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My Friend, the Dictionary by William Finn (Ft. Celia Keenan-Bolger & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
My Friend, the Dictionary by William Finn (Ft. Celia Keenan-Bolger & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

My Friend, the Dictionary

William Finn & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Celia Keenan-Bolger * Track #3 On 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

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Album 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Original Broadway Cast Recording) by Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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William Finn

2005

My Friend, the Dictionary by William Finn (Ft. Celia Keenan-Bolger & Original Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)

Release Date
Tue May 31 2005
Performed by
William FinnOriginal Broadway Cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee & Celia Keenan-Bolger
About

This song is the audience’s first proper introduction to Olive Ostrovsky. The lyrics provide some insight on what Olive’s childhood and her parents, as well as the titular dictionary which helped her get into the spelling bee in the first place.

My Friend, the Dictionary Annotated

[PANCH, spoken]
Miss Ostrovsky, your word is boanthropy.

[OLIVE, spoken]
Oh, wait. One second. Please, ma'am, could you not sit in that seat?

(sung)
I saved a chair for my dad
In the fourth row on the aisle
And it may take him a while
But when he gets here, that's his chair

'Cause my mother's in an ashram in India
I saved a chair for her too
But it's merely symbolic
As daily she washes herself in the Ganges

And I live in a house
Where there's an oversized dictionary
That I read
As a girl
On the toilet

I love my dictionary
And I love the indented border
Every word's in alphabetical order
Ergo, lost things always can be found

And I wrap my head around
The fact that in one book
Is the entire language of our species
Which is a favorite term of Nietzche's
Who's the great-grandfather of Christina Ricci's
Ha ha ha ha ha!

Yes I joke, but the words in the dictionary
Are the friends that I'll have forever
More than the friends I have made in school

[CHIP & CONEYBEAR]
She's such a lovely girl
With a lovely little voice

[SCHWARZY]
And I heard that she's pro-choice
Though still a virgin

[RONA]
And she talks into her hand
An often used technique

[OLIVE]
What you do not understand
Is once I say it then I've said it

[RONA]
And so much to her credit
She talks into her hand and turns aside

[OLIVE]
So I will not make a mistake and be disqualified

(spoken)
Boanthropy. B-o-a-n-t-h-r-o-p-y? Boanthropy?

[PANCH, spoken]
That is correct

[OLIVE & RONA]
My (her) friend the dictionary
Is a very reliable friend

[OLIVE, RONA, SPELLERS]
Doo doo doo doo doo doo
Bah dah dah dah dah dah dah

My Friend, the Dictionary Q&A

Who wrote My Friend, the Dictionary's ?

My Friend, the Dictionary was written by Rachel Sheinkin & William Finn.

When did William Finn release My Friend, the Dictionary?

William Finn released My Friend, the Dictionary on Tue May 31 2005.

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