Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Music: Mitch Leigh
Lyrics: Sammy Cahn
The Brothers Grimm*
JAKOB & WILHELM:
We who once had nothing to our name
On our way to literary fame
Who will have our cup of honors filled right to the brim?
WILHELM:
Him and me!
JAKOB:
Me and him!
BOTH:
The brothers Grimm!
Who collected stories by the pound?
Put them all together leather bound?
Who worked hard with pen and ink when it was sink or swim?
WILHELM:
Him and me!
JAKOB:
Me and him!
BOTH:
The brothers Grimm!
Yesterday, yesterday
People all would say, "Who are they?"
But today they will say
JAKOB:
Look who's here!
WILHELM:
Give a cheer!
BOTH:
It's the Grimmest holiday
JAKOB:
Who will make a speech before the king?
WILHELM:
Who will stand there sta-sta-stammering?
BOTH:
Who will be so famous they may need a pseudonym?
WILHELM:
Him and me!
JAKOB:
Me and him!
BOTH:
The brothers Grimm!
JAKOB:
This makes all our wildest dreams seem pale
WILHELM:
This is almost like a fairy tale
JAKOB:
Fame beyond all measure from a treasury of whim
WILHELM:
Him and me!
JAKOB:
Me and him!
BOTH:
The brothers Grimm!
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm!
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Selfish and Mean*
A butterfly that's floating by
I have an eye for swattin'
I love pulling wings off small helpless things
I'm rotten! I'm rotten!
The thrill of thrills is sticking quills
In unsuspecting puppies
What great delight to meet and fight
A school of ferocious guppies
Not selfish and mean for nottin'
I'm rotten! I'm rotten! I'm rotten!
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Life is Not a Fairy Tale*
I find it inconceivable that you find things believable
That I find are naive-able at best
The folklore we have made
Each fairy tale charade
I am afraid must all be laid to rest
To be sincere, I fear they are bewilderin'
And I suggest were meant, at best, for children
Life is not a fairy tale
Life is very real
Life is not some childish plot
But what you see and feel!
Let's dispense with tales of princes
Turning into frogs
Tell me not of talking cats
Or roosters, mules, and hogs
Life is not an old wives tale
Passed from ear to ear
Life's not once upon a time
Life is now and here!
They will think us both illiterate
So, dear brother, reconsider it
Life is not a fairy tale, I fear
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Day of Days
Why is my heart beating so wildly?
If you'll allow me to say
Putting it simply and putting it mildly
My frog is on his way
This is the day of days
The day I'll recall always
My heart's close to stopping
I hear him hop-hopping
This is the day of days
Who needs a man of men?
Who needs a man again?
The rest will seem hollow
For my green Apollo is equal to any ten
When at last we're face to face
When at last we two embrace
When at last he's here
The frog that I'll revere
And no kiss before or since
Ever turned a frog to prince
Like the kiss from me when he is here!
Then he'll be tall and strong
The froggy who fills my song
My poor heart has spoken
He's all wet and croakin'
A lover beyond all praise
Speed him, I need him
To make this the day
The day of all my days!
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The Only Way is Up*
JAKOB:
Whenever you're down and out
And all is fear and doubt
WILHELM:
The cupboard is bare and there is not to sup
BOTH:
When you are as low as you can be
The answer of course is plain to see
The only way to go is up!
Whenever the future's black
The wall is to your back
Your luck is so bad you're sadder than a pup
It's scary it's bleak and frightening too
There's thunder and there is lightning too
The only way to go is up
If you can simply pucker and then whistle
You will find that this'll give you strength
And if there is a tune that you can carry
It can carry you to any length
Whenever a hope is gone
Then faith will take you on
The battle is won, there's honey in the cup
So follow the trail that leads ahead
It leads to the house o' gingerbread
With dandy candy window panes
It pays not at all to frown
Whenever your hopes are down
Believe what I say the only way is up!
It pays not at all to frown
Whenever your hopes are down
Believe what I say the only way is up!
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Sweets*
Sweets to the sweet, sweets to the sweet
I've got the sweetest of sweet treats to eat
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The Bremen Town Musicians*
The Bremen Town Musicians
We're the Bremen Town Musicians
You name the day and we will play
Whatever the conditions
They can be the tiniest of play jobs
But we will show and start to blow
Without the tiniest persuasion
Any proposition and the Bremen Town Musicians
Will happily and scrappily perform
We'll have you la-la-la-ing
Laughing and hurrah-ing
Oompa-oom-pa-pa-ing to your cheers!
