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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadiansinger-songwriter and composer. He has recorded seven albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. His parents divorced when he was three, and he lived with his mother in Montreal for most of his youth. Wainwright has dual US and Canadian citizenship. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook"), and later briefly studied piano at McGill in Montreal. He began playing the piano at age six, and started touring at age 13 with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family", a folk group featuring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm a-Runnin'", which he performed in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for a 1989 Genie Award for Best Original Song. He was nominated for a 1990 Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.
Sing Hallelujah!
A B C is like 1 2 3
The beat
the rhythm
the bass Y'all
come on
Happy people come on
Jam with me
oh Lord
come on
come on
Happy people
singing people
party people
Happy people
jamming on the party session oh Lord
Sing Hallelujah sing it
Sing Hallelujah sing it
yeah
Sing Hallelujah sing Hallelujah sing it
Sing Hallelujah sing it
D E F is like 4 5 6
one more time I say Y'all
come on
Party people come on
Sing with me
oh Lord
come on
come on
The bubbling styles is wicked and wild oh Lord
Sing Hallelujah sing it
Sing Hallelujah sing it
yeah
Sing Hallelujah sing Hallelujah sing it
Sing Hallelujah sing it
Happy people come on
Jam with me oh Lord
Sing with me
come on
come on
come on
Happy people
singing people
party people
Happy people
jamming on the party session oh Lord
Happy people come on
Happy people come on
Party people