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