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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