13 Burn Her<\/a><\/p>\nSometimes even nicely done things can bite the dust. For instance this song, which I always loved and was originally in Act One of Spamalot<\/i> in Chicago.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was a song for Sir Bedevere and followed the witch scene from The Holy Grail.\u00a0 \u201cWe have found a witch, may we burn her!\u201d<\/p>\n
The problem was that having taken the trouble to reduce the play to consistent characters who run all the way through, the audience were suddenly faced with Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce on stage as not<\/i> Lancelot and not<\/i> Robin.\u00a0 In other words it became revue.<\/p>\n
Sara Ramirez was fun as the witch, and at the end while she was being burnt, she flew off to safety, since she was a witch! But at this point the play simply lost all semblance of having a real plot and Mike Nichols felt strongly that it should go, and I agreed with him, and when we cut it the story was much easier to follow.\u00a0\u00a0 Nice song though!\u00a0\u00a0 (I\u2019ve updated it a little.)<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Burn Her!<\/h1>\n
BEDEVERE<\/p>\n
When I was just a young chap in me nappy<\/p>\n
Me pappy said \u201cSon life can be quite cruel.<\/p>\n
If you do not want to be unhappy<\/p>\n
Never marry witches that\u2019s a golden rule.<\/p>\n
There is only one way to survive \u2018em<\/p>\n
They will always play you for a fool<\/p>\n
If you find a witch then you must take the silly bitch<\/p>\n
And string her up<\/p>\n
And turn her into fuel.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Burn her!<\/p>\n
Burn her!<\/p>\n
Put her on the barbecue and turn her,<\/p>\n
Scratch that itch before that bitch can spurn yer<\/p>\n
Grill her that won\u2019t thrill her but it certainly will learn her,<\/p>\n
If you burn her<\/p>\n
Burn her<\/p>\n
Burn her till she\u2019s cooked all the way through.<\/p>\n
String her up and try her<\/p>\n
And then fling her on the pyre<\/p>\n
And then light the fire and toodle-oo!\u201d<\/p>\n
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WITCH<\/p>\n
Burn me<\/p>\n
Spurn me<\/p>\n
I have learned that men are all the same.<\/p>\n
One minute they are hot<\/p>\n
For everything you\u2019ve got<\/p>\n
Then they try and fry you<\/p>\n
And they\u2019ll even crucify you<\/p>\n
Beat me<\/p>\n
Eat me<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t care what nasty things you do<\/p>\n
It is godforsaken<\/p>\n
Turning me into fried bacon<\/p>\n
Au revoir, goodbye cia ciao adieu.<\/p>\n
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BEDEVERE<\/p>\n
Burn her<\/p>\n
Burn her<\/p>\n
She is on the menu for today.<\/p>\n
Just like Joan of Arc<\/p>\n
We\u2019re gonna light the spark<\/p>\n
Fricassee her then let\u2019s see her<\/p>\n
Maybe we\u2019ll rotisserie her<\/p>\n
Oil her, boil her,<\/p>\n
Broil her till she\u2019s done all the way through.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll burn her and we\u2019ll baste her<\/p>\n
And perhaps we\u2019ll even taste her<\/p>\n
When we\u2019ve turned her into good witch stew!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She may be a good looker<\/p>\n
But you still have gotta cook her<\/p>\n
For a hooker ain\u2019t no good for you.<\/p>\n
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c) Eric Idle & John Du Prez.\u00a0 Rutsongs & Ocean Music.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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