Rock Hard (Premiere)

I love to go a-wandering:
“See Hong Kong from above!”
And as I go, I love to sing,
And tell our tales with love.

Val-deri, Val-dera, Val-deri,
Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deri, Val-dera.
And tell our tales with love.

I love to sing the days gone by:
The goddess patched the sky.
So I have heard, said an old bloke:
“Moving hills was no joke!”

Val-deri, Val-dera.
And tell our tales with love.

Mountaineers hike up and up
Wondering why life sucks!
Wanderers gaze at the sea
Waiting for some luck.

Val-deri, Val-dera.
And tell our tales with love.

The turtle climbs down just for fun,
Forsakes the mountain green.
Hong Kong dives the time might come
Like the yellow submarine.

Val-deri, Val-dera.
And tell our tales with love.

She’d only wait but would not weep –
A woman of substance.
Yet I have no promise to keep
No song of endurance.

Val-deri, Val-dera.
And tell our tales with rock.

 

 

Rock Hard, the first original a cappella theatre production created by Yat Po Singers in 2008, received both popular and critical acclaim in New Vision Arts Festival. In 2009, the work received Golden Sail Music Award in the Best Serious Music Composition category from the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong (CASH).

 

 

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVAmDU9M_Vs