Workshop Song

The Workshop Song is a song from Babes in Toyland.

Lyrics

The Children: Painting eyes on funny faces, putting on a smile or a frown.

Mr. Toymaker: Come on, there’s lots of orders coming in.

The Children: Putting wheels on axel braces so they never will break down.

Mr. Toymaker: Children, we need 600 more of these you know.

The Children: Sewing, pressing dresses,
every little doll gets one. Putting curls on their tresses isn’t a lot of fun.

Mr. Toymaker: Christmas coming.

The Children: Things are humming.

Mr. Toymaker: Busy, busy.

The Children: In a tizzy.

Tom and Mary: Hurry, hurry, hurry, ‘til we’re done.

Tom, Mary, Mr. Toymaker and the children: Hurry, hurry, hurry, ‘til we’re done.

The Children: Gluing legs on tables, never any less than four.

Mr. Toymaker: Hey you, please pay attention to your job.

The Children: Cows for tiny stables, put a dozen in or more.

Mr. Toymaker: Willie, this is no time for foolishness.

The Children: Tacking, pounding, fitting, every little thing must run. Some for flying, some for sailing.

Mr. Toymaker: Christmas coming.

The Children: Things are humming.

Mr. Toymaker: Busy, busy.

The Children: In a tizzy.

Tom and Mary: Hurry, hurry, hurry, ‘til we’re done.

Mr. Toymaker: We must not waste an instant.

Tom, Mary, Mr. Toymaker and the children: Hurry, hurry, hurry, ‘til we’re done.

The Children: Quack, quack, quack, quack, chick, chick, chick, chick, tidily, dun, dun, dun.

Mr. Toymaker: Oh, that’s good we should be happy when work.

The Children: Boom, boom, boom, boom, tick, tick, tick, tick, tidily, dun, dun, dun.

Mr. Toymaker: Careful, you’re gonna shoot him in the head.

The Children: Dink, dink, dink, dink, ding, ding, ding, ding, tidily,
dun, dun, dun. Bang, bang, bang, bang, bing, bing, bing,
bing, tidily, dun, dun, dun. Quack, quack, chick, chick,
boom, boom, tick, tick, dink, dink, dink, dink, ding, ding, ding, ding.
Mr. Toymaker: Tum-tum-tum-tum-tum,
teedle-la-la-la-la-la-la.
Tum-tum-tum-tum-tum, teedle-la-la-la-la-la-la.
Tum-tum-tum-tum-tum, teedle-la-la-la-la-la-la. Tum-tum-tum-tum-tum,…

Trivia

The music to The Workshop Song is based on In The Toymaker's Workshop. A instrumental piece that opens the 3rd scene in act 2 of the original operetta.