The Boy's Heart Carol (The Girl's Tale)

**Title: The Boy's Heart Carol (The Girl's Tale)** **Verse 1:** Remember you with silly ways, Poking, teasing, endless plays, You thought it cute, your childish craze, Yet somehow I found you amaze. [Choir echoes: "You amaze, you amaze."] **Chorus:** Caput puer defero, Annoying yet endearing so, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! [Choir chants: "I said yes, I said yes!"] **Verse 2:** Your goofy grin and pranks galore, I’d roll my eyes but laugh once more, A crush so sweet, we can’t ignore, In sixth grade, you I did adore. [Choir echoes: "Did adore, did adore."] **Chorus:** Caput puer defero, Annoying yet endearing so, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! [Choir chants: "I said yes, I said yes!"] **Verse 3:** Now looking back, it makes me smile, You were a clown, you had your style, For just a week, you went the mile, Innocent love, no trace of guile. [Choir echoes: "Trace of guile, trace of guile."] **Chorus:** Caput puer defero, Annoying yet endearing so, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! [Choir chants: "I said yes, I said yes!"] *Staggered Rounds:* [Altos start the round, followed by tenors, then basses, and finally sopranos. Each part enters four measures apart.] **Altos:** You teased and poked, a silly boy, But in my heart, you brought me joy, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! **Tenors:** Annoying, playful, yet so true, You charmed my heart, I never knew, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! **Basses:** A fleeting week, a memory, Your antics then, a part of me, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! **Sopranos:** Now all grown up, I still recall, The boy who teased and had it all, Caput puer defero, I said yes, I said yes! [Choir together, building harmony and dynamics, ending on a unified, harmonious "I said yes, I said yes!"] [end within 20 seconds]