ARTIST: Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
TITLE: Under the Sea
From the movie, The Little Mermaid


[Verse]

   
Da seaweed is 

always greener
   
In somebody el

se's lake
   
You dream abou

t going up der

e
   
But dat is a b

ig mistake
   
Just look at d

a world around

 you
  
Right here on 

de ocean floor
   
Such wonderful

 things surrou

nd you
  
What more is y

ou lookin' for


[Chorus]

    
Under da sea, 

under da sea
     
Darling it's b

etter down whe

re it's wetter

, take it from

 me
 
Up on da shore

 dey work all 

day
   
Out in da sun 

dey slave away
   
While we devot

in' full time 

to floatin'
Under da sea


[Instrumental]

       


[Verse]

   
Down here all 

de fish is hap

py
   
As off t'rough

 da waves dey 

roll
   
da fish on da 

land ain't hap

py
   
dey sad 'cause

 dey in da bow

l
   
But fish in da

 bowl is lucky
  
dey in for a w

orser fate
   
One day when d

a boss get hun

gry
  
Guess who gon'

 be on da plat

e


[Chorus]

    
Under da sea, 

under da sea
     
Nobody beat us

, fry us and e

at us in frica

ssee
 
We what da lan

d folks loves 

to cook
   
Under da sea w

e off da hook
   
We got no trou

bles, life is 

da bubbles
    
Under da sea U

nder da sea
     
Since life is 

sweet here, we

 got da beat h

ere, naturally
 
Even da sturge

on an' de ray
   
dey get de urg

e 'n start to 

play
   
We got de spir

it, you got to

 hear it
Under da sea


[Instrumental]

       


[Bridge]


da newt play d

a flute

de carp play d

e harp

de plaice play

 de bass

And dey soundi

n' sharp

da bass play d

a brass

da chub play d

a tub
  
da fluke is th

e duke of soul


da ray he can 

play

de ling's on d

e strings

da trout rocki

n' out

da blackfish s

he sings

da smelt and d

a sprat

dey know where

 it's at
 
An' oh, dat bl

owfish blow


[Instrumental]

                        

       

    


[Chorus]

   
Under da sea, 

under da sea
     
When da sardin

e begin da beg

uine, it's mus

ic to me
 
What do dey go

t, a lot of sa

nd
  
We got a hot c

rustacean band
   
Each little cl

am here know h

ow to jam here
Under da sea
    
   
Each little sl

ug here cuttin

g a rug here
Under da sea
    
 
Each little sn

ail here know 

how to wail he

re
 
dat's why it's

 hotter under 

da water
 
Ya, we in luck

 here, down in

 de muck here
Under da sea


[Outro]