Photography, History and Whatever Else Strikes my Fancy.
DOROTHY
Oh, thank you so much. We've been gone
such a long time, and we feel so mess --
What kind of a horse is that? I've never
seen a horse like that before!
CABBY
No -- and never will again, I fancy.
There's only one of him, and he's it. He's
the Horse of a Different Color, you've heard
tell about.
(sings)
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- ho -- ho --
And a couple of tra -- la -- las.
That's how we laugh the day away
In the Merry Old Land of Oz.
Bzz -- bzz -- bzz --
Chirp -- Chirp -- Chirp --
And a couple of la -- di....
LS -- Cabby -- Dorothy and group riding thru street of Oz -- people gather
around -- wave --
CABBY
(sings)
...das --
That's how the crickets crick all day
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
We get up at twelve....
MCS -- Cabby driving cab as he sings -- Dorothy -- Lion and others in cab
-- crowd following --
CABBY
(sings)
...And start to work at one
Take an hour for lunch....
LS -- Cab moving to right thru Street of Oz -- Crowd following -- CAMERA
PANS right -- Cab stops -- Dorothy and others get out -- CAMERA TRUCKS
forward as they exit into building -- sign above door reads: WASH & BRUSH
UP CO. --
CABBY
(sings)
...And then at two we're done
Jolly good fun!
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- ho -- ho --
And a couple of tra -- la -- las.
That's how we laugh the day away
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- ho -- ho --
Ha -- ha -- ha -- ha --
That's how we laugh the day away
With a ho -- ho -- ho
Ha -- ha -- ha
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
MLS -- Three Masseurs filling the Scarecrow with new straw -- they sing as
they work -- CAMERA TRUCKS back to left showing men polishing the Tin Man
-- they sing -- CAMERA TRUCKS back showing girls doing Dorothy's hair --
they sing -- CAMERA PANS left showing girls clipping the Lion -- all sing
-- Dorothy -- Tin Man and Scarecrow -- Lion rises -- the Four of them
start out -- CAMERA PANS left --
MASSEURS
(sing)
Pat, pat here,
Pat, pat there,
And a couple of brand new strawz.
That's how we keep you young and fair
In the Merry Old Land of Oz.
POLISHERS
(sing)
Rub, rub here,
Rub, rub there,
And whether you're tin or brahz.
That's how we keep you in repair
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
MASSEUSE
(sings)
We can make a dimpled smile out of a
frown --
DOROTHY
(sings)
Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown?
MASSEUSE
Uh-huh.
DOROTHY
Jolly old town!
MANICURISTS
(sing)
Clip, clip here,
Clip, clip there.
We give the roughest clawz
LION
That certain air of savoir faire
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
SCARECROW
Ha -- ha -- ha --
TIN MAN
Ho -- ho --ho
DOROTHY
Ho -- ho --ho -- ho
LION
Hah!
ALL
(sing)
That's how we laugh the day away
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
That's how we laugh....
LS -- Dorothy and Group come out into Street -- all singing -- CAMERA
TRUCKS back as they start forward -- Dorothy looks up to sky -- reacts --
ALL
(sing)
...the day away -- Ha -- ha -- ha -- (etc.)
In the Merry Old Land of Oz!
Ha -- ha -- ha --
Ho -- Ho - ho --
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