{"id":94,"date":"2002-08-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/?p=94"},"modified":"2002-08-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-08-22T10:00:00","slug":"ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/2002-08\/94-ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"Ding-dong! The witch is dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Glinda:<\/i><br \/>\nCome out, come out, wherever you are<br \/>\nAnd meet the young lady who fell from a star<br \/>\nShe fell from the sky, she fell very far<br \/>\nAnd Kansas she says is the name of the star<br \/>\n<!--more Welcome to Munchkin Land--><\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkins:<\/i> Kansas she says is the name of the star<\/p>\n<p><i>Glinda:<\/i><br \/>\nShe brings you good news, or haven&#8217;t you heard<br \/>\nWhen she fell out of Kansas a miracle occurred<\/p>\n<p><i>Dorothy:<\/i><br \/>\nIt really was no miracle<br \/>\nWhat happened was just this:<br \/>\nThe wind began to switch, the house to pitch<br \/>\nAnd suddenly the hinges started to unhitch<br \/>\nJust then, the witch, to satisfy an itch<br \/>\nWent flying on her broomstick thumbing for a hitch<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin Man:<\/i> And oh, what happened then was rich<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkins:<\/i><br \/>\nThe house began to pitch, the kitchen took a slitch<br \/>\nIt landed on the wicked witch in the middle of a ditch<br \/>\nWhich was not a healthy situation for the wicked witch<br \/>\nThe house began to pitch, the kitchen took a slitch<br \/>\nIt landed on the wicked witch in the middle of a ditch<br \/>\nWhich was not a healthy situation for the wicked witch<br \/>\nWho began to twitch, and was reduced to just a stitch<br \/>\nOf what was once the wicked witch<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 1:<\/i><br \/>\nWe thank you very sweetly<br \/>\nfor doing it so neatly<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 2:<\/i><br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve killed her so completely<br \/>\nThat we thank you very sweetly<\/p>\n<p><i>Glinda:<\/i><br \/>\nLet the joyous news be spread<br \/>\nThe wicked, old witch at last is dead<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkins:<\/i><br \/>\nDing-dong! The witch is dead<br \/>\nWhich old witch? The wicked witch<br \/>\nDing-dong! The wicked witch is dead<br \/>\nWake up you sleepyhead<br \/>\nRub your eyes, get out of bed<br \/>\nWake up! The wicked witch is dead<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s gone where the goblins go<br \/>\nBelow &#8211; below &#8211; below. Yo-ho!<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s open up and sing and ring the bells out<br \/>\nDing Dong, the merry-oh! Sing it high, sing it low<br \/>\nLet them know the Wicked Witch is dead.<\/p>\n<p><i>Mayor:<\/i><br \/>\nAs mayor of the Munchkin City<br \/>\nIn the county of the land of Oz<br \/>\nI welcome you most regally<\/p>\n<p><i>Judge:<\/i><br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ve got to verify it legally<br \/>\nTo see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Mayor:<\/i> To see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Judge:<\/i> If she&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Mayor:<\/i> If she&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Judge:<\/i> Is morally, ethically<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 1:<\/i> Spiritually, physically<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 2:<\/i> Positively, absolutely<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin Men:<\/i> Undeniably, and reliably dead<\/p>\n<p><i>Coroner:<\/i><br \/>\nAs Coroner, I vocifer<br \/>\nI thoroughly examined her<br \/>\nAnd she&#8217;s not only merely dead<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s really most sincerely dead<\/p>\n<p><i>Mayor:<\/i><br \/>\nThen this is a day of independence<br \/>\nFor all the munchkins and their descendants<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 1:<\/i> If any!<\/p>\n<p><i>Mayor:<\/i><br \/>\nYes, let the joyous news be spread<br \/>\nThe wicked old witch at last is dead<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkins:<\/i><br \/>\nDing-dong! The witch is dead<br \/>\nWhich old witch? The wicked witch<br \/>\nDing-dong! The wicked witch is dead<br \/>\nWake up, you sleepyhead<br \/>\nRub your eyes, get out of bed<br \/>\nWake up! The wicked witch is dead<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s gone where the goblins go<br \/>\nBelow &#8211; below &#8211; below. Yo-ho!<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s open up and sing and ring the bells out<br \/>\nDing Dong, the merry-oh! Sing it high, sing it low<br \/>\nLet them know the Wicked Witch is dead!<\/p>\n<p><i>Lullaby League:<\/i><br \/>\nWe represent the Lullaby League<br \/>\nThe Lullaby League, the Lullaby League<br \/>\nAnd in the name of the Lullaby League<br \/>\nWe wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land<\/p>\n<p><i>Lollipop Guild:<\/i><br \/>\nWe represent the Lollipop Guild<br \/>\nThe Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild<br \/>\nAnd in the name of the Lollipop Guild<br \/>\nWe wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkins:<\/i><br \/>\nWe welcome you to Munchkin Land<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 1:<\/i> From now on you&#8217;ll be history<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 2:<\/i> You&#8217;ll be his&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 3:<\/i> You&#8217;ll be his&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 4:<\/i> You&#8217;ll be history<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 1:<\/i><br \/>\nAnd we will glorify your name<br \/>\nYou will be a bust&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 2:<\/i> Be a bust&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>Munchkin 3:<\/i> Be a bust&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><i>All:<\/i><br \/>\nIn the hall of fame<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la la la la la la<br \/>\nTra la la la la la!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glinda: Come out, come out, wherever you are And meet the young lady who fell from a star She fell from the sky, she fell very far And Kansas she says is the name of the star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/badinage.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}