ARTIST: Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
TITLE: Under the Sea

From the movie, The Little Mermaid

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Da seaweed is always greener
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In somebody else's lake
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You dream about going up dere
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But dat is a big mistake
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Just look at da world around you
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Right here on de ocean floor
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Such wonderful things surround you
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What more is you lookin' for


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Under da sea, under da sea
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Darling it's better down where it's wetter, take it from me
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Up on da shore dey work all day
 Am D7 
Out in da sun dey slave away
 F G 
While we devotin' full time to floatin'

Under da sea


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Down here all de fish is happy
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As off t'rough da waves dey roll
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da fish on da land ain't happy
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dey sad 'cause dey in da bowl
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But fish in da bowl is lucky
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dey in for a worser fate
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One day when da boss get hungry
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Guess who gon' be on da plate


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Under da sea, under da sea
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Nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee
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We what da land folks loves to cook
 Am D7 
Under da sea we off da hook
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We got no troubles, life is da bubbles
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Under da sea Under da sea
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Since life is sweet here, we got da beat here, naturally
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Even da sturgeon an' de ray
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dey get de urge 'n start to play
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We got de spirit, you got to hear it

Under da sea


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da newt play da flute
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de carp play de harp
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de plaice play de bass
C
And dey soundin' sharp
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da bass play da brass
C
da chub play da tub
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da fluke is the duke of soul


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da ray he can play
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de ling's on de strings
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da trout rockin' out
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da blackfish she sings
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da smelt and da sprat
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dey know where it's at
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An' oh, dat blowfish blow


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Under da sea, under da sea
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When da sardine begin da beguine, it's music to me
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What do dey got, a lot of sand
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We got a hot crustacean band
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Each little clam here know how to jam here

Under da sea
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 G A7 
Each little slug here cutting a rug here

Under da sea
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Each little snail here know how to wail here
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dat's why it's hotter under da water
G A
Ya, we in luck here, down in de muck here

Under da sea


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