All lines for Into the Woods

This can only end in chaos and hilarity, let’s do it!

Jack on the other hand had no father, and his mother-

I wish

Well, she was not quite beautiful…

I wish my son were not a fool, I wish my house was not a mess, I wish the cow was full o milk, I wish the walls were full of gold I wish a lot of things… you foolish child! What in Heavens name are you doing with a cow inside the house?

A warm environment might just be what milky white needs to produce his milk.

It’s a she! How many times must I tell you? Only she’s can give milk.

Why come in little girl.

I wish, it’s not for me it’s for my Granny in the woods. A loaf of bread please, to bring my poor old hungry Granny in the woods… just a loaf of bread, please.

I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you. If you have picked them out again in two hours’ time, you shall go to the ball with us.

And perhaps a sticky bun… or four?

Birds in the sky, birds in the eaves, in the leaves, in the fields, in the castles and ponds-

And a few of those pies, please…

…Into the pot…

Listen well, son. Milky White must be taken to market.

But mother, no! He’s the best cow…

Was. Was! She’s been dry for a week. We’ve no food nor money, and no choice but to sell her while she can still command a price.

But Milky White is my best friend in the whole world!

Look at her! There are bugs on her dugs. There are flies in her eyes. There’s a lump on her rump big enough to be a hump…

But…

Son, we’ve no time to sit and dither, while her withers wither with her, and no one keeps a cow for a friend! Sometimes I fear you’re touched.

…Sometimes I fear you’re touched.

Into the Woods, it’s time to go, I hate to leave, I have to though, into the woods, it’s time and so I must begin my journey. Into the woods and through the trees to where I am expected ma’am. Into the woods to grandmother’s house. Into the woods to grandmother’s house.

You’re certain of your way?

The way is clear, the light is good I have no fear nor no one should. The woods are just trees, the trees are just wood. I sort of hate to ask it, but do you have a basket?

Don’t stray and be late.

Into the woods and down the dell, the path is straight, I know it well. Into the woods, and who can tell what’s waiting on the journey? Into the woods to bring some bread to Granny who is sick in bed, never can tell what lies ahead, for all that I know she’s already dead. But into the woods, into the woods, into the woods to grandmother’s house and home before dark.

(Witch’s epic rap part)…Especially the beans.

Now listen to me, Jack. Lead MIlky White to market and fetch me the best price you can. Take no less than five pounds. Are you listening to me?

Yes.

Now, how much are you to ask?

No more than five pounds,

Less than five!… Jack, Jack, Jack, head in a sack, this house is getting colder. This is not a time for dreaming. Chimney stack starting to crack, the mice are getting bolder, the floor’s gone slack, your mother’s getting older, your father’s not back, and you can’t just sit here dreaming pretty dreams. To wish and wait from day to day will never keep the wolves away. So, into the woods, the time is now we have to live, I don’t care how. Into the woods to sell the cow, you must begin the journey. Straight into the woods and don’t delay, we have to face the marketplace, into the woods to journey’s end…

Into the woods to sell a friend

Someday you’ll have a real pet, Jack.

To go to the festival (JM)

into the woods without regret, the choice is made, the task is set. Into the woods but not forgetting why you’re on the journey. Into the woods to get our wish I don’t care how the time is now, into the woods to sell the cow-

To go to the festival (LRR)

Into the woods to grandmother’s house, into the woods to grandmother’s house, the way is clear, the light is good, I have no fear nor no one should. The woods are just trees, the trees are just wood. No need to be afraid there’s-

Something in the glade there

Into the woods without delay but careful not to lose the way. Into the woods who knows what may be lurking on the journey. Into the woods to get the thing that makes it worth the journeying. Into the woods-

To see the king-

To sell the cow-

To make the potion

To see, to sell, to get, to bring, to make, to lift, to go to the festival, into the woods, into the woods, into the woods and out of the woods, and home before dark.

Good day, young lady!

