Scripture Scouts Medley or piano, choir and soloist Text by - Melanie Homan and Marvin Payne Music by - Melanie Homan Arranged by - Roger Homan This edition is provided ithout charge As s courtesy to those involved in producing it, ould you please, here possible, acknoledge source o music as Scripture Scouts by Deseret Book That ay, ors can ind it and use it as ell Thanks Narration (The narration begins beore music, ith last line printed in sta) Narrator: A long time ago, in great and ancient city o erusalem, re lived a amily Lie as good or this amily They lived in a nice house and had lots o gold and silver and precious things The ar o this amily as named Lehi and he as a good man, but lots o or people in erusalem eren t so good One year re came many prophets into city to tell people that y must repent and start being good or great city o erusalem ould be destroyed Lehi as very orried so he prayed or his people A ire came don rom heaven and spun on a rock right in ront o Lehi and Lord told him to go to people and tell m once again to repent Well, people o erusalem didn t ant to hear it They even tried to kill Lehi
Bouncy, un Sop/Alto Ten/Bass Piano 5 q»144 4 4 We Gotta Go, Leave erusalem r Basses as Lehi 4 4 r We got-ta Scripture Scouts Medley go, leave e - ru - sa - lem We got - ta Melanie Homan, Marvin Payne Narrator (Cont'd rom ront page) : The Lord told Lehi that, clearly, it as time to leave, so he ent home, gared his amily around him and said go to n n b 5 10 b b b il - der-ness Baritones as Laman Lemuel Moan, moan! 10 16 b 16 b u We got-ta go, 'cause e - R ru - sa - lem Can e stay is home n n gon - na be a mess! Whine, b Narrator: Laman and Lemuel, oldest boys in amily, didn t ant to go out in desert ith nothing but tents They really liked ir gold and silver and precious things They said as Sariah Narrator: Sariah as ir Mom What ould your Mom say hine, I don't like to camp and n n b n n b 16 b b Dad, e think you've lost your mind n n 1986,1992 Deseret Book Co Arrangements 2005 by Roger C Homan "
22 22 sleep out in damp But I ill go be -cause I kno Lord knos hat is best 28 Tenors as Nephi Narrator: Nephi as youngest son He said The 28 Lord said He ould lead us, talk to us and eed us Snake and bears on't " S 34 A I don't like to camp and sleep out in damp T I don't like to camp and sleep out in damp B 34 eat us i e ol-lo ith a grin The Lord said He ould lead us, talk to us and B Moan, moan! r Can e stay home 34 We got-ta go, leave e - ru - sa- lem We got-ta go to - 2 -
S A T B B 40 40 40 r But r eed us Whine, But r il - der-ness We got - ta go, 'cause e - I ill go be - cause I kno Lord knos hat is I ill go be - Snake and bears hine, on't cause I kno eat us i e R Dad, ru - sa-lem is e Lord knos hat is ol - lo ith a think you've lost your mind gon - na be a best r r We got - ta r We got - ta r best grin We got - ta We got - ta r mess! We got - ta 45 45 45 go, leave e - ru - sa- lem We got - ta go to r R il - der-ness We got - ta r R go, leave e - - 3 -
50 n n n 4 6 50 50 ru - sa- lem 57 h» 4 6 100 57 4 6 4 6 U U The 4 Lord 4 said All men 4 Mur - mur in e must morn-ing b go! n Mur - mur at Narrator: When Lehi s amily got out in desert, Lord told m that he ould lead m to a Promised Land, a onderul, beautiul, ne place to live That sounded really good to everybody except Laman and Lemuel, ho ere still thinking about erusalem and gold and silver and precious things y d let behind They bellyached hole ay! 63 night n n n n n n n n n 4 6 4 6 4 6 Mur- mur to let 63 Mur - mur to right They mur-mured up and don des - ert n 69 69 sand They b b b mur - mured all ay to - 4 - pro - mised land
75 75 All omen Grum- ble in morn- ing b n Grum-ble at night We grum- ble to let We 81 81 grum-ble to right We grum - ble up and don hole day long b n b b 87 4 3 q»114 87 87 93 Some - times e 93 all sing grum - ble - 5 - song Narrator: Out in desert, Lehi told his sons y had to go back home or something precious y orgot Was it ir gold r Nothing's Too Hard 4 3 Legato 4 3 4 3 (Cont'd): Was it ir silver Nope It as a book, made o orthless brass But it as more precious than all that or stu, because it as ull o onderul stories o kind and amazing things God had done or his children on earth It as scriptures! (Cont'd): The tricky part as that a scary man ith lots o soldiers had book locked aay in his treasure-house and he asn t about to give it up! Nephi had no idea ho to get m out o re But he kne that Heavenly ar kne ho All omen I
100 kno I'm a 100 small one I'm on - ly me Some - times I don't do things right 107 107 But i I ill ol - lo my ath - er a - bove, I ill be strong ith his 114 114 might 'Cause P Noth - ing's too hard or Lord, or Lord Noth - ing's too 114 121 121 hard or Lord I He has a ob that He ants me to do, it's 121-6 -
