Scenes with Shadow 65
[segment opens on an oak tree, tiny blades of grass with a flower planted on it]
SShadow
♪ Went up the hill ♪
[they pass through some trees]
SShadow
♪ To fetch a pail of water ♪
Oh, that's what the bucket is for! Nice goat.
[Jack & Jill walk past underneath Saturn. They were exhausted.]
JJill
Jack, how much further is this well?
[Before Jack can exceed, they continue to walk on.]
Well, we made it. There's the well!
JJill
Good thing. I'm very thirsty.
SShadow
♪ Jack fell down and broke his crown ♪
SShadow
♪ And Jill came tumbling after ♪ [Jill jumps and falls]
Wow, that was really cool!
JJill
Yeah, let's do it again!
[segment opens on a mouse dressed up as a sports boy next to a grandfather clock]
SShadow
♪ Hickory Dickory Dock ♪
MMouse
I'm the world's fastest mouse and I'm going to break the record for a clock-running lift!
SShadow
♪ The mouse ran up the clock ♪ [a mouse moves from chain to chain]
♪ The clock stroke one ♪ [a hammer hits the bell, causing the mouse to shiver and shake]
♪ The mouse fell down ♪
MMouse
[faints, falls] Whoa!
SShadow
♪ Hickory Dickory Dock ♪
MMouse
[pants] Hooray! I did it! Let's do it again!
[segment opens on a baby in a cradle on top of a tree]
SShadow
♪ Rock-a-bye baby ♪ [baby cries]
♪ In a tree top when the wind blows ♪ [gust of wind sounds are heard]
♪ The cradle will rock ♪ [cradle squeaks]
♪ When the bough breaks ♪
[Suddenly, the branch starts to snap. The baby cries more and forms a parachute.]
SShadow
♪ The cradle will fall ♪
♪ And down will come, baby ♪
♪ Cradle and all ♪
BBaby
It's a good thing I had a parachute! [laughs]
[segment opens on a man planting some nails attached to railroad tracks with a sledgehammer]
SShadow
♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪
CSCow Skull
[impersonating Shadow's singing voice] ♪ All the livelong day ♪
SShadow
♪ I've been working on the railroad ♪
TTrain
[impersonating Shadow's singing voice as well] ♪ Just to pass the time away ♪
WWorker
Whew, what a way to pass the time!
SShadow
♪ Don't you hear the whistle blow ♪ [a whistle toots]
♪ Rise up so early in the morn ♪
SShadow
♪ Don't you hear the captain shouting ♪
CCaptain
Hey Dinah, blow your horn!
DRDinah the Rhinoceros
Ooh! Did somebody say "horn"?
SShadow
♪ Dinah, won't you blow ♪ (2x)
♪ Dinah, won't you blow your horn ♪
♪ Dinah, won't you blow ♪ (2x)
♪ Dinah, won't you blow your horn ♪
DRDinah the Rhinoceros
[scats] Yeah!
SShadow
♪ Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah ♪
WWorker
Somebody's in the kitchen!
SShadow
♪ Someone's in the kitchen, I know ♪
WWorker
Never heard of her!
SShadow
♪ Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah ♪
SShadow
♪ Strummin' on the old banjo ♪
WWorker
Is there a banjo player?
WWhistle
[impersonating Shadow's singing voice] ♪ Fee, fie, fiddle E-I-O ♪
TTrain
[impersonating Shadow's singing voice] ♪ Fee, fie, fiddle E-I-O-O-O ♪
CSCow Skull
[impersonating Shadow's singing voice as well] ♪ Fee, fie, fiddle E-I-O ♪
SShadow
♪ Strummin' on the old banjo ♪
CCaptain
Hey everybody, back to work!
[segment opens on a couple from "London Bridge" the same story earlier]
SShadow
♪ Mary, Mary, quite contrary ♪
BBoat Captain
Why, Mary? Why are you so contrary?
SShadow
♪ How does your garden grow? With silver bells... ♪
BBells
Ding, dong! Ding, dong! Ding, dong!
SShadow
♪ And cockle shells... ♪
[a shell opens his mouth wide and closes]
SShadow
♪ And pretty maids all in a row! ♪
BBoat Captain
But Mary, what are the maids for?
