(The second scene of "Columbus
Discovers America")
- Columbus:
- It's a round, round world
It's a round, round world
I contend it's round, and it's gonna be found
When all the results are in
It's a round world now and it's always been
Ferdinand:
Flat
Flat World
It's a flat, flat world
I insist it's flat as a welcoming mat
And he's sailing off the end
How about our crazy Italian friend
Columbus:
Friend
Get hip, would I climb aboard this ship
If I didn't have odds the earth was highly spherical
Ferdinand:
It's a miracle
If it is
Columbus:
Square, square king
You're a square, square king
If you don't believe
You're gonna receive
The shock of your royal life
When the ship pulls in at Miami...
Crew:
Yo, ho, ho and a Dramamine
We are loyal subjects of the king and queen
But what kind of nut would you have to be
To borrow a ship and put out to sea
When you don't know what's on the other side
Columbus:
Round, round world
It's a round, round world
I contend it's round
And it's gonna be found
When all the results are in
It's a round world now
And it's always |
Ferdinand:
All week long on a hardtack bun
Brother, who said getting there is
Half the fun (breath)
Give up my throne for one Navy Bean
No wonder I'm turning three shades green
How could I go on such a loony |
Columbus:
Trip get hip, would I climb
Aboard this ship
If I didn't have odds
The earth was highly spherical |
Crew:
Crazy kind of scheme
It's a cockamamy dream
If we don't sight land we're gonna scream |
Ferdinand:
It's a miracle if it is |
|
Columbus:
Square, square crew
You're a square, square crew
If you don't believe |
Crew:
You, ho, ho through the wind and rain
There's a typhoon coming up
But where's John Wayne? |
Columbus:
You're gonna receive
The shock of you salty lives
When I take command in the name of... |
Ferdinand:
I feel like a red witch
Having a wake
How much of the ocean bit do you think I
can take, claim that land in the name of... |
Columbus:
Isabella and Ferdinand
Ferdinand:
That's Ferdinand and Isabella:
Both:
New rulers of this round, round world
Crew:
Crazy kind of scheme
It's a cockamamy dream
But we hope it's a round, round world.
"It's A Round,
Round World" (Reprise)
Columbus:
Round, round world
It's a new found world
And the land looks good
Like a continent should
Complete with a flag unfurled |
Indians:
Yo, ho, ho and a buckskin sleeve
Now the white man's here I guess
It's time to leave
But why go to war and fight like a jerk
Perhaps we can pick up some kind of work
In an Indian extravaganza
Wyatt Earp or Bonanza |
Columbus:
Please don't call us, we'll call you
Ferdinand:
Step aside pal, meet the new
Both:
Big cheeses of this round, round world