ROTTEN APPLES
Lyrics by Eileen Bluestone Sherman
Music by Gail C. Bluestone
Musical Arrangement by Sam Willmott Vocal Arrangement by Ricky Persaud, Jr.
ROCCO the Raccoon
A LONG TIME AGO, FAR, FAR AWAY
HIDDEN IN THE WOODS WHERE THE CHILDREN DARE NOT PLAY.
THERE STOOD VERY PROUDLY SOME GIANT APPLE TREES WHOSE MIGHTY BRANCHES GENTLY SWAYED TO THE TEMPOS OF THE BREEZE
EACH FRUIT THEY BORE WAS PERFECT. SO JUICY. SO SWEET. MY MOUTH BEGINS TO WATER WHEN I THINK OF SUCH A TREAT.
THE SPIDER SAW THIS SPLENDID PLACE, AND MISCHIEF OOZED FROM HER LITTLE FACE.
SPIDER
“HA HA!” I THOUGHT. “THIS SCENE HAS NOT A SPOIL IT’S PERFECT! IT’S PERFECT! IT’S PERFECT FOR MY TOIL!
NUTS TO MOTHER NATURE AND ALL HER PRETTY THINGS. THERE’S NOTHING SO DESTRUCTIVE AS WHEN A SPIDER STINGS.
THE DAMAGE SHALL BE PAINLESS. NO BRIMSTONE; NO FIRE. WITH A FEW SNEAKY WORDS, I’LL GET WHAT I DESIRE.
I’LL GET WHAT I DESIRE.” (LAUGHTER)
The APPLES and Forest Chorus
ROTTEN APPLES. ROTTEN APPLES.
SPIDER
THOSE JUICY GOODIES, NOW SICK WITH DECAY.
HONEYCRISP
GROSS TO EAT
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
GROSS TO SEE.
McINTOSH
YEAH! GROSS IN EV’RY WAY.
THE APPLES and Forest Chorus
GROSS IN EVERY WAY.
HONEYCRISP
THEY HAVEN’T GOT CRUNCH.
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
THERE’LL RUIN YOUR LUNCH
SPIDER
AND IT JUST TAKES ONE TO
APPLES, SPIDER, & Forest Chorus
SPOIL THE BUNCH.
APPLES & Forest Chorus
ROTTEN APPLES. ROTTEN APPLES. DISEASED FROM WITHIN. THEY’RE BAD TO THE CORE.
SOILED APPLES.
SPIDER
SPOILED APPLES
APPLES & Forest Chorus
THOUGH SAID MANY TIMES
SHE’LL SAY IT ONCE MORE
SPIDER
JUST ONE DUD TURNS THE CREAM TO CRUD. JUST ONE FINK MAKES EM ALL STINK.
JUST ONE CREEP CAN MAKE A HEAP OF REEKING, RUINED, RANCID, RAUNCHY, REALLY ROTTEN..
APPLES & Forest Chorus
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
SPIDER (Apples sing on ooh)
JUST ONE FLAW IN THIS ROSY FRUIT. SUDDENLY BUSTER, YOU AIN’T SO CUTE. ONE SLIVER OF ROT AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? REEKING, RUINED, RANCID, RAUNCHY, REALLY ROTTEN..
APPLES and Forest Chorus
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?
APPLES!
SPIDER
SUDDENLY I LOOKED TO THE SKY, AND ONE SWEET FRUIT CAUGHT MY EYE.
SPIDER
HOW YA DOIN’ UP THERE AND ALL THAT JAZZ. WHAT PRESENCE! WHAT POISE! OH WHAT PIZZAZZ.
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
YOU’RE KIND, MY LOVE. IT’S TRUE. WE’RE SWEET WE’RE TOLD WE’RE THE BEST IN THE WORLD TO EAT.
SPIDER
BUT YOU, DEAR FRIEND, ARE THE VERY BEST. YOU’RE TEN TIMES BETTER THAN ALL THE REST. YOUR STYLE. YOUR COOL. YOUR SPARKLE. YOUR SHADE. WITHOUT A DOUBT, YOU’RE THE BETTER MADE.
SPIDER
I LEFT THAT PLACE IN A PUFF OF SMOKE, WHICH MADE ALL THE TREES COUGH AND CHOKE.
(Sounds of coughing and choking)
OH, I WORKED MY MISCHIEF RATHER WELL FOR THAT APPLE’S STEM DID SWELL AND SWELL.
HE TOLD THE OTHERS OF OUR LITTLE CHAT. HE SAID
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
I’M THE BEST AND THAT IS THAT.
SPIDER
OF COURSE, All THE REST WERE RAGING MAD AND LOOKED THE WORST THEY EVER HAD.
THEY EACH BEHAVED IN A NASTY WAY AND MORE THAN ENOUGH THEY HAD TO SAY.
HONEYCRISP
I’M TELLING ON YOU FOR BEING A SNOB.
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
AT LEAST I’M NOT A SNITCH OR A SLOB.
McINTOSH
DON’T CALL US NAMES YOU CONCEITED SNOT
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
WHAT’S SO IS SO WHAT IS NOT IS NOT!
HONEYCRISP
AN APPLE GONE BANANAS. YOU’VE CRACKED YOUR CORE.
McINTOSH
YOU’RE NOT SO CLEVER
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
YOU’RE JEALOUS. YOU’RE SORE.
McINTOSH
YOU SMELL.
HONEYCRISP
YOU SPIT.
McINTOSH
YOU SLOBBER.
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
YOU WEEZE.
McINTOSH
YOU’RE DIRT.
HONEYCRISP
YOU’RE SLIME,
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
YOU’RE GARBAGE.
ALL APPLES
YOU, SLEAZE!!
ROCCO the Raccoon
THEY FOUGHT. THEY SCREAMED. THEY YELLED AND THEY SHOUTED.
THEY WAILED. THEY WHINED. THEY SNIVELED AND THEY POUTED. THEIR JUICES DRIED OUT; THEIR SWEETNESS TURNED TO SOUR.
IT FIN’LY ALL STOPPED WITH A GENTLE SPRING SHOWER.
GIVE THAT SPIDER HER DUE. THOSE FRUITS WENT BAD. OUR CLOSING NOTE IS SHORT BUT SAD.
APPLES and Forest Chorus
ROTTEN APPLES. ROTTEN APPLES.
SPIDER & HONEYCRISP
DISEASED FROM WITHIN; THEY’RE BAD TO THE CORE.
ALL
SOILED APPLES. SPOILED APPLES.THOUGH SAID MANY TIMES.WE’LL SAY IT ONCE MORE.
JUST ONE FLAW IN THE ROSY FRUIT. SUDDENLY BUSTER, YOU AIN’T SO CUTE. ONE SLIVER OF ROT AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
REEKING, RUINED, RANCID, RAUNCHY, REALLY ROTTEN
AND LONG FORGOTTEN- APPLES!