{"id":139,"date":"2025-03-14T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T13:58:37","slug":"the-tracks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/?page_id=139","title":{"rendered":"The Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: solid 1px #5b5c5c;padding:3px;margin-bottom:23px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tracks-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tracks-3.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tracks-3-300x33.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twohourstime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tracks-3-768x83.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:18px;color:#5b5c5c;line-height:1.4;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:20px;\">The following information details certain specifics regarding each of the fifteen original songs being performed throughout the duration of the &#8220;Two Hours Time&#8221; stage musical. Complete Voice\/Piano sheet music, as well as MP3 backing tracks, are provided free of charge as part of the one-per-county High School Performance Agreement arrangements. (If necessary, backing track key changes can be made to any of the songs for a very modest fee.)<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left:25px;margin-right:25px;font-size:18px;color:#5b5c5c;line-height:1.5;text-align:justify;\">\n<strong><u>&#8220;Two Hours Time&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: F &#8211; Duration: 2:48<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from Thomas Arne&#8217;s, &#8220;Rule Britannia&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Chorus and provides the audience with a brief, introductory overview of the musical&#8217;s overall storyline.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Much, Too Much&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: Ab &#8211; Duration: 2:39<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional lullaby, &#8220;Sleep, My Little Child&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Prince Escalus as he provides his reaction (yet again) to discovering representatives of the Capulets and Montagues brawling in the public streets of Verona.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Woe Is Me&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: G &#8211; Duration: 2:49<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;I Know Where I&#8217;m Going<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Romeo as he tries to explain to his cousin, Benvolio, why he&#8217;s been so depressed of late.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;The Queen Called Mab&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: G &#8211; Duration: 2:21<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk son, &#8220;Begone, Dull Care&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Mercutio as he relentlessly teases Romeo about his nighttime dreams of love and happiness.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Sweet Danger&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: G &#8211; Duration: 2:19<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;An Emigrant&#8217;s Daughter&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Chorus as the audience learns of what seems to have changed in the mind of Romeo, now that he&#8217;s met Juliet.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;I&#8217;ll Always Be There&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: B &#8211; Duration: 6:28<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Castle Dromore&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed as a duet by Romeo and Juliet as they consolidate and present the memorable balcony scene into a music moment.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Sorrow, Sweet&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: D &#8211; Duration: 2:00<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Castle Dromore&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Juliet as she expresses her sorrow in parting with Romeo following their emotional balcony scene.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Word For Word&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: G &#8211; Duration: 5:22<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Dunbarton&#8217;s Brums&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed as a duet by Juliet and the Nurse as Juliet queries the Nurse of what she leaned while visiting with Romeo.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;One Of My Own&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: G &#8211; Duration: 2:18<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;I Must Live All Alone&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Romeo as he deals with the anguish of having killed Tybalt during an unplanned sword fight.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;My Love Will Be His&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: Bb &#8211; Duration: 2:45<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from James Skinner&#8217;s song, &#8220;Hector, The Hero&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Juliet as she await Romeo&#8217;s arrival for their late-night, clandestine meeting in her bedroom.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Happy Day&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: C &#8211; Duration: 1:40<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Nancy Whiskey&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Paris as he celebrates the agreement with Lord Capulet that Paris and Juliet will soon be able to marry.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Perfect Union&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: Bb &#8211; Duration: 2:59<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Shenandoah&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by the Nurse as she secretly observes Romeo and Juliet sharing the intimacy of their wedded love.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;Oh, My God&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: C &#8211; Duration: 3:06<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;Taliesin&#8217;s Prophecy&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Juliet as she expresses her agony and frustration regarding the ultimatum issued by her parents that she must marry Paris.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;I Wonder&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: Bb &#8211; Duration: 2:39<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted frrom the traditional folk song, &#8220;The Missing Boat&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Juliet as she contemplates the very serious risks in following Friar Laurence&#8217;s &#8220;sleeping potion&#8221; plan.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><u>&#8220;My Vow To Keep&#8221;<\/u><\/strong> &#8211; Key: D &#8211; Duration: 3:14<br \/>\nMusic: Adapted from the traditional folk song, &#8220;The Water Is Wide&#8221;<br \/>\nLyrics: Richard F. Hamre<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:-7px;font-size:17px;line-height: 1.3;font-style:italic;\">This song is performed by Romeo as he prepares to return to Verona to visit the tomb of, and be with, the &#8220;supposedly dead&#8221; Juliet.<\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following information details certain specifics regarding each of the fifteen original songs being performed throughout the duration of the &#8220;Two Hours Time&#8221; stage musical. Complete Voice\/Piano sheet music, as well as MP3 backing tracks, are provided free of charge as part of the one-per-county High School Performance Agreement arrangements. 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