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The Circle

To "The Circle of Life" (the Lion King). The idea is that it's a prologue to the entire revue

Original Lyrics:


[MS:] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [There comes a lion]
[BS:] Sithi uhhmm ingonyama [Oh yes, it's a lion]
[MS:] Nants ingonyama bagithi baba [There comes a lion]

[BS:] Sithi uhhmm ingonyama [Oh yes, it's a lion]
Ingonyama
[MS:] Siyo Nqoba [We're going to conquer]
[BS:] Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabaal [It's a lion and a tiger]
[repeats 8]








From the day we arrive on the planet
And, blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

 It's The Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding

In the Circle
The Circle of Life


Altered Lyrics:
(this part is sung to sound as much like the original as possible)
[this stuff goes on the screen]
[MS:] Ma, a memoir! Bag of teeth in a jar [10,000 BC]
[BS:] See the mooooon in a jar
[MS:] Ma, a memoir! Bang a bar into the moon [When things weren't all that different from today]
[BS:] See the mooooon in a jar [Antarctica was cold]
(helluva) in a jar[Canberra was a hold]
[MS:] See the mooooon
[BS:] in a jar [And you couldn't get from, say Africa, to, say, Australia]
Pinata, Penguin in Havana
Pinata, Penguin in Havana [Unless of course, there was some sort of magic]
Pinata, Penguin in Havana
Pinata, Penguin in Havana [But as rational scientists, that's just absurd]
Pinata, Penguin in Havana
Pinata, Penguin in Havana [28th September, 8:03am]
Pinata, Penguin in Havana
Pinata, Penguin in Havana [Sydney Autralia]
Pinata, Penguin in Havana [(The African Quarter)]

From the day we stood up on two legs
And, blinking, looked over the grass
We've wanted to go so much farther from home
Than two legs could ever bring us
There's far too much ground to cover
And the deserts are all very large
But we've finally found
Something simple and round
To make us carts, wagons, even cars.
It's a circle!...
It will move us all
From Point A to B
From Point B to C
Till we find a place
That will give directions
It's a circle
A circle of rock.

It's a Circle of Rock
It will move us all
From a current state                     ||        To points D and E,
To a future bright                          ||        F,G,H and I
Where every place                        ||        Till we find a place
Can be reached by morning           ||        To explain these letters (or "with a map and key" or something like that...)
It's a circle
A circle of rock
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