Title: hum
Composer: Joe Raposo
Lead vocals: Rita Moreno
Backing vocals: June Angela, Melanie Henderson, Denise Nickerson
Scene: All four dressed as clowns, with chroma-keyed close-ups scrolling by.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum,
[RM] And you'll feel your spirits perking.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum,
[RM] And you'll get your mojo working.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum.
[RM] When you think the blues are lurking,
[RM, JA, MH, DN] Hum, dee-dum, dee-dum, dee-dum.
[RM] Hum.
[JA, MH, DN] You can do it by the hour.
[RM] Hum.
[JA, MH, DN] You should try it in the shower.
[RM] Hum,
[JA, MH, DN] And the world will never sour.
[RM, JA, MH, DN] Hum, dee-dum, dee-dum, dee-dum.
Hum a tune that you invent.
Hum. Feel the sweet content.
Hum. It doesn't cost a cent.
Hum hum, a-dum-dee-dum dum.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum.
[RM] It's a cure for all that ails you.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum.
[RM] It's the trick that never fails you.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum.
[RM] It's the thing that always nails you.
[RM, JA, MH, DN] Hum, dee-dum, dee-dum, dee-dum.
[JA, MH, DN] Hum, hum, hum. You needn't shout.
[RM, JA, MH, DN] Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum
Is what it's all about.
Mmm-mmm.
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