128 128 128 not hard or me and Lord All men I can't rite my name straight 134 134 Some - times I spill I nev - er can say right ords But Lord can do 141 141 an - y - thing, e - ven ith me 'Cause noth - ing's too hard or Lord 148 Noth - ing's too 148 hard or Lord, or Lord Noth - ing's too hard or Lord 148-7 -
155 155 I He has a ob that He ants me to do, it's not hard or me and 155 162 162 Lord Noth - ing's too hard or Lord, or Lord Noth - ing's too hard or 162 169 Lord 169 I He has a ob that He ants me to do, it's not hard or 169-8 -
176 me and 176 Lord Noth - ing's too hard or Lord, or Lord 176 183 183 183 Noth - ing's too hard or Lord U U U ~ ~ ~ U ~~~ n n n n n n Narrator: Nephi got book, and story o ho he did it and lots o or stories ere ritten don in a book made o gold that became The Book o Mormon It s ull o promises and stories and happy commandments and dreams The ruit o Tree q»112 n n n n n n (Cont'd): Prophets have beautiul dreams Lehi had an amazing dream about a shining hite tree, ith seet ruit or anyone ho ould alk in Lord s path right up to tree Nephi anted to kno hy ruit as so good, and Holy Ghost told him and shoed him tree, too The ruit is love o God and it s all around us All e have to do is reach up and take it 190 196 Look at 196 196 Tenors ruit, ruit o tree It's - 9 - plant - ed by e - sus or you and or
203 me 203 The beau - ti - ul ruit o tree 203 210 210 Come, touch ruit eel and 210 217 see 217 ruit that is seet - er than ros - es can be The beau - ti - ul ruit o 217-10 -
224 224 tree 224 231 Let's 231 eat bright ruit, ruit o tree, and seet - en our souls so 231 238 e may 238 be like Lord o beau - ti - ul tree bright ruit, e may be Lord o beau - ti - ul, eat bright ruit, 238-11 -
~ ~ ~ 244 ruit o 244 tree, and seet - en our souls so e may be like 244 ruit o tree, and seet - en our souls so e may be like 250 Lord o 250 beau - ti - ul tree 250 Lord o beau - ti - ul tree 256 U n 256 U n 256 rit U ~~~~ U n n - 12 -
Narrator: Lehi s amily got to end o ilderness and ran right up against ocean Because Nephi as young and strong and had lots o aith, Heavenly ar commanded him to build a ship to take his amily across ocean to Promised Land But it couldn t be ust any ship It had to be a special ship, made ith Lord s plan so it could last all ay to Promised Land ust like Lehi and his amily, Lord calls us to come aay rom ickedness o orld, and, ust like Nephi, e need to build ship, a sae place or our amily to be as e sail through stormy seas We build a strong ship every time e love and care about each or We build a strong ship hen e care about Heavenly ar and esus, and ir commandments And urr e sail aay rom sadness and silliness o orld ith our amily close around us, closer e come to inding our Promised Land 263 Tenor Solo (Nephi) I'm 263 267 267 Rubato 271 simile throughout n n gon - na n 4 6 4 6 4 6 n build a beau - ti - ul ship Solo cont'd n Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip ith energy n 4 4 4 q»104 n n I'm gon-na build a beau- ti - ul ship oyously n 271 Push, pound, paint and sand n We're gon - na go to Pro - mised Land So I'll lug, bang, cling and clang all n - 13 -
274 n n day 274 n 277 n Chop, sa, ham- mer and chip n 277 n 277 And hen it's done, e'll be on our ay We're gon - na build a beau - ti - ul ship n Push, pound, paint and sand n n 280 n n 280 280 We're gon-na go to Pro - mised Land So I'll lug, bang, cling and clang all n n day And n n - 14 -
283 n 283 hen it's done, e'll be on our ay Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip n 283 286 n n We're gon-na build a beau-ti-ul ship 286 Push, pound, paint and sand n We're gon-na go to Pro-mised Land 286 n 289 n n Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip 289 n We're gon-na build a beau-ti-ul ship Push, pound, paint and sand n 289 n n - 15 -
292 292 292 We're gon-na go to Pro-mised Land So I'll 295 n n lug, bang, cling and clang all n n day And n 295 n 295 298 p 298 298 hen it's done, e'll be on our n Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip ay Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip n n p Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip p n n We're gon-na build a beau-ti-ul ship - 16 -
Solo 301 Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip 301 Tenor Solo (Nephi) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) We're gon-na build a ship! ( ) 301 n We're gon-na build a beau-ti - ul ship! 301 Chop, sa, ham - mer and chip n We're gon-na build a ship! - 17 -