Jazz_Chant_All_Fairy_Tales
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QUEEN |
What was the word? |
MESSENGER |
Rumpelstiltskin. |
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Over and over and over again. |
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Rumpelstiltskin, Rumpelstiltskin. |
CHORUS |
Rumpelstiltskin. |
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Over and over and over again, |
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Rumpelstiltskin, Rumpelstiltskin. |
NARRATOR |
So the messenger and the Queen |
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hurried to the forest, and hid near |
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the house. In front of the house a |
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fire was burning, and around the |
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fire a man was dancing, chanting |
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Rumpelstiltskin, Rumpelstiltskin. |
QUEEN |
That's it! That's him! |
RUMPELSTILTSKIN Today's the day! Tonight's the night! Tomorrow I'll take
the young Queen's child. The child is mine.
I won the game. Rumpelstiltskin is my name.
THE FISHERMAN
AND HIS WIFE
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NARRATOR |
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THE FISHERMAN |
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THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE |
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THE FLOUNDER |
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CHORUS |
NARRATOR |
Once upon a time, a fisherman and |
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his wife lived in a house by the sea. |
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The fisherman loved to go out alone |
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in his boat, and sit and fish, and wait |
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for a bite from a fish at the bottom |
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of the sea. |
CHORUS |
Sit and fish, |
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and wait for a bite. |
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Sit and fish, |
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and wait for a bite. |
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Sit and fish, |
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and wait for a bite |
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from a fish at |
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the bottom of the sea. |
NARRATOR |
One day he made up a song to sing |
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to the fish while he waited. |
FISHERMAN
FLOUNDER FISHERMAN
CHORUS ONE
CHORUS TWO
I can't believe it-a talking fish. A fish who will give me whatever I wish.
Throw me back and you will see.
What shall I do?
Keep him or throw him back?
Keep him, keep him.
Take him home and eat him. Don't throw him back, no. Don't throw him back.
Pick him up and throw him back. Pick him up and throw him back. Throw him back.
Throw him back.
Pick him up and throw him back. You'll be sorry if you keep him. Pick him up and throw him back.
NARRATOR |
The fisherman thought about it for |
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a few moments. Then he picked up |
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the flounder, and threw him back |
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into the water. At first, the big fish |
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swam right down to the bottom of |
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the sea, but in a moment, he was |
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back to keep his promise. |
FLOUNDER |
Tell me what you want, |
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and it will be yours. |
CHORUS |
Tell him, tell him. |
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Tell him what you want. |
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Tell him, tell him. |
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Tell him what you want. |
FISHERMAN |
Hmmm, let's see. |
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What do I want? |
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What do I want? |
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I can't think of a thing. |
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I can't think of a thing. |
CHORUS |
He can't think of a thing. |
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He can't think of a thing. |
NARRATOR |
And then the flounder disappeared |
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into the deep dark sea. The |
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fisherman hurried home to tell his |
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wife the story. When she heard him |
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coming, she ran to the door but she |
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was disappointed when she didn't |
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see any fish. |
WIFE |
Oh, no! Didn't you catch anything3 |
FISHERMAN |
I did! I caught a flounder. |
