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Horton Hears a Who (Broadway) Lyrics by Stephen Flaherty

Seussical the Musical

2000

[CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE]
Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah dah dah
Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah

Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah dah dah
Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah

Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah dah dah
Who who wah dah
Who who

[CAT, spoken]
Now think of an elephant lumbering through

[We now see HORTON THE ELEPHANT.]

[CITIZENS, sung]
Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah dah dah

[BOY, spoken]
Horton!

[CAT]
Yes, Horton!

[CAT & BOY]
Horton Hears a Who!

[HORTON, sung]
On the fifteenth of May
In the Jungle of Nool
In the heat of the day
In the cool of the pool
He was splashing

[CITIZENS, spoken]
Splash!

[HORTON, sung]
Enjoying the jungle's great joys
When Horton the Elephant

[BOY]
Horton the Elephant

[CITIZENS & BIRD GIRLS]
Horton the Elephant

[HORTON]
Heard a small noise

[MAYOR (offstage), spoken]
Help! Help!

[BIRD GIRL #1, sung]
So Horton stopped splashing
He looked towards the sound

[HORTON]
That's funny

[BIRD GIRLS]
Thought Horton

[HORTON]
There's no one around

[BIRD GIRL #2]
Then he heard it again!

[BIRD GIRL #3]
Just a very faint yelp

[HORTON]
As if some tiny person
Were calling for help

[MAYOR (offstage), spoken]
Help! Help!

[HORTON, sung]
I'll help you

[BIRD GIRLS]
Said Horton

[HORTON]
But who are you?
And where?

[BIRD GIRLS]
He looked and he looked

[BIRD GIRLS & HORTON]
He could see nothing there
But a small speck of dust
Blowing past...

[All follow an invisible speck of dust with their eyes, as it shoots past and stops in front of HORTON.]

[BIRD GIRLS & HORTON]
Through the air

[HORTON, spoken]
I say! How confusing! I've never heard tell
Of a small speck of dust that is able to yell
So you know what I think? I think there must
Be someone on top of that small speck of dust!
Some poor little person
Who's shaking with fear
That he'll blow in the pool!
He has no way to steer!
He's alone in the universe!

[HORTON, sung]
I'll just have to save him
Because after all
A person's a person, no matter how small
A person's a person, no matter how--

[HORTON & CITIZENS OF THE JUNGLE]
Small...
Who who wah dah
Who who who wah dah dah dah
Who who wah dah
Who who

[BIRD GIRLS]
So, gently, and using
The greatest of care
The elephant stretched
His great trunk through the air
And he lifted the dust speck
And carried it over
And placed it down

[HORTON, spoken]
Safe!

[BIRD GIRLS, sung]
On a very soft clover

[THE SOUR KANGAROO makes an impressive entrance.]
Credits
Stephen Flaherty

Stephen Flaherty

About “Horton Hears a Who (Broadway)” by Stephen Flaherty

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