WAY BACK IN HAMELIN THE MAYOR’S SONG PIED PIPER’S SONG MOANING SONG (SONG 1) (SONG 3) (SONG 4) (SONG 2)
WAY BACK A LONG TIME IN A PLACE, HAMELIN TOWN. MAYOR LOOK YOU HERE, DID YOU EVER SEE SUNG IN THREE PARTS STARTING WITH PART 1 EVERY PERSON WAS WEARING A FROWN, IM THE MAYOR OF THIS TOWN ANYBODY LOOKING AS FUNNY AS ME? AND THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE’S UTTER DESPAIR THE MOST IMPORTANT HERE LONG SKINNY LEGS AND A VERY TALL HAT. UP INTO THE RAFTERS AND UNDERNEATH THE STAIRS AND THE REASON THE PEOPLE WERE TEARING THEIR AND IVE TRIED EV’RYTHING I KNOW BUT WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW IS IM THE PERSON AND CHEWING AT THE TABLES AND THE CHAIRS HAIR, BUT LOOK AROUND IT DOESN’T SHOW THAT EVEN IN OUR BEDROOMS AND TAPPING ON THE FLOOR WAS A WORD THAT FOREVER HUNG IN THE AIR: THE RATS ARE VERY MUCH HERE AND THEY KNOW WITH MY LITTLE PIPE AND ITS MAGIC B FLAT WE DON’T THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ANY MORE! THAT CAN RID YOUR TOWN CHORUS EV’RYTHING WE TRY IS SO USELESS (USELESS) OF THE PLAGUE OF THESE RATS! MOAN MOAN MOAN MOAN. RATS, BIG FAT EVERY LITTLE TRICK IN THE BOOK (IN THE BOOK) MOAN MOAN MOAN MOAN. RATS, UGLY AND IT’S ALL SO SAD INSTRUMENTAL MOAN MOAN MOAN MOAN, MOAN! RATS, MESSY WE SHALL ALL BE GLAD RATS, FILTHY WHEN WE SEE THE BACK OF THESE RATS! WE AGREE IT IS REALLY TRUE RATS! RATS! RATS, STINKING NOBODY LOOKS AS FUNNY AS YOU RATS! FILTHY RATS! RATS, EVERYWHERE! ALL LONG SKINNY LEGS AND A VERY TALL HAT RATS! RATS! HE’S THE MAYOR OF THIS TOWN BUT WHAT WE DIDN’T KNOW IS YOU’RE THE RATS! FILTHY RATS! EVERY PLACE THAT YOU LOOKED WERE THEIR CRIMES, THE MOST IMPORTANT HERE PERSON THAT EVEN IN CORNERS WHERE SUN COULDN’T SHINE, AND HE’S TRIED EV’ERYTHING HE KNOWS WITH YOUR LITTLE PIPE AND ITS MAGIC B FLAT AND THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE’S UTTER DESPAIR, BUT LOOK AROUND IT DOESN’T SHOW CAN RID OUR TOWN AND THE REASON THE PEOPLE WERE TEARING THEIR THE RATS ARE VERY MUCH HERE AND THEY KNOW OF THE PLAGUE OF THESE RATS! HAIR, THAT THE PIPER’S THREAT WAS A WORD THAT FOREVER HUNG IN THE AIR: EV’RYTHING WE TRY IS SO USELESS (USELESS) (SONG 9) EVERY LITTLE TRICK IN THE BOOK (IN THE BOOK)
CHORUS AND IT’S ALL SO SAD NO DEAL! PIED PIPER RATS, BIG FAT WE SHALL ALL BE GLAD (SONG 8) I AM NOT A MAN TO SPEAK WITH PRETTY ELOQUENCE RATS, UGLY WHEN WE SEE THE BACK OF THESE RATS! BUT I CAN TRULY SAY YOU WILL REGRET THE CONSEQUENCE RATS, MESSY SILLY PIPER – WHAT A CLOWN. OF FAILURE TO HAND OVER WHAT YOU PROMISED HERE TO ME RATS, FILTHY WITH HIS SILLY FLOWING GOWN. WITH BITTER TEARS AND SADNESS YOU WILL VERY SHORTLY RATS, STINKING A HUNDRED SILVER PIECES NOT A PENNY WILL HE GET SEE. RATS, UGLY (SONG 7) WE WILL NEVER PAY OUR DEBT RATS, MESSY DID THE JOBS THAT MADE US SHIVER CHORUS RATS, FILTHY MAYOR DROVE THE RATS INTO THE RIVER PIED PIPER RATS, STINKING A HUNDRED SILVER PIECES DID I REALLY SAY NOT A PENNY WILL HE GET A PROMISE IS A PROMISE RATS, EVERYWHERE! THAT THAT WAS THE AMOUNT I WAS PREPARED TO PAY? WE WILL NEVER PAY OUR DEBT YOU SHOULD NEVER BREAK YOUR WORD. IT SEEMS A HUGE AMOUNT FOR SUCH A LITTLE TASK A PROMISED IS A PROMISE, PERMISSION FROM MY PEOPLE I WILL SURELY HAVE TO ASK. NOW THE PIPER’S GOT THE SACK YOU SHOULD NEVER BREAK YOUR WORD.
