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lyrics
SFX: Alarm clock
MISS SALLY: Yawning. 7am! Time to start my day.
SFX: knock knock knock
BUNNIES: Good morning Miss Sally!
MISS SALLY: Hello Bunnies!
BUNNY 1: Are you ready for work Miss Sally?
MISS SALLY: Am I ready for work! Ahahaha!
OH YES, OH YES I’M READY FOR WORK I WILL
EAT MY BREAKFAST
IT’S A PEAR, IF YOU CARE
NOW I’LL FINISH MY LOOK
PUT A CLIP IN MY HAIR
AND THAT’S THE START OF A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
BUNNY 1: Which clip would you like for today Miss Sally?
MISS SALLY: The pink.
BUNNY 1: Ok-
MISS SALLY: No the blue.
BUNNY 2: You got it.
MISS SALLY: No the pink.
BUNNY 1: Here it is.
MISS SALLY: It’s gotta be the red.
BUNNY 2: The red.
MISS SALLY: Except not the red, the green.
BUNNY 1: Here’s the green.
MISS SALLY: Better make it the pink, though.
BUNNIES: The pink!
MISS SALLY: The yellow.
BUNNY 2: Yellow, of course.
MISS SALLY: Of course. The pink.
BUNNIES: The pink?
MISS SALLY: The green.
BUNNIES: THE GREEN??!!?!
MISS BUNNY: Yes. The pink.
BUNNIES: THE PINK?!?!
MISS BUNNY: Exactly! The pink.
BUNNIES: Yes!/Ok yes we did it!/Etc.
MISS BUNNY: Now I’ll just put this green clip in my hair and…
SFX: Bloop!
MISS SALLY: Perfection. I look...incredible.
(applause)
I ATE MY PEAR, PUT A CLIP IN MY HAIR
THEN I CALLED UP THE BUNNIES AND JUST TO BE FAIR
THEY’LL CARRY MY COMPUTER FROM HERE TO THERE
SO I CAN HAVE A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
BUNNIES:
HAVE A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
MISS SALLY: (Screamed) THAT’S WHEN A HAMSTER GOES TO WORK!!
MUSIC: GLISS
SFX: Bustling office sounds, fax machines, etc
WORKERS: Work, work, work, work.
SALLY: Ah, here I am at my job where I work!
DESK CLERK: Good morning Miss Sally!
SALLY: Good morning desk clerk! Which one is my desk today?
DESK CLERK: Well I was thinking-
MUSIC: In right away
SALLY:
THERE SHALL BE WORK AND I MEET THE DESK CLERK
AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS THERE!
MUSIC: Out
SALLY: AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS THERE!
Silence
SALLY: AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS-
DESK CLERK: Oh! Oh! Is that where you want to sit?
SALLY: Uh huh.
DESK CLERK: I mean this is a coworking space you can just sort of sit wherever you-
SALLY: Just tell me where my desk is.
DESK CLERK: That one’s perfect.
SALLY: Thank you.
DESK CLERK: Do you need anything e-
SALLY:
I SIT ON MY CHAIR
I AM GLAD TO BE THERE
A GOOD PLACE TO SIT IS A THING THAT IS RARE
WHEN YOU FIND A GOOD SEAT, DON’T GET UP DON’T YOU DARE!
YOU SHOULDN’T SHARE, YEAAAAAAH!
AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
YES THAT’S A HAMSTER’S-
Wait a second. Where’s my computer?! Where are the bunnies! BUNNIES?!?!
BUNNIES: (Out of breath) We’re here!
BUNNY 1: We have your computer!
BUNNY 2: It’s safe.
SALLY: Good!! If it wasn’t I wouldn’t have been able to do my work at my job! Speaking of, here comes my work boss!
BOSS: Hello Sally!
Intro
(New Key of E)
MY BOSS CAME TO ME AND MY BOSS SAID OUT LOUD :
EDIT THIS STORY ABOUT A CLOUD
I DECIDE TO CONFESS WHICH INCLUDES SAYING YES
BECAUSE I AM AN EDITOR
ALL: BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EDITOR
SALLY: MY JOB IS BEING AN EDITOR!
ALL: YOU EDIT STORIES AND THAT’S YOUR JOB
SALLY: AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
ALL: THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(Sally: “Yeah”)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(Sally: “A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY”)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
Claps.
HAMSTER: You know, people have a lot of notions about what a hamster does all day. They think we just run on a wheel. Drink from a metal straw. Are fluffy. But if there’s anything you’ve learned from this story it’s that every day I do a ton of amazing stuff. I wake up, eat a pear, put a clip in my hair. I call up some bunnies, and just to be fair, they bring my computer to work for me! A desk clerk shows me where to sit and my boss asks me to edit a story about a cloud. Because yeah, I’m an editor and that’s my job. And hey, guess what, that cloud story? I won a Pulitzer for it. And hey, guess what else? I am fluffy. And that’s a hamster’s workday.
ALL: AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(SALLY: YEAH)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(SALLY: HAMSTER’S WORKDAY)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S
SALLY: I’m Sally the Hamster and I’m ready for anything!
ALL: WORKDAY
THE END!
credits
from Backstroke Raptor,
released June 14, 2019
Written by Rachel Wenitsky
Based on a story by Nina, age 10, New York
Produced by Eric Gersen
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell
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