N-Y-C-F-L

by Frank Riccobono

In the style of "This is Halloween" from the Nightmare Before Christmas in honor of the speech tournament we have each year around Halloween time.

Boys and girls of every grade

Wouldn't you like to do something great?

Come with us and you’ll speak well

Join the N-Y-C-F-L

N-Y-C-F-L, N-Y-C-F-L

Yellow buses at the crack of dawn

N-Y-C-F-L, everybody here can tell

Do some warm-ups so your vocal cords will sound so bright

Start your speech, everyone do well.

At the N-Y-C-F-L

I am the Dec that hasn’t been timed

Speaking this long is considered a crime.

I am the bingo-winning drama piece

Listen to me and your tears won’t cease

N-Y-C-F-L, N-Y-C-F-L

4N6! 4N6! 4N6! 4N6!

In this school’s hallowed halls

Everyone shouts at the cleanest walls

In this school, don’t we love it now?

Everybody’s waiting for the rounds to start.

Debate that never end, Congress kids rehash again

Gavel’s waiting now to pound, and how they’ll

Speak! N-Y-C-F-L

Ready not to show, but tell

Hoping you break?

Well, that's just fine

Fist at ten, C at grace,

Make an animated face

Breathe with the partner in your Duo team

Everybody speak, everybody speak

In the N-Y-C-F-L!

I am the judge that’s never been trained.

I’m just here to be entertained.

I am the speech with an anecdote

I’m winning rounds with a sympathy vote

I am the Prose that you’ve heard before

Seventeen times, soon fourteen more

N-Y-C-F-L, N-Y-C-F-L

4N6! 4N6! 4N6! 4N6!

4N6! 4N6!

Nervous freshmen everywhere

Read their scripts and try to prepare.

Extemp kids try not to yell

At the N-Y-C-F-L!

In this school, don’t we love it now?

Everybody’s waiting for the rounds to start.

Tournament staff might, snake each room in half

And place you in the order

Speaking first in every round

N-Y-C-F-L, everybody speak

Won't ya please make way for a very special guy?

Our Tom Beck is King of the Judge remarks

Everyone hail to the President now!

N-Y-C-F-L, N-Y-C-F-L

4N6! 4N6! 4N6! 4N6!

In this school’s hallowed halls

Everyone shouts at the cleanest walls

La, la, la, (4N6! 4N6!)

La-la-la, la, la (4N6! 4N6!)

La-la-la, la, la, (4N6! 4N6!)

La-la-la, la-la-la, hey!

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