PROUD OF YOUR BOY – Performed By Carolyn Maitland
Reworked Cover of ‘Proud of your Boy’ from Aladdin The Musical.
Created for the #SongsChosenByYou Concert performed on Saturday 28th October 2017, in the Crazy Coqs, Live at Zedel, London.
A concert created by taking song suggestions from ‘You’ via social media and arranging them into a variety of new styles to be performed in an intimate venue.
Proud Of Your Boy Lyrics
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I’ve been, Ma
You’re in for a pleasant surprise
I’ve wasted time
I’ve wasted me
So say I’m slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
That I’ve been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I’ll get over these lousin’ up
Messin’ up, screwin’ up times
You’ll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone’s gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Tell me that I’ve been a louse and loafer
You won’t get a fight here, no ma’am
Say I’m a goldbrick, a good-off, no good
But that couldn’t be all that I am
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There’s no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Someday and soon
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Though I can’t make myself taller
Or smatter or handsome or wise
I’ll do my best, what else can I do ?
Since I wasn’t born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy
Proud Of Your Boy:
CHOSEN BY: Tracy Kelleher
RE-IMAGINED BY: CAROLYN MAITLAND & NOAM GALPERIN
ARRANGEMENT BY: NOAM GALPERIN
PERFORMED BY: CAROLYN MAITLAND
ON KEYS: KRIS RAWLINSON
ON BASS: BEN TRIGG
VIDEO: ROB SUMMERS
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Theatre credits include: Rebecca Hershkowitz in Rags (Park Theatre, London); Grace Farrell in Annie (UK Tour and Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto); The World Goes Round (Mac, Belfast), Marian Halcombe in The Woman in White (Charing Cross Theatre); Molly in Ghost (UK Tour); Ellen in Miss Saigon (Prince Edward Theatre); Joelle and Understudy Rita in Groundhog Day (Old Vic); Kathy Seldon in Singin’ in the Rain (Kilworth House Theatre); Understudy Kate and Lilli in Kiss Me Kate (Old Vic and Chichester Festival Theatre); Sally Bowles in Cabaret (ACT, Aberdeen); You Know How to Love Me (The Other Palace); Starting Here, Starting Now (The Pheasantry); Daughter in The Memory Show; Rose and Understudy Karen in From Here To Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre); Understudy Vivienne and Serena in Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre); Understudy Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde (UK Tour); Understudy Gabriella and Taylor in High School Musical 2 (UK Tour); Serena, Mabel and Miss Bell inFame (UK Tour) and Mamma Mia! (International Tour).
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