Condensed score 3 3 Moderate altz ACK AND THE BEANSTALK Listen, my friends, and I'll tell you a story full of ravery, adventure, and magic! for narrator and orchestra Scott McKenzie text y Suzan McKenzie 8 1 n 20 There once as a very poor oy named ack ho lived ith his mother All they oned as a hite co But a morning came hen the co gave no milk, and ack's mother said they must sell her 20 2010 Scott McKenzie All rights reserved scottmckenziecom
2 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score Sadly, ack put a halter on the co and started off On the road he met a man ho made him a surprising offer "Where are you going, ack" he asked And ack replied, "I am taking this co to market" 28 "Ah, I see," said the man thoughtfully "What ould you say if I offered to trade something for your co that is etter than money" "Go on!" ack replied "What's more important to a poor family!" 35 38 n The man reached out and dropped five eans in ack's hand "I ill give you these five eans for your co" "Wouldn't you ust like it," ack laughed "Five eans for a co!" ack ran home ith the eans tight in his fist 3 "Mother, look hat I got for the co," he said, dropping the eans in her hand 50 n n
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 3 "Five old eans" she cried "But, Mother, these are special The man ho gave them to me said they are magic!" 59 n 58 61 ack's mother as furious "You foolish, foolish oy! There is no such thing as a magic ean," n 65 she shouted "These ean are as orthless as you!" 69 æ n n n n n n
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 71 With those ords, she thre the eans out the indo And that night, ack and his mother ent hungry n n n æ n n n 7 Sloly 6 But ack's mother as rong aout the eans In the garden, as moonlight touched the seeds, tiny roots urst forth and orked their ay don into the rich soil Little stems reached up into the night air Tiny green leaves opened to the sky The night passed and roots and stems gre strongerdeepertallerreaching in all directions 6 6 77 6 Leaves gre as road as dinner plates, casting shados far elo In the morning, ack oke to find a strange green and gold light in his room He looked out the indo at the garden here his mother had thron the eans, and rising from the ground as a eanstalk ith a stem as thick as a tree trunk 8 81
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 5 87 Thick roots ran in all directions, umping up under the house so the chimney leaned at a crooked angle 91 ack scramled out of ed and dashed into the yard He tipped his head ack and looked upand up Vivace n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n nn n n n n n n n n n n n n n and uput he could not see the top 9 Wondering here the eanstalk ould lead, ack set his foot on the loest ide leaf, graed the stout ranches and egan to clim Moderately 3 96 3 n n
6 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 98 Higher and higher, past the clouds, he climed through the green ranches Soon he as so high he could no longer see the ground, ut in the distance, through the clouds, he sa a great castle n n n n nn n 102 As he neared the door of the castle, a huge oman came out into the sunshine She ent over and looked at ack as if she ere examining a cricket in her garden 102 n n 108 ant here" n "Boy," she said, "hat do you 3 "Please, mum," ack said, "could I have some reakfast" "If it's reakfast you ant, it's reakfast you'll e!" the oman said "My husand eats little oys on toast and he ill e home any minute" 8 6 8 6 But she took pity on him and gave him read and cheese ack as arely finished eating hen he heard a terrile thump! and then the most horrifying voice he could have ever imagined 113
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 7 115 115 Pesante n f n f "FEEFIFOFM! f I smell the lood of an Englishman! 119 125 Be he alive or e he dead, n I'll grind his ones to make my read!" nn n When he had finished eating, he called out, "Wife, ring me my hen" And his ife set a fat hen on the tale n 3 3 3 "Goodness!" the oman cried It's my husand! Quick! Hide in the oven!" "I smell a oy!" the giant roared "Am I having oy for reakfast" "No dear," his ife said "You must e smelling the oy you had yesterday Sit don and I'll ring you your reakfast" "Lay," the giant said, and the hen laid a golden egg He gave the hen a pat, put his head on the tale and as soon snoring 3 127 3
8 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score Quick as a rait, ack graed the hen and ran out of the castle and don the road toard the top of the eanstalk 130 3 Vivace 130 3 n n n n 13 When he reached the ground, his m other egan to scold him ut, all in a rush, ack told her aout the castle and the oman and the giant and the hen ho laid golden eggs His mother as overoyed Half the previous tempo 3 138 3 3 3 F 12 The next morning ack started up the eanstalk once more, climing higher and higher to the giant's castle He slipped into the kitchen and hid ust as the giant came home Thenhe heard the voice again Andante - - - - - - - - - - 18 Pesante n f
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 9 "FEE, FI, FO, FM, I smell the lood of an Englishman, e he alive or e he dead, I'll grind his ones to make my read!" 19 f n nn n "No, husand," his ife ansered "It must e the oys you had for dinner" When the giant finished his reakfast, he called out, "Wife, ring me my ags of coins" And the oman put to huge leather sacks on the taleone filled ith gold coins, the other ith silver The giant counted his money then fell fast asleep 153 3 Vivace Quick as a flash, ack graed the ags and ran for the eanstalk 158 3 163 He tumled don the vine into the garden here his mother as aiting for him nn
10 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 168 "Mother, look!" he cried, and dropped the coins on the tale His mother as thrilled Andante F p Early in the morning, ack climed up the eanstalk again He as arely out of sight in the kitchen hen the giant came in 173 173 Pesante f "FEE, FI, FO, FM, I smell the lood of an Englishman, e he alive or e he dead, I'll grind his ones to make my read!" n nn n "No oy today, my husand," his ife replied When he finished his reakfast the giant said, "Wife, ring me my magic harp" And the oman set a golden harp on the tale "Play!" commanded the giant And all y itself, the harp egan to play the most eautiful music ack had ever heard 177 181 Sloly, peacefully 3 3 3 3 g 3 3 3 3 3
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 11 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 As soon as the giant egan to nod and snore, ack as out of hiding quick as a ink g 3 187 3 3 3 3 3 3 æ But the second he graed the golden harp, it stopped playing and cried out, "Master! Master! Save me, Master!" 191 Allegro The giant as aake and after ack in an instant, ut ack as ust a it faster 191 n n Carrying the harp, hich as still calling out for the giant, ack ran for the eanstalk and egan slipping and sliding don the ranches 198 n n n n
12 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 202 202 As soon as he could see the ground he called out, "Mother! Bring the axe!" 3 207 3 212 3 3 n n n n n n 3 3 215 The second his foot touched the ground, his mother handed him the axe and he chopped frantically at the eanstalk! 3 3 n n n
ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score 13 218 ƒ 222 The giant as halfay don hen the trunk snapped and he fell ith the vine, never to rise again! n 11 3 3 226 226 3 Ï 3 ƒ Maestoso F 233
1 ACK AND THE BEANSTALK-Condensed score As ack's mother had een rong aout the eans eing orthless, she as rong aout her son, as ell As the vine ithered, a fairly appeared and told ack a story of his kind, generous and ealthy father 21 Ruato 2 3 2 3 21 2 3 2 3 29 Long ago, the giant had roed him and taken his life, and cast a spell on ack and his mother leaving them destitutewith his heroic and gallant spirit, ack had roken the spell and proved himself orthy Forever after, ack as a faithful, loving, and dutiful son He eventually married a eautiful princess 258 and they all lived happily ever after Vivace F 26 n