Songs:

1. Once! (Narrator)	go to the English lyrics
2. I Want to play now! (Red Riding & Mother)	go to the English lyrics
3. Red Riding!	go to the English lyrics
4. The Big Bad Wolf	go to the English lyrics
5. Hunters' Rap	go to the English lyrics
6. Lullaby (Mother)	go to the English lyrics


Here are the samples of the English lyrics for these songs

1. Once!

Narrator: (sings)  Once—!  Upon a time…  There was an enchanted forest,  Where ancient trees stood proud and bold,  To stand there was their duty.  And young and old,  So I am told,  Came here to admire their beauty… spoken) …and to pick herbs and berries and gather wood! (again sung)  Till a wolf made his appearance,  And all cried in fear and loathing,  “Big bad Wolf’s here!  Disappear, dear!  This is no sheep in wolf’s clothing!  A Wolf!!  Wo?oo?oo?oo?oolf! (howls like a wolf)  

Hunters:  But there were Hunters…  Yes, we’re Hunters!  Everyone knows—that we’re brave fellows!  We shall hunt the bellowing Wolf!  Be strong!  Be strong!  And sing this song!  We are the forest hunters!  We are your shield!  Our guns we wield  For all the world's protection. Narrator: (in parody)  Your guns you wield?  Our fate is sealed!  Don’t aim in my direction!

2. I Want To Play Now! - Quarrel Duet



Mother: (sings, with a tone of irritation)  Dearest child are you ready? Do you hear  Your Grandmother’s cry! Narrator/Chorus: Riding Hood, Riding Hood! Red Riding Hood: Not at all! I can’t hear her!  I just smell the smell of your pie! Narrator/Chorus: Riding Hood, Riding Hood! Mother: Please don’t be so defiant!  The pie I am sending with you! Red Riding Hood: (sings)  Mother, I want to play now!  Play now! play now! All day now! Mother: (spoken) Be reasonable, Little Red Riding Hood! Red Riding Hood: (sings)  Mother, I want to play now!  Play now! play now! All day now! Mother: (spoken) You can eat the pie together with Grandma! I’m sure it’s tasty, hm? Red Riding Hood: (very high pitch) Noooo!  

Mother: (sings) I will not tolerate such a tone!  I have no more to say! Narrator/Chorus: Riding Hood, Riding Hood! Red Riding Hood: When I’m having the “mostest” fun,  You drag me away from my play! Mother: (hands her the basket)  Dearest child take the basket and swiftly  Set off on your way! Red Riding Hood: No, I won’t! (gives Mother the basket) Mother: Yes, you will! (presses the basket into her hands) Red Riding Hood: No, I won’t! (gives Mother the basket) Mother: Yes, you will! (presses the basket into her hands) Red Riding Hood: No, I won’t! (gives Mother the basket) Mother: Yes, you will! (presses the basket into her hands) Red Riding Hood: No, I won’t! (same business) Mother: Yes, you will! Red Riding Hood: Mother, I want to play now!  Play now! play now! All day now!



3. Red Riding!

 Little Red Riding Hood:

Red Riding, Sled Sliding!  Breakfast in Bed Biding!  French Fried-ing! Tread Striding!  Ginger you’ll dance to my Fred, Gliding!  Thread Winding, Head Minding!  Red wheat for Bread Grinding!  Little Red Riding…  …Hood is her prince’s belovèd. 

Listen, you big old trees, if you only knew  My papa could tell such remarkable riddles!  What do I mean “tell”? Yodel!  That is just what he did!  In the hills, by the rills,  He sang serenills.   

4. The Big Bad Wolf


Wolf:  The big, bad wolf  Eats children and their teachers!  The big, bad wolf:  Eats doctors, lawyers, preachers!  The big, bad wolf  Eats buckets, tubs, and vats  …Of rats!  The big, bad wolf  Eats houses, cars, and tractors!  The big, bad wolf  Eats nuclear reactors!  Then he’ll devour,  With twenty-five baguettes,  The New York Mets!  

 I just swallow  The sounds and the rhythms and melodies  Of my guitar.  It howls or it jingles with mirth!  Then I spit all the  Sounds and the rhythms and melodies out,  Far away!  To the ends of the earth!       

5. Hunters' Rap

Straightaway! Into the fray! We’ve caught our prey, Before the break of day! We’re tough as Hemingway! Always underway! Don’t get in our way! You’ll have the devil to pay! (Yodeler) a didl dodl de i doo a didl dodl grabba you I grabba you I havva you.    

(singing) Never ever trifle With a hunter’s rifle. We pull the trigger! Call a grave-digger! (Hunter’s call) Grabba you grabba you Grabba you I havva you Havva you, Grabba you Grabba you, havva you, Boom Boom!      

6. Lullaby



Mother: Night has fallen upon us all, Do not feel so abandoned and so very small. Look, the stars, how they shine so bright, And you feel What a comfort is the silent night.     

Let them go, all your childish fears,  In the night they will vanish—  Darling, dry your tears! Do not weep, Sleep. And you will find contentment In your dreams.  

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