WON’T BE BRINGING THE VERMIN BACK. CHORUS NOT A PENNY HE WILL GET, MAYOR PART 1 FAT ONES, THIN ONES WE WILL NEVER PAY OUR DEBT. A HUNDRED SILVER PIECES IT’S A SHAME (SONG 6) LET THE MAN BE ON HIS WAY, DID I REALLY SAY SHAME, SHAME WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY, HEY! THAT THAT WAS THE AMOUNT WE SAY, THERE WERE BIG ONES, SMALL ONES NOT A PENNY WILL HE GET, I WAS PREPARED TO PAY IT IS SUCH A SHAME GREY AND BLACK AND BROWN WE WILL NEVER PAY OUR DEBT! IT SEEMS A HUGE AMOUNT IT’S A SHAME FAT ONES, THIN ONES FOR SUCH A LITTLE TASK, SHAME, SHAME RACING UP AND DOWN SILLY PIPER THERE’S NO DEAL, PERMISSION FROM MY PEOPLE TO PAY FOR HIS GAME SCURRYING DOWN THE COBBLES TO THE PIPING YOU HAVE LOST YOUR STRANGE I WILL ASK.
PIPER’S CALL APPEAL. PART 2 TILL THERE WASN’T A SINGLE RAT LEFT IN THE SILLY PIPER THERE’S NO DEAL, A HUNDRED SILVER PIECES DID HE REALLY SAY TOWN AT ALL YOU HAVE LOST YOUR STRANGE ALL YOUR GOOD INTENTIONS NOW HAVE FALLEN INTO DUST, THAT THAT WAS THE AMOUNT HE WAS PREPARED TO PAY? APPEAL. AND I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE, I REALISE THAT I MUST, IT SEEMS A HUGE AMOUNT FOR SUCH A LITTLE TASK, ADD SECOND PART TO TEACH YOU ALL A LESSON MAKE A SITUATION CLEAR, PERMISSION FROM HIS PEOPLE HE WILL ASK. FAT ONES, THIN ONES, THIN ONES, FAT I’LL TAKE AWAY THE CHILDREN THAT YOU HOLD SO VERY DEAR.
GREY ONES, WHITE ONES, BROWN AND BLACK MAYOR FAT ONES, THIN ONES, THIN ONES, FAT CHORUS A PIPING LITTLE TUNE AND JUST A FUNNY DANCE GREY ONES, WHITE ONES, BROWN AND BLACK WAS ALL YOU HAD TO DO TO PUT THEM IN A TRANCE DOUBLE CHORUS A VERY SIMPLE THING, YOU SURELY MUST AGREE, ADD THIRD PART (ADD 3RD PART/CAST) A HUNDRED SILVER PIECES IS FAR TOO HIGH A FEE. SUCH BIG RATS! IT’S A SHAME, SHAME, SHAME
BIG AND FAT! WE SAY IT IS A SUCH A SHAME. CHORUS IT’S A SHAME, SHAME, SHAME, INSTRUMENTAL SUCH BIG RATS, SO BIG AND BIG AND FAT! TO PAY FOR HIS GAME. CHORUS WHAT A DREAM WE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON OUR CHILDREN HAVE GONE AWAY (SONG 11) (SONG 12) (SONG 10)
WHAT A DREAM IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON HERE TODAY OUR CHILDREN HAVE GONE AWAY IF ONLY TO EXPLORE, THAT WHATEVER YOU AGREE TO SAY THERE’S NOTHING THAT WE CAN SAY. THE LOVELY THINGS OF PROMISE THAT THE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STICK TO IT NO SMILING FACES AROUND ANYMORE, PIPER HAD IN STORE, WAVER NOT A BIT NO DIRTY FINGERS OR TOYS ON THE FLOOR, ID CLIMB A THOUSAND MOUNTAINS FOR YOUR WORDS SHOULD BE TRUE NOTHING BUT EMPTINESS STARES EVERYWHERE, AND WALK A THOUSAND MORE, IT IS REALLY UP TO YOU, SO OUR CHILDREN HAVE GONE AWAY, TO REACH THE MAGIC MUSIC ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR, CHORUS: REPEAT VERSE 1 NEVER BREAK A PROMISE, ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORD. INSTRUMENTAL REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF HAMELIN FAR, FAR AWAY, FAR, FAR AWAY, AND THE LESSON THEY HAVE LEARNED FAR, FAR AWAY, FAR, FAR AWAY. REPEAT VERSE 1 NEVER BREAK A PROMISE, ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORD REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF HAMELIN AND THE LESSON THEY HAVE LEARNED
REPEAT VERSE 1
LAST CHORUS: NEVER BREAK A PROMISE, ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORD. REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF HAMELIN AND THE LESSON THEY HAVE LEARNED NEVER BREAK A PROMISE, ALWAYS KEEP YOUR WORD REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF HAMELIN AND THE LESSON THEY HAVE LEARNED AND THE LESSON THEY HAVE LEARNED