MMary
I don't know, but they're always stomping on my daisies!
[segment opens on three cats]
SShadow
♪ Three little kittens, they lost their mittens and they began to cry ♪
KKittens
O Mother Dear, We Sadly Fear! Our Mittens We Had Lost!
MKMother Kitty
What, lost your mittens; you naughty kittens! Then you should have no pie. Meow, meow. You should have no pie. I'm sorry.
SShadow
♪ Three little kittens, they found their mittens and then they have some pie ♪
K2Kitty #2
[seeing the mitten under the bed] Hey, look! Here's the mittens!
KKittens
O Mother Dear, see here? See here, our mittens we've found!
MKMother Kitty
What, found your mittens; you good little kittens! Then you should have some pie! [purrs twice] Then you should have some pie!
[fairy dust opens on a cupboard]
SShadow
♪ Old Mother Hubbard ♪
SShadow
♪ She went to the cupboard ♪
HHubbard
That's my cupboard!
SShadow
♪ To fetch her poor doggy a bone ♪ [a dog pants]
♪ But when she got there, the cupboard was bare ♪ [Hubbard: Uh-oh.]
♪ And so the poor doggy had none! ♪ [This made the dog very sad.]
♪ She went to the bakers to buy him some bread ♪
HHubbard
Got anything made out of a bone meal?
SShadow
♪ And when she came back, the dog stood on his head ♪
HHubbard
[seeing the dog upside down, the book reads "Yoga" written] Oh, that's really good for a dog!
SShadow
♪ She went to the grocers to buy him some fruit ♪
HHubbard
Oh, what lovely fruit! Oh!
SShadow
♪ But when she came back, he was playing the flute ♪
SShadow
♪ She went to the barbers to buy him a wig ♪
HHubbard
Ha, that red wig would look just stunning on my little dog! How much is it?
SShadow
♪ And when she came back, he was dancing a jig ♪
♪ The dame made a curtsy, the dog made a bow ♪
♪ The dame said ♪
SShadow
♪ The dog said... ♪
[they dance together]
[segment opens on a silhouette bear on a hilltop]
SShadow
♪ The bear went over the mountain ♪
[man's voice] I'm-a going up there.
SShadow
♪ The bear went over the mountain ♪
[man's voice] I'm going all the way up there.
SShadow
♪ The bear went over the mountain ♪
♪ To see what he could see ♪
♪ But what do you think he saw? ♪ [bear gasps]
♪ What do you think he saw? ♪ [bear jumps in surprise]
[bear runs to a mountain]
SShadow
♪ He saw another mountain, he saw another mountain ♪
♪ He saw another mountain! And what do you think he did? ♪
[man's voice, about the mountain he spotted] Duh. I think I'll climb that other mountain and see what's over there! [chuckles] Yup! [hums]
[segment opens on a silhouette hand assembling the picture of a house and some cactuses with a crescent moon]
SShadow
♪ Oh, give me a home ♪
SShadow
♪ Where the buffalo roam ♪
BBuffalo
[sing-songy] Roaming, roaming, roaming...
SShadow
♪ When the deer and the antelope play ♪
SShadow
♪ Where seldom is heard ♪ [a silhouette man puts one hand beside his ear]
♪ A discouraging word ♪ [cues a cowboy using a hammer to plant some nails on the roof]
[Suddenly, the cowboy hits his thumb with a hammer by accident.]
CCowboy
[panicked] Ow! Thumb busted! Owwwww!
BBuffalo
Don't be discouraged.
SShadow
♪ And the skies are not cloudy all day ♪
[Suddenly, two clouds roll in. Lightning flashes.]
BBuffalo
Looks like we gotta play inside today! Eeyup!
[segment opens on Earth and the rocket]
SShadow
♪ If all the world were apple pie ♪
AAstronaut
Uh, Houston? We got apple pie!
SShadow
♪ And all the seas were ink ♪
[a silhouette paintbrush paints the background blue and the ship appears blowing its horn]
SShadow
♪ And all the trees were bread and cheese ♪
PProfessor
Whew, Limburger!
