Lyrics
**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]
