Jazz_Chant_All_Fairy_Tales

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FLOUNDER FISHERMAN

FLOUNDER

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FLOUNDER

CHORUS

NARRATOR

Yes? What do you want?

Oh, flounder, flounder,it's not me. I don't want a thing,

but my wife . ..

Yes? Tell me.

What does she want?

She wants a house

What kind of a house?

A big house.

How big? How many rooms?

Nine!

Nine rooms?

That's what she said. But if that's too hard for you to do . . .

The house is hers.

Go home! Go home!

The house is hers. The house is hers.

She has her house with nine rooms. Go home to the house

with nine rooms.

The house is hers. Go home.

And so the fisherman thanked the flounder, and hurried home to his wife. There she was in her big house with nine rooms. For a while they

WIFE	Wake up! Wake up!
	I have an idea!
FISHERMAN	Oh, no! What is it now?
WIFE	Go to the flounder.
	Tell him please.
	I'm tired of being the King.
	Every day, the same old thing.
	I'm tired of being the King.
	Tired and bored.
	Nothing to do.
	I hate the life of a King.
	I hate the life
	of a fisherman's wife.
	But I'm tired of being the King.
CHORUS	Tired and bored.
	Nothing to do.
	Everyday, the same old thing.
	She hates the life
	of a fisherman's wife.
	But she's tired of being the King.

NARRATOR	And so once again, the fisherman
	went down to the sea, took a very
	deep breath, and sadly called the flounder.
FISHERMAN	Flounder,flounder in the sea.
	Flounder, flounder come to me.
NARRATOR	Soon the flounder appeared and said:

FLOUNDER	Yes? What is it?
FISHERMAN	I hate to ask you this, but . . .
FLOUNDER	Yes? What is it?
FISHERMAN	It's my wife, the Emperor.
FLOUNDER	Yes? What does the Emperor want?
FISHERMAN	She wants . . .She wants. . .
FLOUNDER	Speak up! Speak up!
	What does she want?

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