CHORUS
Great Astronomical Discoveries
Great Astronomical Discoveries

MARGARET
Lately made by Sir John Herschel
At the Cape of Good Hope

CHORUS
The Cape of Good Hope

MARGARET
Continued from last week's Sun

CHORUS
Last week's Sun

SAMUEL
John spent many nights trying to mark
Animals to fill a lunar Noah's Ark

CHORUS
What about the pyramids?

SAMUEL
John was vexed
CHORUS
What about the pyramids?
What comes next?

ROSE
Time stood still when finally
John found what he was longing to see
To his jubilation

ROSE, SAMUEL, CHORUS
The biggest revelation

SAMUEL
They look like us
The people of the moon

ROSE, SAMUEL
Certainly, they were like human beings

ROSE
They walked like us

ROSE, SAMUEL, CHORUS
The people of the moon

ROSE
But they had wings
SAMUEL
Clear and tucked to their backs

ROSE
Dignified when relaxed

SAMUEL
But spread open, they look like bats

CHORUS
Bats!

ROSE
Four feet tall with copper hair

SAMUEL
Faces bright, keenly aware

ROSE
Some had hands raised up in prayer

SAMUEL
Others dancing without care

ROSE
Traveling thoroughfares
SAMUEL
To temples

ROSE
Towns

SAMUEL
Village squares

ROSE
That's what Herschel found up there

SAMUEL
That's what Herschel found up there

ROSE, SAMUEL
That's what Herschel found up there

CHORUS
Found up there
Oh, sir John
Herschel built a telescope
Oh, sir John
Herschel found a pyramid
Oh, sir John
Herschel saw a buffalo
Oh, sir John
That glowing ball up in the sky
Is full of life like you and I
Where do we go from here?
Great Astronomical Discoveries
Great Astronomical Discoveries