Under the Sea
1988 — Howard Ashman, Alan Menken
Key: C (D-DU-UDU)
Version 1 (2013-06-01)
 
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Da seaweed is  
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always  
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greener, in somebody  
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else's  
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lake 
 
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You dream about  
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going up  
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dere, but dat is a  
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big mis 
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take 
 
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Just look at da  
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world around you,  
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right here on de  
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ocean floor 
 
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Such wonderful things  
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surround you,  
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what more is you  
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lookin' for 
 
 
 
 
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Under da  
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sea,  
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under da  
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sea  
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Darling it's  
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better  
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down where it's  
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wetter, take it from  
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me  
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Up on da  
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shore dey work all  
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day, out in da  
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sun dey slave  
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away 
 
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While we devotin'  
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full time to floatin',  
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under da sea 
 
 
 
 
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Down here all de  
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fish is  
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happy, as off t'rough da  
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waves dey  
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roll 
 
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Da fish on da  
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land ain't  
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happy, dey sad 'cause  
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dey in da  
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bowl 
 
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But fish in da  
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bowl is lucky,  
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dey in for a  
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worser fate 
 
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One day when da  
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boss get hungry,  
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guess who gon'  
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be on da plate 
 
 
 
 
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Under da  
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sea,  
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under da  
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sea  
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Nobody beat  
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us,  
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fry us and eat  
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us  
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in fricas 
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see 
 
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We what da land folks  
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loves to cook,  
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under da sea we  
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off da hook 
 
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We got no troubles,  
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life is da bubbles 
 
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Under da sea,  
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under da sea 
 
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Since  
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life is sweet here,  
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we got da beat here,  
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naturally 
 
 
 
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Even da stur 
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geon an' de ray 
 
 
dey get de urge 'n  
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start to play 
 
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We got de spirit,  
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you got to hear it  
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under da sea 
 
 
 
 
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da newt play da flute  
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de carp play de harp 
 
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de plaice play de bass  
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And dey soundin' sharp 
 
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da bass play da brass  
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da chub play da tub 
 
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da fluke is the duke of soul 
 
 
 
 
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da ray he can play  
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de ling's on de strings 
 
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da trout rockin' out  
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da blackfis h she sings 
 
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da smelt and da sprat  
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dey know where it's at 
 
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An' oh, dat blowfish blow 
 
 
 
 
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Under da sea,  
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under da sea  
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When da sardine  
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begin da beguine, it's  
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music to me 
 
 
What do dey got, a lot  
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of sand,  
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we got a hot crust 
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acean band 
 
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Each lit 
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tle clam here  
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know how to jam here,  
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under da sea 
 
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Each lit 
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tle slug here  
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cutting a rug here,  
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under da sea 
 
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Each  
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little snail here know how to wail here  
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dat's why it's hotter under da water 
 
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Ya, we in luck  
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here, down in de muck  
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here, under da sea