http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02DNYp0oRM4
Happy Birthday, mom! As a (probably quite odd) present, I arranged, performed and recorded a song from Aladdin – probably one you haven’t heard, as it wasn’t in the actual movie. Proud of Your Boy is a song composed by Alan Menkin (lyrics by Tim Rice), but it never made the final cut. Mangled YouTube video (thanks to a crappy webcam I used in lieu of a real camera) and sheet music below.
Sheet Music
Lyrics
Proud of your boy
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Believe me, bad as I’ve been, Ma
You’re in for a pleasant surprise
I’ve wasted time
I’ve wasted me
So say I’m slow for my age
A late bloomer, Okay, I agree
That I’ve been one rotten kid
Some son, some pride and some joy
But I’ll get over these lousin’ up
Messin’ up, screwin’ up times
You’ll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone’s gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
Tell me that I’ve been a louse and loafer
You won’t get a fight here, no ma’am
Say I’m a goldbrick, a good-off, no good
But that couldn’t be all that I am
Water flows under the bridge
Let it pass, let it go
There’s no good reason that you should believe me
Not yet, I know, but
Someday and soon
I’ll make you proud of your boy
Though I can’t make myself taller
Or smatter or handsome or wise
I’ll do my best, what else can I do ?
Since I wasn’t born perfect like Dad or you
Mom, I will try to
Try hard to make you
Proud of your boy
All content is copyright 1989 Walt Disney. “Proud of Your Boy” was composed by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman; lyrics by Tim Rice.