The Bremen Town Musicians
We're the Bremen Town Musicians
We'll draw a crowd 'cause we play loud
So heaven help your ears!
The Bremen Town Musicians
We're the Bremen Town Musicians
We haven't got a tiny spot of music improficience
When you hear the gaggle drum a-banging
Just wait and see, it well could be
A birth, a wedding, or a hanging
There are no admissions
'Cause the Bremen Town Musicians
Are never payed to serenade their peers!
So when the donkey's blowing
And the rooster's crowing
You may feel like throwing poison spears!
The Bremen Town Musicians
We're the Bremen Town Musicians
We draw a crowd 'cause we play loud
So heaven help your ears!
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I Love a Fat Man*
WITCH:
I love a fat man!
The fatter, the better they are!
I love a fat man
I'm crazy for obois dubois
Love my men abundant
Redundant, though it may be
Softer, not hard-like
Not muscled, but lard-like
Could drive me to ecstasy!
I love a fat man
The fatter, the better
The better, the fatter
The fatter, the better for me!
I've got oodles of good noodles
Cheese and raisins interlaced
And my kugels and sweet strugels
Are so succulent to taste!
Heavy cream all set for whippin'
Jellied apples, warm and drippin'
Dark molasses, demitasses
Hams and yams and sassafrases, hey
JAKOB:
Hey, hey!
WITCH:
I'll make you plump around your rump
My cherry pies will tantalize
Each dish I give you yummy, yummy
Just as if it's made by mommy
I will mix you up a batter
Serve it on a candy platter
Let's forget about the chatter
Fatter, fatter, fatter, fatter!
I love a fat man
The fa--
I love a fat man
I'll take you then bake you
I'll oil you and boil you
I'll season and paste you
The better to taste you
I'll sauté and fry you
No way I won't try you!
'Cause I love a man
That is fat!
Like that!
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A Happily Married Wolf*
Coming Soon!
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Once Upon a Time*
Once upon a time is always
Once upon a time is now
Once upon a time is any situation
Your imagination will allow
Once upon a time's tomorrow
Or it can be yesterday
There is not a dream
That you cannot return to
Once you learn to dream the dreamer's way
Once upon a time is that magic mirror
Only the young walk through
Once upon a time is that happy rainbow
Only those who dream pursue
You can be a child at eighty
Or be fully grown at ten
Once upon a time is now and it is always
For the few who can remember when
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That Lovely Flying Swan*
Don't tell me, don't tell me I'm flying
It can't be me flying because
To fly is to say I'm disputin'
The future law of Newton
Don't tell me, don't tell me I'm soaring
Unless all my senses are gone
The next thing you'll tell me
Some evil befell me
That's not him, that's not him
That is not Jakob Grimm!
That lovely flying swan
My reason is shattered to smidgeons
And pigeons I'm gazing down on
This witch's invention
Is past comprehension
That's not him, that's not him
That can't be Jakob Grimm!
That lovely flying swan
That's not him, that's not him
Not the son of Mrs. Grimm!
That lovely flying swan!
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My Name is Rumpelstiltskin*
RUMPELSTILTSKIN:
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
I love the sound of the ring of it
In time and rhyme they'll sing of it
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
It's not your everyday kind of name
If you have got to find a name
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
It almost sounds caressable
But mainly it's unguessable
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
My name is Rumpelstiltskin
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Schlaf, Mein Kind*
Schlaf, mein kind
Schlaf, mein kind
Go to sleep, my love
Schlaf, mein kind
Schlaf, mein kind
Gently as a dove
It has been a busy day
So hush-a-bye and drift away
Schlaf, mein kind
Schlaf, mein kind
Angels smile above
Go to sleep, my love
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Names, Names, Names*
Coming Soon!
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Life Can Be a Fairy Tale*
Life can be a fairy tale
If your heart commands
Magic carpets you can sail
To enchanted lands
It can be a gleaming castle
Or the house next door
Take and hold that golden rainbow you've been reaching for
Life can be a fantasy
Think like Tinkerbell
You alone can have your own
Private wishing well
Things that I thought inconceivable
All at once are quite believable
Life can be a fairy tale, I say
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*Official song title unknown
