by Nick Perrin  

7 to 13 yrs  -  KS2  -  unison  -  (2m 31s)

Download contains:  Piano-vocal score, lyric sheet, mp3 demo & backing tracks

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Theme  -  the industrial revolution, technology, Victorian history, inventions, history

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Content  -  A song about the emergence of the 'age of machine' that stemmed from the Industrial Revolution.  Three key inventions are featured: the flying shuttle, the spinning jenny and the steam train.  A song with great energy that will appeal to this age group, and a great way to teach some key facts.

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Lyrics sample

In seventeen hundred and thirty three

The world was on the move.

In seventeen hundred and thirty three –

A twisting, turning groove.

Fly shuttle, fly shuttle, fly shuttle fly!

Fly shuttle, fly shuttle, fly!

Fly shuttle, fly shuttle, fly shuttle fly!

Keep in time, keep in time.

Revolution, revolution! Age of machine!

Revolution, revolution! Age of machine!

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This song features in 'The Keymaster', a brilliant 'modular' musical for children, in which they are taken on an entertaining journey through time, visiting key periods in British history.