DIA DO PROFESSOR

TO SIR WITH LOVE* (1967) LULU

Sérgio Luiz Gallina

"Ao Mestre com Carinho", de James Clavell, é desses filmes despretensiosos que acabaram por se tornar cult. Filmado na Londres dos anos 60, traz a história de um professor que se dá por missão domesticar uma turma de adolescentes rebeldes em uma escola de subúrbio.

Já "To Sir with Love" (título original do filme) é interpretada por Lulu, que além de ser a principal voz da trilha sonora é também atriz e uma das personagens, aluna do professor Mark Thackeray, imortalizado por Sidney Poitier.

Those school girl days

Of telling tales

And biting nails are gone

But in my mind

I know they will still live on and on

But how do you thank someone

Who has taken you from crayons to perfume

It isn't easy, but I'll try

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If you wanted the sky I'd write across the sky in letters

That would soar a thousand feet high

To Sir, with love

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The time has come

For closing books

And long last looks must end

And as I leave

I know that I am leaving my best friend

A friend who taught me right from wrong

And weak from strong

That's hard to learn

What, what can I give you in return?

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If you wanted the moon I'd try to make a star

But I would rather you let me give my heart

To Sir, with love

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*Don Black & Mark London