GERTRUDE
I had a little trouble
'Cause I grew a little tail
Well, it wasn't really little
It was absolutely giant!
And it really was attractive
But you never even noticed,
So I felt a little silly even trying
Besides which the tail was too heavy
For normal flying
HORTON
Go on
GERTRUDE
Well, when the hunters caught you
I could see that I'd been foolish
'Cause I couldn't even help you
No, I couldn't even fly
And I got so very frightened
'Cause I knew I had to save you
No one else was gonna go to all the labor
It was all up to me,
All you had was your next door neighbor
GERTRUDE
So I ran to the doctor
CAT AS DR DAKE
The doctor named Dake
And she said-
GERTRUDE
My tail has been a mistake!
CAT AS DR DAKE
And she said:
GERTRUDE
Dr Dake, I've been foolish and vain
Pluck it out! Get it off!
I won't do it again!
CAT AS DR DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!
GERTRUDE
Ouch, it hurt a lot!
CAT AS DR DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!
GERTRUDE
Ooh, a tender spot
CAT AS DR DAKE
Pluck! Pluck! Pluck!
GERTRUDE
Just a one feather tail
DR DAKE, GERTRUDE & BIRD GIRLS
But suddenly, Gertrude could sail!
GERTRUDE (dramatically)
I sailed on a junk
And was practically sunk
For you
I trampled thorough the trees
Full of furious bees
For you
I slogged through a fog
And a choking smog
Down a soggy slope
Through a stinking bog
While my slip was gripped
By a vicious dog
For you
GERTRUDE BIRD GIRLS
I galloped through the snow ooh
In eleven below
For you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Yes, even though I knew ooh
I was catching the flu
For you
(Achoo! ) (achoo! )
And then came the hole ooh
Where I caught my sole ooh
And I rolled downhill ooh
Out of all control ooh
'Till I broke my fall
On a jagged shoal
For you!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh!
All for you
All for you
All for you
All for you
There's nothing that I
Wouldn't
And I couldn't
And I haven't gone through
Ahh, aah, aah, aah!
(With tremendous conviction and grit! )
I sprained my little toe, but la-la-la-la-la!
I hobbled like so la-la-la-la!
For you La-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Ooh Ooh Ooh
Then came the hit and run la-la-la-la-la!
But I staggered on one la-la-la-la!
For you La-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Now, here I am, ahh-ah!
The worse for wear
And here you are ahh-ah!
I'm here!
You're there!
And maybe now ah!
You'll know I care ahh-ah!
For you! Ooh!
Ooh
GERTRUDE
Oh, yes And Horton, one more thing
It took me seven weeks
But I found your clover,
Too!