Title:  the old silent "e"

Composer:  Joe Raposo ?

Lead vocals:  Skip Hinnant, Jim Boyd, Morgan Freeman

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  Frankenstein's monster, the Wolfman, and Dracula, singing (and dancing) vaudeville-style about their friend on a spooky night.

(lyrics missing here:  chorus of "we'd be lost without silent 'e'")

[SH]  When the villagers came, I hid.
(lyrics missing here)
But I had my friend the old silent "e".
He helped me hide quite easily.

Yes, with the help of the old silent "e",
I could hide most easily.

(lyrics missing here:  chorus of "we'd be lost without silent 'e'")

[JB]  When I see something nice and ripe
That I want to tear apart,
I take the old silent "e", every day,
And I'm ready to rip away.

Yes, with old silent "e", every day,
I'm ready to rip away.

(lyrics missing here:  chorus of "we'd be lost without silent 'e'")

[MF]  (lyrics missing here:  rhyme of "bite" and "night")
I take the old silent "e" from the end,
And your neck gets bit, my friend.

I take old silent "e" off the end,
And your neck gets bit, my friend.

(lyrics missing here:  chorus of "we'd be lost without silent 'e'")

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