Good day, Mr wolf.

Whither away so hurriedly?

To my grandmother’s.

And what might be in your basket?

Bread and wine, so Grandmother will have something good to make her strong.

And where might your grandmother live?

A good quarter of a league in the woods, her house stands under three large oak trees.

…Take your time

Mother said, straight ahead, not to delay or be misled.

…One moment, my dear-

Mother said, come what may, follow the path and never stray-

…When you’re talking to your meal!

Mother said not to stray, still I suppose a small delay, granny might like a fresh bouquet… goodbye Mr Wolf.

Hello there, little one.

Hello.

Have you saved some of those sweets for granny?

I ate all the sweets, and half the loaf of bread.

Where did you get that cape? I so admire it.

My granny made it for me.

Is that right? I would love a red cloak like that.

You’d look pretty foolish.

May I take a look at it.

I don’t like to be without my cape. Please, give it back!

I want it badly!

Give it back, please!

…and be careful that no wolf comes your way.

I’d rather a wolf than you any day.

…As for the little girl, she was surprised to find her grandmother’s cottage door standing open.

Oh dear, how uneasy I feel. Perhaps it’s all the sweets. Good day grandmother. My, grandmother, you’re looking very strange. What big ears you have!

The better to hear you with, my dear.

But grandmother, what big eyes you have.

The better to see you with, my dear.

But grandmother, what large hands you have.

The better to hug you with my dear.

Oh Grandmother, what a terrible, big wet, mouth you have!

…I’ll get that cape from within your stomach.

What a fright, how dank and dark it was inside that wolf.

What a fright, how dank and dark it was inside that wolf. (Before granny line)

Kill the devil! Take that knife and cut its evil head off! Let’s see the demon sliced Into a thousand bits! Better yet, let the animal die a painful, agonizing hideous death.

Kill the devil! Take that knife and cut its evil head off! Let’s see the demon sliced Into a thousand bits! Better yet, let the animal die a painful, agonizing hideous death.

Granny!

Granny!

Quiet, child. The evil must be destroyed.

Well, I will leave you to your task.

Don’t you want the skins?

No. No! You keep them!

What kind of a hunter are you?

I’m a baker!

Mother said, “straight ahead,” not to delay or be misled. I should have heeded her advice, but he seemed so nice. And he showed me things many beautiful things that I hadn’t thought to explore. They were off my path, so I never had dared. I had been so careful, I had never cared. And he made me feel excited, well, excited and scared. When he said “come in,” with that sickening grin, how could I know what was in store? Once his teeth were bared, though I really got scared, well excited and scared. But he drew me close and he swallowed me down, down a dark slimy path where lie secrets that I never want to know, and when everything familiar seemed to disappear forever, at the end of the path was granny once again. So we wait in the dark until someone sets us free, and we’re brought into the light, and we’re back at the start. And I know things now, many valuable things, that I hadn’t known before: do not put your faith in a cape and hood they will not protect you the way that they should. And take extra care with strangers even flowers have their dangers. And though scary is exciting, nice is different than good. Now I know: don’t be scared. Granny is right just be prepared. Isn’t it nice to know a lot, and a little bit not…. Mr Baker, you saved our lives, here.

Are you certain?

Yes, maybe granny will make me another one with the skins of that wolf.

…As for the lad, Jack:

Only a dolt would exchange a cow for beans!

Mother, no-

To bed without supper for you.

The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure!

Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup.

Slotted spoons don’t hold much soup.

The prettier the flower, the further from the path.

One midnight gone!

The mouth of the wolf’s not the end of the world.

(baker) ?One midnight gone

One midnight one midnight, one midnight gone. Into the woods, into the woods, into the woods, then out of the woods, and home before…

No! Get the hair!

Excuse me, young woman, have you encountered a young boy with carrot-top hair and a sunny, yet occasionally vague, disposition, answering to the name Jack?

Not the one partial to a white cow?

