Una Canción Original

## Introduction

Una Cancion Original, or "An Original Song" in English, is a song about a Spanish teacher who participated in Wooly Week 2017. Her name is Jennifer Bilby. She won the grand prize from the raffle, which was an original song, but she had to wait two years for that song to come out.

"The TRUE story about Jennifer Bilby, a Spanish teacher from Lanchester, Pennsylvania, who won the Wooly Week 2017 grand prize: an original song written by Sr. Wooly. But it wasn't so quick."

This song is meant to teach the difference between the preterite and the imperfect when storytelling (espero vs queria, for example); past participles (like "escrita"); and verbs modified as nouns.

While there is no official preview video except for the clip in "Aguila", this Quizlet provides several pictures from the video. https://quizlet.com/369761261/set-2-una-cancion-original-pasado-solo-dibujos-flash-cards/

Image one: Una Cancion Original banner

Image two: Jennifer Bilby from PVHS

Image three: Jennifer Bilby in the video (animated)

## Lyrics

SPANhb,jb,kjb.kjbkjISH:

a woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

ganó algo increíble.

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.-

La mujer,

Jennifer Bilby,

celebró con sus estudiantes.

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.-

Esperó

y esperó.

Quería escuchar la canción del genio.

Con el tiempo, ocurrió:

El premio de Jennifer Bilby llegó.

La mujer,

Jennifer Bilby,

recibió una llamada del presidente.

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.-

La mujer,

Jennifer Bilby,

fue invitada a un desfile.

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.-

Esperó

y esperó.

Quería escuchar la canción del genio.

Con el tiempo, ocurrió:

El premio de Jennifer Bilby llegó.

La mujer,

Jennifer Bilby,

fue a recoger su premio brillante

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.-

La mujer,

Jennifer Bilby,

nunca perdió la fe.

-Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

Una canción original,

escrita por el Señor Wooly.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

A woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

won something incredible.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

The woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

celebrated with her students.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

She waited

and waited.

She wanted to hear the song from the genius.

With time, it happened:

Jennifer Bilby’s prize arrived.

The woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

received a call from the president.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

The woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

was invited to a parade.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

She waited

and waited.

She wanted to hear the song from the genius.

With time, it happened:

Jennifer Bilby’s prize arrived.

The woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

went to get her brilliant prize.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

The woman,

Jennifer Bilby,

never lost her faith.

-An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.

An original song,

written by Señor Wooly.-

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## Una Canción Original With Introduction (prequel to the song)

Sr. Wooly did a brand new watch party for this video. It is not what the audience was expecting, and the style of music (marching band style) in no other Wooly video. Although the new song is professionally made with lyrics, **Sr. Wooly did in fact release what seems to have originally been the "original song"** (the first version). Here are the lyrics:

SPANISH:

Jennifer Bilby es Maestra (x2)

No es maestra de ingles, oh no.

No es maestra de ciencias, oh no.

No es mi amiga...no

Es maestra de espanol. Espanol.

(inaudible lyrics for the rest of the song.)

ENGLISH:

Jennifer Bilby is a teacher (x2)

She's not an English teacher. Oh no.

She's not a science teacher. Oh no.

She's not my friend...no.

She's a Spanish teacher. Spanish.

## Aguila

Sr. Wooly leaves Chicago on a snowy day at 3AM and takes an adventure by going to the airport. He then flies to Pequa Valley High School, where an assembly on School Spirit takes place. All Spanish class kids are present. The video showing in the assembly was made by Sr. Wooly, which later introduces the story of Una Cancion Original. Jennifer Bilby watches the video. She is then surprised to see Sr. Wooly be at her school. They interview each other, and Sr. Wooly gives her another present. The present was a card with the words "necesito mas tiempo" as seen in the video.

## Production

The production is based off of this video, which gives all facts about the song: https://vimeo.com/315554994

The grand prize of Wooly Week 2017 was an original song. This was originally going to be something he wrote and recorded in a day, right after interviewing a teacher, with no video provided. However, the first day he tried to write the song, he didn't like what he came up with. Then he set the song aside for six months. Then, the idea came back to him that he need to work on the song and deliver the prize promptly. He tried to work on the song, but still did not like what he came up with. 12 months later, he finally realized what the song is about. Then, he made the song and presented it to Jennifer Bilby through a school assembly video at her school. Sr. Wooly even surprised her with the video and a gift (as well as his own presence in the auditorium).

## Plot

Jennifer is first seen walking on a street to her mailbox with a flyer telling her she had won a grand prize. she celebrates with her neighbors and her classmates but is told to wait more. The cycle continues on until she goes to the Wooly tower. She gets in line to see Sr. Wooly. Time switches to people in their 60s then 90s, then finally people as skeletons.

## Trivia

* This is the only song that references a real teacher explicitly.
* This is the only song that mentions Sr. Wooly's name.
* Sr. Wooly and Jennifer Bilby used to send Spanish love letters before they taught, according to the Comprehensible Classroom
* This is Sr. Wooly's kids' favorite song. This and Flores are the only two songs they were singing in.
* A partial English version of the song is found in the nuggets.