Heroes of Troy: 6. Wooden horse

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It turns out Achilles isn't immortal after all…and he's killed by a stray arrow. Then various other Greeks and Trojans also cop it…but still there's no end to the fighting. However, Odysseus - 'the quiet one' - has a cunning plan…

Tutorial: 'Wooden horse'

Song style: tap
Sung by: Odysseus (Greek hero) and chorus
Subject: using brains rather than brawn to win the war
Learning experience: To learn ‘Wooden horse’ in short sections

The story

Synopsis:

The Old Soldier returns to the prophecy that Achilles will be killed at Troy by Paris. Achilles's mother dipped him in the River Styx as a child and it is this which protects him. But she held him by the heel and Paris lets go a flukey arrow which just happens to hit Achilles's heel.

Achilles dies and the Greeks are down to their last hero: Odysseus. However, Odysseus has a plan. He calls a meeting of the Greek chiefs and explains that they will build an enormous wooden horse which they will place outside the gates of Troy as 'a leaving present', while the whole Greek army pretends to depart. Only inside the hollow horse will be a group of the fiercest Greek warriors…

…a big head and a wee, sticky-out tail!
The Soldier on the horse

See Resources below for a quiz about the story episode.

Song: 'Wooden horse'

Learn the song ‘Wooden horse’ - sung by Odysseus and a chorus of Greek soldiers.

Once you have learnt the song singing with vocal version you can polish your performance singing with just the backing track.

Click here for the lyric sheet.

Click here for the music sheet.

Download the song audio (mp3 files)

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