SARDINES

HENRY

Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina been a queen a sardina
Shake a meana tamborina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Peacock
Hey tangerina sat between a submarina
And a pretty Serafina seen a Peacock

HENRY, FELIX, MADELINE

Serafina plays sardines
And she peels tangerines
In the flim-shimmer glimmer of the daylight
She kneels and makes her wishes
By the shimmering pool of fishes
In the fine wine shining of the daylight

HENRY, ALL THE KIDS

Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina been a queen a sardina
Shake a meana tamborina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Peacock
Hey tangerina sat between a submarina
And a pretty Serafina seen a Peacock

HENRY, LUCY, LILY

Serafina on the swing
Like a sparrow on the wing
With her grey eyes faraway she sits there waiting
Serafina is the star
In the home or in the car
Admiring the day she is creating.

(Now the KIDS led by HENRY all turn to MILO who is off to one side playing on his Pocket Computer. They all pick him up much to his annoyance, and carry him around on their shoulders. MILO is unamused and just wears a sour look, while LITTLE JACK looks on from the porch, laughing at MILO.)

ALL THE KIDS

Down down down down
Sun sun funny rolls all around!
Down down down down
Come on everybody fall down!
Down down down down
Sun sun funny rolls all around!
Down down down down down....

(And they all fall to the ground except FELIX and SERAFINA -- as they sing the next verse the others get up and start dancing again.)

FELIX, SERAFINA

Hey Henry move fast don't want to be last
Through the gate, don'tcha wait don't wanna get passed
Out here in the sun and the sugar white snow
Get up get out everybody's gonna go!
Out here we'll all be kings and queens
In attendance at the royal game of Sardines.
Our notorious name of worldwide fame
In attendance at the royal Sardines Game.

MILO

We'll all be kings and queens indeed! Ridiculous!

HENRY, FELIX, SERAFINA

Well if you should be it go run and go hide
And try not to let your hiding-place get spied
Alone you might wait for an hour or two
Til one by one we all discover you
Then your turn's done and it just goes around
And we all keep playing til the sun goes down
Just stay on your toes and follow your nose
And we all keep playing til down the sun goes!

(Now LITTLE JACK comes to join the dancing but trips and falls. LUCY, SERAFINA and MADELINE guide him back to his swings near the porch.)

LUCY, SERAFINA, MADELINE

Little Jack can't play he's a little too small
He can swing on the porch or sing in the hall
Stay put little fella right where you are
Cause all the big kids ain't going too far
Come out Lucy come Maddy come Lil
Gonna gather in a circle on the side of the hill
Gonna count to a hundred with our hands on our eyes
Then come out running so don't be surprised

LUCY, SERAFINA, MADELINE, LILY, FELIX, HENRY

Gonna count to a hundred then start the show
Then come out racing so ready set go!

ALL THE KIDS
(Except Little Jack)

Five four three two one
Watch out Henry, 'cause here we all come!

(Now HENRY races everywhere looking for a hiding place while the rest of the kids peel off in all directions to start their search for him. A quite complicated dance sequence follows. Towards the end of it CRAFTY FOXX appears and we see that he is surreptitiously watching THE KIDS from behind a tree or a bush, darting this way and that. Finally when the music comes to a climax we see HENRY, Downstage Left right up by the audience. He is in a large Hollow Tree, a perfect hiding spot. The rest of the KIDS are off Stage Right, looking in completely the wrong place. He calls out....)

HENRY

Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina been a queen a sardina
Shake a meana tamborina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Peacock
Hey tangerina sat between a submarina
And a pretty Serafina seen a Peacock

(The KIDS hear HENRY'S call, but still can't figure out where he is. But they join in the singing nonetheless....)

HENRY, ALL THE KIDS

Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina been a queen a sardina
Shake a meana tamborina seen a Sunday
Hey Serafina-fina green jelly beana-beana
Pretty signorina seen a Peacock
Hey tangerina sat between a submarina
And a pretty Serafina seen a Peacock

(Now CRAFTY FOXX comes out in the open and HENRY sees him and gives him the "Shhh" sign with his finger on his lips. )

HENRY

Slap-happy me in this old hollow tree
Hidden in the forest where no one can see
Here in my lair there's plenty of cool mountain air
Even if I sneeze there'll be enough

(Then CRAFTY FOXX conspiratorially joins in the song, and he and HENRY dance a jig while singing together. The other KIDS still haven't found the hollow tree....)

HENRY, CRAFTY FOXX

Slap-happy me in this old hollow tree
Hidden in the forest where no one can see
Here in my lair there's plenty of cool mountain air
Even if I sneeze there'll be enough

(Now finally the KIDS see HENRY, dancing in the woods with a man who looks like a Fox! They all point and whisper among themselves at this phenomenon, then join in the last verse.)

HENRY, CRAFTY FOXX, ALL THE KIDS

Slap-happy me in this old hollow tree
Hidden in the forest where no one can see
Here in my lair there's plenty of cool mountain air
Even if I sneeze there'll be enough
Even if I sneeze there'll be enough
Even if I sneeze there'll be enough.

(And exhausted from the final bit of dancing and jumping about the KIDS all fall flat on their backs at the end of the number. Then CRAFTY FOXX takes HENRY'S arm and guides him a little ways away from the others so as to speak to him "Privately".)