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| 1 | CHORUS: | There once was a grasshopper |
| 2 | SOLO SPEAKER 1: | Who was in a party mood |
| 3 | CHORUS: | She sang away the summer days |
| 4 | And ate up all her food! | |
| 5 | GRASSHOPPER: | Yo-hoo, that's me! |
| 6 | It's true, it's true | |
| 7 | I ate up all my food! | |
| 8 | CHORUS: | Hey grasshopper Gal! |
| 9 | Hate to burst your bubble | |
| 10 | There’s a moral to this tale | |
| 11 | YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! | |
| 12 | GIRL'S CHORUS: | When winter came she realized |
| 13 | She’d made a big mistake | |
| 14 | She hadn’t saved a thing to eat | |
| 15 | And how her tummy ached | |
| 16 | GRASSHOPPER: | I haven’t saved a thing to eat |
| 17 | And now my tummy aches! | |
| 18 | CHORUS: | Hey grasshopper Gal! |
| 19 | Hate to burst your bubble | |
| 20 | There’s a moral to this tale | |
| 21 | YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! | |
| 22 | BOY'S CHORUS: | The ants who lived next door to her |
| 23 | Had planned ahead, in fact | |
| 24 | Had worked throughout the summer heat | |
| 25 | To store up food out back | |
| 26 | ANT QUARTET: | Did you ever, did you ever |
| 27 | Meet a group of ants so clever? | |
| 28 | CHORUS: | Hey grasshopper Gal! Hate to burst your bubble There’s a moral to this tale YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! |
| 29 | GIRL'S QUARTET: | And when our dear grasshopper |
| 30 | Came begging for some bread | |
| 31 | BOY'S QUARTET: | The ants just shook their heads and said |
| 32 | ANT QUARTET: | "You’re going to end up dead!!" |
| 33 | CHORUS: | Hey grasshopper Gal! Hate to burst your bubble There’s a moral to this tale YOU’RE headed straight for trouble! |
| 34 | GRASSHOPPER: | O.K., O.K., I’ve heard enough! |
| 35 | So what’s the moral? Tell me please! | |
| 36 | SOLO SPEAKER 2: | I bet the moral’s full of DON’TS! |
| 37 | SOLO SPEAKER 3: | Don’t sing away the summer? |
| 38 | SOLO SPEAKER 4: | Don’t party ‘til you’re fed? |
| 39 | SOLO SPEAKER 5: | Don’t waste your days just having fun? |
| 40 | SOLO SPEAKER 6: | Don’t lounge around in bed? |
| 41 | CHORUS: | NO! |
| 42 | SOLO SPEAKER 7: | The moral of this story is: |
| 43 | CHORUS: | IT’S SMART TO PLAN AHEAD! |
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