERT:
You won?t be happy with a flower you can?t live with
That?s no way to go to the dance
Don?t go with the wrong flower
(GIRLS: Gilbert Blythe
Gilbert Blythe
You look so beautiful
Gilbert Blythe
Gilbert Blythe
You?re just so wonderful to see)
You won?t be happy (GIRLS ECHO)
You won?t be happy (GIRLS ECHO)

ALL:
But wear the right flower to the dance
And you?ll be happy at the dance

GILBERT
If You're Pleased As Punch With Where You Live
And Proud Of What You Do
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
And If You Mind Your Business
And You Mind Your Neighbor's Too
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

ANNE
If You Vote The Way Your Father Did
And His Old Man Before
If You Feel A Little Itchy
When You're Too Far From The Shore

ANNE & GILBERT
If You Start Predicting Rain
The Moment Skies Are Turning Blue
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

JOSIE
If You Have More Freckles On Your Face
Than Turnips In A Stew
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

GILBERT
If You Drop In Unexpectedly
Just When The Tea Is Due
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

ANNE & GILBERT
If You Think That Eating Spicey Food
Is Just A Sign Of Greed
And Porridge And Potatoes Is All You Really Need

GILBERT
If You'd Say No To Montreal

ANNE
And Yes To Montague

ANNE & GILBERT
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

ANTHONY
If Sunday Finds You With Your Family
Yawning In The Pew
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through

ALL
If You Believe That Farm Of Yours
It Has The Finest View
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
And If You Think The Man Who Thinks He's Special
Is A Fool
And Someone Too Ambitious Will Taste Your Ridicule
If You Don't Believe In Giving Praise
Till Praise Is Overdue
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through
You're Island, You're Island You're From Prince Edward Island
You're Island, You're Island Through And Through