Ancient Egypt Unit - The Sphinx

“The Sphinx” is one of ten songs I’ve written on the subject of Ancient Egypt. The whole pack is available from my store.

The zip file contains:

1. PDF of the music

2. The lyrics in a separate Word document

3. An mp3 vocal backing track

4. An mp3 piano backing track

5. PowerPoint with both the vocal and piano tracks embedded (great if you have speakers attached to your whiteboard!). See the illustration to see the icons – the one on the top left is for the vocal, the one on the right is piano only.

6. PowerPoint of the staff notation

I hope you and your pupils enjoy singing the song! If you do you may want to check out my complete “Ancient Egypt” pack. It contains songs about Tutankhamun, the pyramids, the Nile, mummies, hieroglyphics, the Sphinx, toys and games and Egyptian gods and goddesses.

I’d really appreciate your feedback!

Happy singing!

Donna

8. The Sphinx

Chorus:

The sphinx is enigmatic, full of mystery.

A lion with a Pharaoh’s head from long ago in history.

It didn’t look so grand, buried in the sand,

Only Pharaoh’s head was seen.

In nineteen twenty five,

People did arrive,

They had to intervene.

Chorus:

The sphinx is enigmatic, full of mystery.

A lion with a Pharaoh’s head from long ago in history.

The lime stone of the sphinx,

suffered from a jinx,

germs were carried in the air.

Pollution overload,

caused it to erode,

they should have left it there.

Chorus:

The sphinx is enigmatic, full of mystery.

A lion with a Pharaoh’s head from long ago in history.