Tubby joins the circus but ends up as a water carrier for the elephants. He really wants to become a star under the big top bu walking the tightrope. However, Tubby takes an embarrassing fall. A kindly old elephant helps him to see that music is Tubby's special talent.
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[Tubby (Tim Hauser):]
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When the buds begin to pop
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And the robin takes a hop
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Everybody says, "It's spring today!"
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I suppose that may be so,
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But I'd like for you to know
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I can always tell it's spring another way/
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I can always tell it's spring
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When the circus comes to town;
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It makes me want to sing
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When I bump into a clown!
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When the circus marches past
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And the band goes tan-ta-ra
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I know it's spring at last,
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And my heart goes, "OOM-PAH!"
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[Tubby's Idea (Cheryl Bentyne):]
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Alley-oop, OOM-PAH,
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Alley-oop, OOM-PAH,
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An acrobat you ought to be,
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Alley-oop, OOM-PAH,
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Alley-oop, OOM-PAH,
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Hey Tubby! You'd be a sight to see!
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[Elephant (Alan Paul):]
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Be yourself, you can't be anybody else,
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Be yourself is my advice to you,
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Or else you'll always be a nobody,
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So be yourself, or else.
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A hippopotamus
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Would look very curious
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Flying like a butterfly;
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A fierce and hungry lion
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Would look silly tryin'
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To bake an apple pie.
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I think you'd get a laugh
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If you saw a tall giraffe
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Swinging by his tail from a tree;
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I think an octopus
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Would look quite ridiculous
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Knitting sweaters at the bottom of the sea.
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So be yourself, and do the things that you know best,
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Be yourself, I think that you'd be happiest
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By being no one else but you.
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Tubby The Tuba At The Circus
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| The Manhattan Transfer |