SShadow
♪ Then what shall we have to drink? It's enough to make an old man scratch his head and think! ♪
[a silhouette bottle appears, labeling it "Ink" as the picture of the sea dries]
PProfessor
Ew, you can't drink the ink! [disgusted] Can eat the trees, though. [eats the bread and the cheese] And the ground, too! [he eats the entire surface]
AAstronaut
Uh, Houston? We need whipped cream!
[segment opens on two clouds and some water]
SShadow
♪ Far from home across the sea to foreign parts I go ♪
♪ When I am gone, O think of me and I'll remember you ♪
♪ Remember me when far away whether asleep or awake ♪
♪ Remember me on your wedding day ♪
SShadow
♪ And sent me a piece of your cake ♪
PParrot
Special delivery!
SSailor
Oh, a piece of my delicious wedding cake! Must've been a lovely wedding!
[fairy dust opens on a tree with a picket fence as the woman in a cane appears]
SShadow
♪ Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep ♪
BPBo Peep
I lost my sheep!
SShadow
♪ And can't tell where to find them ♪
BPBo Peep
I can't find them!
SSheep
Baa! We're over here!
BPBo Peep
[to telephone] Hello? Lost Sheep Headline, I lost my sheep!
OLOwner of the Lost Sheep Headline
Leave them alone and they'll come home wagging their tails behind them!
SShadow
♪ Little Bo Peep fell fast asleep ♪ [Bo Peep yawns and starts snoring] ♪ And dreamt she heard them bleating ♪ [sheep bleats in thinking cloud] ♪ But when she awoke, it was all a joke but they were still-a bleating! ♪
BPBo Peep
I dreamt I heard bleating.
SShadow
♪ Then she took up her little crook ♪ [A man with a ski mask and coonskin hat appears]
SShadow
[clears throat, tries singing again] ♪ Then she took up her little crook ♪
CCrook
Oh, that crook! Sorry.
SShadow
♪ And found that she will find them ♪
BPBo Peep
I will find them!
SShadow
♪ What was a joy to see them there wagging their tails behind them ♪
BPBo Peep
I won't make that mistake again. Next time, I'll know just where to find them.
[cuts to a background with the word "Disco" written]
SSheep
Baa-baa-baa-baa-baa, baa! [repeats]
[segment opens on a silhouette child's head in a blank background]
SShadow
♪ Monday's child is fair of face ♪ [kid laughs] ♪ Tuesday's child is full of grace ♪
BDBallerina Dancer
La-la-la-la...OW! OH!
SShadow
♪ Wednesday's child is full of woe ♪
BBoy
[drops appear from under his eye] Waaa!
SShadow
♪ Thursday's child has far to go ♪
FAFar Away Kid
[whistles, pants] Whew! [whistles]
SShadow
♪ Friday's child was loving and giving ♪
LGLittle Girl
What a good dog! [dog pants]
SShadow
♪ Saturday's child works hard for a living ♪
MMiner
Ha-ha, I love digging ditches! Hey, I love it! I dig it!
SShadow
♪ Sunday's child was bonny and blithe ♪
KGKitty Girl
Hey, look at me! Look at me! I'm bonny and blithe! Hooray!
[segment opens on four trees and a house]
SShadow
♪ The North Wind doth blow ♪ [a cloud with a face appears, blowing both the house and the trees]
♪ And we shall have snow ♪ [cues a robin bird hanging on a tree branch and round circles surround them]
♪ And what will the robin do then, poor thing ♪
♪ He'll sit in a barn to keep himself warm and hides his head under his wing ♪ Poor thing!
RRobin
No way! I'm going ice skating! [he shows ice skating shoes] Wahoo! Hey, look at me! Quadruple Lutz! Yoo!
[segment opens on a drawing of houses]
SShadow
♪ Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a... ♪
YDYankee Doodle
Skateboard!
SShadow
No. ♪ Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a... ♪
YDYankee Doodle
Hippopotamus!
SShadow
No. ♪ Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a... ♪
YDYankee Doodle
Poodle! [poodle barks]
SShadow
No! ♪ Stuck a feather in his cap and called it... ♪
YDYankee Doodle
Apple strudel!
YDYankee Doodle
Oh, so that's how you make macaroni!
SShadow
Well, it's a very inventive way to make macaroni!
YDYankee Doodle
Maybe I'll look at some cheese! Mm-hmm.
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