That’s the one.

Have you seen the cow?

No, and I don’t care to ever again. Children can be very queer about their animals. You be careful with your children…

I have no children.

That’s okay, too.

Yes, well, I’ve not seen your son today.

I hope he didn’t go up that beanstalk again. Quit while you’re ahead, I say.

…So far…

The greatest prize can often lie at the end of the thorniest path

Two midnights gone-

Two midnights gone!

What a beautiful cape

Stay away from my cape or I’ll slice you into a thousand bits!

I don’t want it, I was just admiring it!

My granny made it for me from a wolf that attacked us. And I got to skin the animal, and best of all, she gave me this knife for protection.

Well, look what I have. A hen that lays golden eggs.

I don’t believe that egg came from that hen. Where did you get that egg?

…It plays beautiful tunes without you even having to touch it.

Of course it does. Why don’t you go up to the kingdom right now and bring it back and show me?

I could.

You could not!

I could (2).

You could not, Mr Liar!

Yes.

There’s a dead giant in my backyard! I heard Jack coming down the beanstalk, calling for his axe. And, when he reached the bottom he took it and began hacking down the stalk. Suddenly, with a crash, the beanstalk fell, but there was no Jack. For all I know he’s been crushed by the ogre.

We must be off, I need my rest before tomorrow’s search is to commence.

Doesn’t anyone care a giant has fallen from the sky?

He is dead, is he not?

With such a thud, I would suppose.

Now!

There you are! I’ve been worried sick!

Mother, look. The most beautiful harp.

You’ve stolen too much! You could have been killed coming down that plant.

…Ever after…

Ever after!

…But tomorrow, and extended, ever after!

Ever after!

…For forever after!

Happy now and happy hence and happy ever after!

There were dangers-

We were frightened-

And confusions-

But we hid it-

And the paths would often swerve-

We did not!

There were constant-

It’s amazing-

Disillusions-

That we did it-

But they never lost their nerve-

Not a lot-

And they reached the right conclusions-

And we got what we deserve! Not a sigh and not a sorrow tenderness and laughter. Joy today and bliss tomorrow and forever after.

…Been worthy of our discontents-

To be happy, and forever, you must see your wish come true. Don’t be careful, don’t be clever, when you see your wish pursue. It’s a dangerous endeavor, but the only thing to do…though it’s fearful, though it’s deep, though it’s dark and though you may lose the path though you may encounter wolves, you mustn’t stop, you mustn’t swerve, you mustn’t ponder. You have to act! When you know your wish, if you want your wish, you can have your wish but you can’t just wish, no to get your wish, you go into the woods where nothing’s clear, where witches ghosts and wolves appear. Into the woods and through the fear you have to take the journey. Into the woods and down the dell, in vain perhaps, but who can tell?

Into the woods to lift the spell-

Into the woods to lose the longing-

Into the woods to have a child-

To wed the prince-

To get the money-

To save the house-

To kill the wolf-

To find the father-

To conquer the kingdom.

To have, to wed, to get, to save, to kill, to keep, to go to the festival! Into the woods, into the woods, into the woods then out of the woods-

To be continued!

And happy ever after!

Not an unhappy moment since…

I didn’t think we’d be this rich…

Not a conceivable objection..

I never thought I could be so happy!

Not one row…

Pots of pence…

Darling I must go now…

We should really sell it.

Where’s the cheesecloth?

Wishes may bring problems, such that you regret them, better that, though, than to never get them.

I’m going to be a perfect son!

I’m going to be a perfect mother!

I’m going to be a perfect father-

I’m going to see that he is so happy! I never thought I’d love my life! I would have settled for another!

Then to become a wife…

Then to be set for life… that fortune smiled. I’m so happy!

I’ll care for him when he’s older.

We had to go through thick and thin.

I ventured out and saw within.

I never thought I’d be so much I hadn’t been! I’m so happy!

The baker…

What can we do for you, sir?