Mrs Toad: The scrubbings and the washings And the noses with the drippings And the soapas always boiling...
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Si, Si Mrs Toad The panes and windows falling With the diaper changing With the roof she's leaking And the enchiladas spoiling
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Oooh...
Mrs Toad: Do you know how to do these things Like you will have to do these things Or does the very thought of it make you wince
Thumbelina, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Uhh...
Mrs Toad: [I thought so] Then, don't marry the prince
Thumbelina: [Oh dear] Mrs Toad: [You see, hey? You become a big a-star like me. We make big moneys together. You make Mama rich. You are important person. You are famous. You are a star!]
Thumbelina: [A star? Well, I suppose...]
Mrs Toad: [Now, repeat after me...] We are the singers de Espana, the original cast And there hasn't been a town we haven't played
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: We are the singers de Espana and we sing very fast
Mozo: We get on
Grundel: We get off
Gringo: We get paid
Mrs Toad: [Sing!]
Thumbelina: [Could you say that a little slower?]
Mrs Toad: [Slower? We don't do ballads.]
Thumbelina: [Oh, maybe I could take notes.]
Mrs Toad: We are free and independent, we go everywhere And we gotcha gotcha gochee all the way We're gonna teach you how to samba and to ramba y la bamba and every number Thumbelina, say ole!
Mrs Toad, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Come on the road, my little castanet Come on the road, and famous you will get
Mrs Toad: I'll make you star, get you small guitar
Mrs Toad, Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: You'll be hot muchacha once I gotcha
Mrs Toad: On the road
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Thumbelinacita! No one could be sweet-a! Sing with Mamacita! We go on the road, Huah!
Mrs Toad: [Ay, yi yi yi yi! Ay, que pero bien bailan mis ranitos la conga!] [Now we sing] We open Monday in Medina then we do Babylon Then we hop to Barcelona for a week Then for a month in Athens at the Parthenon Where they love us 'cause we do the show in Greek
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: We are the finest in the business, it's a well known fact And you'll forgive us if we have to blow the horn
Mrs Toad: Because this isn't any ordinary animal act And today a star is born!
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Go on the road, you'll hear the peoples roar You're not a toad
Mrs Toad: But that's what make-up's for
Mozo, Gringo, Grundel: Just sing on pitch, we get very rich Wait until they see the Thumbelina