Song 4: 'Oh, the strata of society' - Vocal track
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Song 4: 'Oh, the strata of society' - Backing track
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These songs feature in our KS2 musical Rocking Romans! which includes:
- a performance script as either a Word document or pdf
- audio of all the songs to download (as either vocal or backing tracks)
- all the SFX to download
- performance notes with plenty of ideas for how to stage your own production
- everything you need to stage a brilliant performance!
Lyrics: 'Oh, the strata of society'
CHORUS:
Oh, the strata
Of society,
Down from Emperor to slave,
Oh, they tell you
What you ought to do
And just how you should behave
And the manners
That you have to show
When superiors you pass鈥
Roman people,
Neatly organised,
Into layers, class by class.
From the toga
With a purple stripe,
To the sack-cloth down below,
Know your status
In society,
What you wear and who you know,
Status symbols?
Own a villa
And a garden and a horse鈥
Make your slaves do
What you want them to,
When you want them to, of course.
At the bathhouse
Are you pampered?
At the theatre, where鈥檚 your seat?
Are you wealthy?
Are you healthy?
Are you part of the elite?
Yes, the senator
And the citizen,
Seeking privilege, no doubt鈥
Seeking power, seeking influence,
Are they 鈥榠n鈥, or are they 鈥榦ut鈥?
CHORUS
Resources
Download / print the lyrics for Song 4: 'Oh, the strata of society' - complete version (pdf)
Download / print the music for Song 4: 'Oh, the strata of society' (pdf)
Download / print the complete lyrics for 'Rocking Romans!' (pdf)
Download the vocal track of the song as an mp3 file.
Download the backing tracks and audio cues from the playscript as a zip file.
More songs from Rocking Romans!
Song 3 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 5 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
Song 6 from the musical 'Rocking Romans!'
