HEY HENRY

TEACHER TESS

Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play
Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play

(Enter SERAFINA.)

TEACHER TESS, SERAFINA

Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play
Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play

(Enter MILO and MADELINE. They start turning on lights in HENRY'S room.)

TEACHER TESS, SERAFINA, MILO, MADELINE

Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play
Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play

(On the last chord with the word "play" HENRY finally sits up, rubs his eyes and looks around. TESS ushers the THREE KIDS out the door and down the stairs. Now we see ALL THE KIDS outside beneath HENRY'S window, while TESS returns to the chair at his bedside.)

TEACHER TESS, ALL THE KIDS

Hey Henry, would you like a bite to eat
Your friends are all doing fine, get up get out, get on your feet
Hey Henry, time to open up your eyes
Your friends are all doing fine, running out in the bright sunshine

(The lights on the KIDS dim down, and TEACHER TESS leans in towards HENRY, producing a small Silver Bell from a pocket on her dress.)

TEACHER TESS

But wait just a minute before you go
Henry hold on, there's something you must know
I got you a present, a little gift for you
This silver bell will always ring out clear and true
And if you're in trouble, ring it clear and true.

(HENRY takes the Bell, rises out of bed and walks Downstage holding the Bell above his head, ringing it a couple times and looking at it in fascination. At the same time TESS takes an album of black and white photographs from a shelf and looks at it sadly; perhaps photos projected on a screen shows the audience what TESS is looking at.)

TEACHER TESS

Once upon a time there was a love song
And once upon a time there was a broken heart
Once a boy and girl sat near a river
For one last kiss before they would forever part
Oh lost love, I have passed along your bell
All these years, it has kept and served me well
Oh lost love, I have passed along your bell
All these years, it has kept and served me well


TEACHER TESS
Once upon a time there was a love song

HENRY
A STILL AND SILVER STARLIGHT BEAM

TEACHER TESS
And once upon a time there was a broken heart

HENRY
IN MY MIND'S EYE SHINING BRIGHT

TEACHER TESS
Once a boy and girl sat near a river

HENRY
WAS I AWAKE OR IN A DREAM?

TEACHER TESS
For one last kiss before they would forever part

HENRY
ALL MY ADVENTURES IN THE NIGHT?

TEACHER TESS
Oh lost love, I have passed along your bell

HENRY
A STILL AND SILVER STARLIGHT BEAM

TEACHER TESS
All these years, it has kept and served me well

HENRY
IN MY MIND'S EYE SHINING BRIGHT

TEACHER TESS
Oh lost love, I have passed along your bell

HENRY
WAS I AWAKE OR IN A DREAM?
TEACHER TESS
All these years, it has kept and served me well

HENRY
ALL MY ADVENTURES IN THE NIGHT?

(Then HENRY looks over at TESS and she shows him the photo album. A look of understanding comes over HENRY'S face and they embrace. The TESS sings the last verse as HENRY puts on his sweater and laces up his shoes.)

TEACHER TESS

Hey Henry, my silly sleepyhead, it looks like a pretty nice day,
rub your eyes and rise out of bed
Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside to play
Hey Henry, everybody else is up, it looks like a pretty nice day,
and they've all gone outside....

(And HENRY now dressed for a winter day runs down the hall and slides down the bannister, and steps breathlessly to the Front Of The Stage, while the lights go down on his bedroom and the outside. A scene change takes place as he sings the next bit.)

HENRY

Just a day ago I was at home
And now I wake up in this magic land
I dreamed last night of a silver bell
And now Teacher Tess puts it in my hand
Ain't no time to ponder this or figure out what it means
Anyway who cares?
I'm running down the stairs
Gonna have a little game of sardines.
Yeah yo.

(Suddenly the lights come up and we see that HENRY is now outside on a sunny winter's day. There are evergreen woods to Stage Left and an ice-covered Lake Upstage Right, a bright blue sky and yellow sun, and HENRY is surrounded by the rest of the KIDS, (except LITTLE JACK, who sits on the porch playing with his Action Figures) and immediately starts singing and dancing.)