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Johnnie sang out

like a robin

[Warbling]

Too-ra-lay, Too-ra-lie

Too-ra-loo

To strangers

he'd come up a-bobbin'

Oh!

I thought you were

someone I knew

He looked for her uptown

and crosstown and downtown

From the Brooklyn Bridge

to theJersey shore

It all seemed in vain

till he heard the refrain

Of the song

Alice sang of yore

Johnnie, oh, Johnnie

Your Alice Bluebonnet

Will always

be waiting for you

So don't give up hoping

And don't give up dreaming

For true love will come

Smiling through

[Wind Blows]

[Tune Goes Upbeat]

[Bell Dinging]

[Bell Clanging]

[Clopping]

[Snarling]

[Horn Honking]

[Chattering]

[People Screaming]

[Alarm Ringing]

[Whistle Blowing]

[Screaming, Muttering]

[Wind Blowing]

[Andrews Sisters

Vocalizing]

Johnnie kept yearning

He kept on returning

To the window

of the department store

His voice became hushed

He was literally crushed

And it started

to rain and pour

Each place he went

he kept calling

Too-ra-lay, Too-ra-lie

Too-ra-loo, La-la-la

His spirits kept falling

and falling

For his Alice

was nowhere in view

But, hey, nonnie-nonnie

An iceman foundJohnnie

And he cut him to fit

on his horse's ears

'Twas done without malice

For beside him was Alice

And they lived on

for years and years

[Whip Cracks]

Da, da-da-da

Da-da-da-da

- Da-da-da-da-da-da-da

- Giddap!

YouJohnnie Fedoras

You Alice Bluebonnets

Whenever you

find yourself blue

You'll find

it's June in December

- lf you'll just remember

- [Whinnying]

That true love

will come smiling through

That true love

will come smiling through

[Eddy]

Ahh

[Holds Note]

This is how it all began

Just a little

back-page item

About a voice

that sang at sea

And then this fantastic news

Appeared on the front page

And then

in screaming headlines

Extry!

Read all about it!

- Paper!

- A singing whale

- What do ya know

- Imagine that

I don't believe it

I don't believe it

For who ever heard

of an operatic whale

I don't believe it

I don't believe it

Then headline

followed headline

Then doctors

and experts

And men of

anatomical biology

- Debated and argued

- [Barking]

And quoted ichthyology

Impossible

Preposterous

We savagely

deny it

Magnificent

Miraculous

We certainly

certify it

And even

the great impresario

Of the grand opera

Raised an eyebrow

And tried and tried

to figure it out

[Italian Accent]

Hmm. This a-whale,

she's a-maybe swallow

the opera singer.

That's it!

This a-whale, she's a-swallow

the opera singer!

I find-a the great Signor Donatelli

in the fish market.

I discover the great Lilli Galli

in the honky tonky.

Then why not I find

the opera singer...

in the belly

of a whale, huh?

I do it!

Oh, get-a me

a great big schooner

And get-a me

a good harpooner

Photographers and reporters

from all the newspapers

Publicity

Publicity

Publicity

[Eddy]

Publicity, yes.

But to Whitey the sea gull, it was

opportunity, the big opportunity...

for his friend,

Willie the whale.

There was no time to lose.

He must bring

these two together.

Well, there was

Tetti-Tatti now.

And Tetti-Tatti

was in for a wonderful surprise.

Because Willie hadn't

swallowed any opera singer.

He could really sing.

Listen.

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin', shortenin'

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin' bread

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin', shortenin'

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin' bread

Two little children

lyin' in bed

One of'em sick

and the other most dead

Call for the doctor

The doctor said

Feed them children

on shortenin' bread

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin, shortenin'

Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin'bread

- Mammy's little baby

loves shortenin, shortenin'

- [Dinging]

Mammy's little baby

loves

Shortenin' bread

- Mmm!

- [Applause]

After all these years...

of casting his shortenin'bread

upon the waters,

- now, at last,

success lay just over the waves.

- [Seagull Squawks]

Willie! Willie!

Willie, look!

That's you, Willie.

He's looking for you.

It's your big

opportunity.

Willie's going to be

a great star.

Our Willie,

going to sing grand opera!

Good-bye, my friends

I'm off to be discovered

Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

I'm off to be discovered

At last, the long years

of patient waiting...

and the endless hours

of faithful practice...

were about

to be rewarded.

As Willie sped

to his audition,

he wondered what he should sing

for his opening number.

What would impress

this impresario?

How about a bit

of"Figaro"?

Yes, sure,

"Figaro."

[Willie Singing

In Italian]

[Singing Continues]

La-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la

There she's a-blows!

There she's a-blows!

Figaro! Figaro!

Figaro!

[Willie]

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro.

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro,

Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!

- [Squawking]

- Figaro!

[Willie Singing

In Italian]

Shoot-a the whale!

[Continues]

[Continues]

[Willie]

Figaro!

Figaro!

Hey!

[Whistles]

Figaro!

[Continues]

[Continues]

[Continues]

Hurry up! Hurry up!

Rescue the opera singer!

- Shh!

- Shh!

- Shh!

[Continues]

[Gurgling]

[Finale]

Don't a-worry!

We'll a-save you!

Ta

La-la

La-laaaa

- Bravo!

- [Whistling]

Bravissimo!

Bravo!

[Eddy] Ah, but they hadn't

heard the half of it.

Well, they hadn't even

heard a third of it.

For Willie was no

ordinary singing whale.

Willie could sing

in three separate voices.

- La-la-la-la-la-la

- Tenor.

- La-la-la-la-la-la

- Baritone.

- La-la-la-la-la-la

- And bass.

La-la

Why, Willie was

a singing miracle!

[Tenor Voice:

Italian]

[Continues]

Let-a me up!

This is a-mutiny!

[Mutters]

[Continues]

[Baritone Voice

Joins In]

[Squawks]

Mamma mia!

He's a-swallowed

two opera singers!

[Continues]

[Bass VoiceJoins In]

[Squawks]

He's a-swallowed

three opera singers!

Stubborn, deluded

Tetti-Tatti.

For right there

before his very eyes...

was the biggest discovery

in all musical history.

Just imagine, a whale...

singing opera

on the very stage of the Met.

[Singing In Italian]

[Continues]

[Finale]

[Applause]

Bravo!

[Cheering]

[Applause, Cheering]

- Bravo! Bravissimo!

- [Whistling]

[Barking]

[Squawking]

Ah, mio core

Ah, dolore

Ahh

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Io pian...

Go

- Tristan

- Isolde

- Geliebter

- Geliebter

[Singing In German]

[Continues]

[Continues]

Je suis mefisto

Roi de I'enfer

Je veux

Ta

Vie

[Holds Note]

I got him!

I got him!

Vittoria!

Vittoria!

[Eddy]

Now Willie will never sing at the Met.

But don't be too harsh

on Tetti-Tatti.

He just didn't understand.

You see,

Willie's singing was a miracle,

and people aren't

used to miracles.

And you, faithful little friend,

don't be too sad.

Because miracles

never really die.

And somewhere, in whatever

heaven is reserved...

for creatures of the deep,

Willie is still singing...

- in a hundred voices,

each more golden than before.

- [Willie Singing]

And he'll go on singing...

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