On the Road

[MAMA TOAD]
The scrubbings and the washings
And noses with the drippings
And the sopas always boiling
[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
Si, si!
[MAMA TOAD]
The panes and the windows falling
With the diapers changing
And the roof, she's leaking
And the enchiladas spoiling
[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
Ooh!
[MAMA TOAD]
Do you know how to do these things
Like you will have to do these things
Or does the very thought of that make you wince?
(spoken)
.......I thought so
(sung)
Then don't marry the prince!

[THUMBELINA]
(spoken)
Oh dear
[MAMA TOAD]
(spoken)
You see, eh? You become big a star like me. We make big monies togethеr! You make Mama rich! You are important person! You arе famous! You are a star!
[THUMBELINA]
(spoken)
A star?.....Well, I suppose
[MAMA TOAD]
(spoken)
Now, repeat after me

(sung)
We are the Singers de Espana
The original cast
And there hasn't been a town we haven't played

[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
We are the Singers de Espana
And we sing very fast
[MOZO]
We get on!
[GRUNDEL]
We get off!
[GRINGO]
We get paid!

[MAMA TOAD]
(spoken)
Si!

[THUMBELINA]
(spoken)
Uh, could you say that a little slower?
[MAMA TOAD]
(spoken)
Slower? We don't do ballads
[THUMBELINA]
(spoken)
Oh, maybe I can take notes

[MAMA TOAD]
We are free and independent
We go everywhere
And we gotcha cuchi-cuchi all the way
We're gonna teach you how to samba
And to rhumba y la bamba
Every number Thumbelina say "Ole!"

[ALL]
Come on the road
My little castanet
Come on the road
And famous you will get
[MAMA TOAD]
I make you star
Get you small guitar
[ALL (MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL)]
You'll be hot muchacha
Once I've gotcha on the road!
(Thumbelina-cita)
(No one could be sweeta')
(Sing with Mamacita)
(We go on the road, ungh!)

[MAMA TOAD]
(spoken)
Ay, yi yi yi yi! Ay, que pero bien bailan mis ranitos la conga! Now we sing

(sung)
We open Monday in Medina
Then we do Babylon
Then we hop to Barcelona for a week
[unknown]
We do!
[MAMA TOAD]
Then for a month in Athens
At the Parthenon
Where they love us because we do the show in Greek

[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
We're the finest in the business. It's a well-known fact
And forgive us if we have to blow the horn
[MAMA TOAD]
Because this isn't any ordinary animal act
And today a star is born!

[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
Come on the road!
You'll hear the peoples roar
You're not a toad
[MAMA TOAD]
But that's what makeup's for!
[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL]
Just sing on pitch
We get very rich!
Wait until they see the Thumbelina
[MAMA TOAD (MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL)]
On the road!
(Sing it, Thumbelina!)
(Dance it, Thumbelina!)
(Something, Thumbelina!)
Now I make her sing. OW!

[THUMBELINA (MAMA TOAD)]
Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! (Bueno, muy bueno! You got it!)

[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL (MAMA)]
Come on the road (Vamanos!)
We'll make you big success
Come on the road
[MAMA TOAD]
You're in the union, yes?
[MOZO, GRINGO, and GRUNDEL (MAMA)]
The life, she's sweet (Si!)
Lots of flies to eat (Yum yum!)
So why be a little fish in little pond
When you can go so far beyond?
[MAMA TOAD]
I think perhaps we'll make you blonde!
[ALL]
When we get on the road!
[THUMBELINA]
On the road!
[ALL]
Let's hit the road!
Ole!