Sierra Boggess as Ariel, Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid & Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula - Poor Unfortunate Souls Lyrics

Lyrics Poor Unfortunate Souls - Sierra Boggess as Ariel , Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid



I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch (True? Yes)
And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And here lately, please don't laugh,
I use it on behalf
Of the miserable, lonely and depressed (Pathetic)
Poor unfortunate souls
In pain, in need
This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them? Yes, indeed
Those poor unfortunate souls
So sad, so true
They come flocking to my cauldron
Crying "Spells, Ursula, please!"
And I help them? Yes I do
Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price
And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
Yes I've had the odd complaint
But on the whole I've been a saint
To those poor unfortunate souls
The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
They think a girl who gossips is a bore!
Yes, on land it's much preferred
For ladies not to say a word
And after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can!
But they dote and swoon and fawn
On a lady who's withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who get's a man!
Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead! Make your choice!
I'm a very busy woman, and I haven't got all day
It won't cost much. Just your voice!
You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad but true
If you want to cross the bridge, my sweet, you've got the pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath, and go ahead and sign the scroll
Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys
The boss is on a roll!
THIS POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL!
"Poor Unfortunate Souls" is also noteworthy for Ursula's incantation at the end of the song actually being sung, rather than merely recited. Accompanied by Gothic organ music, the spell features words somewhat twisted from normal everyday words, only strung together extremely quickly:
Beluga Sevrgua, come winds of the Caspian Sea
Larynxes Glacydis Ad max Laryngitis la voce to me
(Now Sing)



Writer(s): Alan Menken, Howard Elliott Ashman


Sierra Boggess as Ariel, Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid & Sherie Rene Scott as Ursula - The Little Mermaid: Original Broadway Cast Recording

1 Overture - Broadway Cast Recording
2 Fathoms Below (Broadway Cast Recording)
3 Fathoms Below - Broadway Cast Recording
4 Daughters of Triton (Broadway Cast Recording)
5 Daughters of Triton - Broadway Cast Recording
6 The World Above (Broadway Cast Recording)
7 The World Above - Broadway Cast Recording
8 Human Stuff - Broadway Cast Recording
9 Human Stuff (Broadway Cast Recording)
10 I Want the Good Times Back - Broadway Cast Recording
11 I Want the Good Times Back (Broadway Cast Recording)
12 Part of Your World
13 Part of Your World
14 Storm at Sea (Broadway Cast Recording)
15 Part of Your World (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
16 Part of Your World (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
17 She's In Love
18 She's In Love
19 Her Voice (Broadway Cast Recording)
20 Her Voice - Broadway Cast Recording
21 The World Above (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
22 The World Above (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
23 Under the Sea (Broadway Cast Recording)
24 Under the Sea - Broadway Cast Recording
25 Under the Sea (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
26 Under the Sea (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
27 Sweet Child (Broadway Cast Recording)
28 Sweet Child - Broadway Cast Recording
29 Poor Unfortunate Souls
30 Positoovity (Broadway Cast Recording)
31 Positoovity - Broadway Cast Recording
32 Beyond My Wildest Dreams - Broadway Cast Recording
33 Beyond My Wildest Dreams (Broadway Cast Recording)
34 Les Poissons - Broadway Cast Recording
35 Les Poissons (Broadway Cast Recording)
36 Les Poissons (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
37 Les Poissons (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
38 One Step Closer (Broadway Cast Recording)
39 One Step Closer - Broadway Cast Recording
40 I Want the Good Times Back (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
41 I Want the Good Times Back (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
42 Kiss the Girl (Broadway Cast Recording)
43 Kiss the Girl - Broadway Cast Recording
44 Sweet Child (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
45 Sweet Child (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
46 If Only (Quartet) - Broadway Cast Recording
47 If Only (Quartet) [Broadway Cast Recording]
48 The Contest (Broadway Cast Recording)
49 The Contest - Broadway Cast Recording
50 Poor Unfortunate Souls (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
51 Poor Unfortunate Souls (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
52 If Only (Reprise) [Broadway Cast Recording]
53 If Only (Reprise) - Broadway Cast Recording
54 Finale (Broadway Cast Recording)
55 Finale - Broadway Cast Recording



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