Stephen Sondheim
The Frogs: Traveling Music
[GREEK Chorus]
Walk, walk
Trudge, trudge
Slog, slog
Travel, travel
March, march
Trudge, trudge
Slog, slog
Travel, travel
Shuffle, shuffle
Plod, plod (Shuffle, shuffle)
Shuffle, shuffle (Trod, trod)
Trek

[XANTHIAS, spoken]
I have to make this journey in bare feet

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
I have to make this journey in heavy gilded buskins!

[GREEK Chorus]
Trek, trek
Pad, pad
Tramp, tramp
Stretch, stretch
Walk, walk (trek, trek)
Trudge, trudge (pad, pad)
Slog, slog (tramp, tramp)
Travel, travel (stretch)
March, march (trek, trek)
Trudge, trudge (pad, pad)
Slog, slog (tramp, tramp)
Travel, travel (stretch, strеtch)
Lumber, lumber
Lumber, lumbеr
Lumber, lumber
Trek, trek
Pad, pad
Tramp, tramp
Kvetch

[XANTHIAS, spoken]
I was just thinking, if you're a god, why do you cringe when you hear thunder?

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
That's my father Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods, the most important job there is

[XANTHIAS, spoken]
You cry when you go to the theatre

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
I am the god of drama!
[XANTHIAS, spoken]
I thought you were the god of wine?

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
That too! A little wine will get you through a lot of drama

[GREEK Chorus]
Trek, trek
Jog, jog
Limp, limp
Climb, climb

Walk, walk (trek, trek)
Trudge, trudge (jog, jog)
Slog, slog (limp, limp)
Travel, travel (climb)
March, march (trek, trek)
Trudge, trudge (jog, jog)
Slog, slog (limp, limp)
Travel, travel (climb, climb)
Stagger, stagger
Stagger, stagger
Stagger, stagger
Trek, trek
Jog, jog
Limp, limp
Squish
[DIONYSOS, spoken]
Squish? Yuck

[GREEK Chorus]
Marsh, marsh
Sludge, sludge
Bog, bog
Gravel, gravel
Marsh, marsh
Sludge, sludge
Bog, bog
Gravel, gravel
Mire, mire
Muck, muck (mire, mire, muck)
Mire, mire
Well

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
Well?

[GREEK Chorus]
Well

[XANTHIAS, spoken]
Well...

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
Well! Here we are

[XANTHIAS, spoken]
"Well! Here we are" where?

[DIONYSOS, spoken]
At the River Styx