Messing About in a Boat Lyrics

2017 West End
The Wind in the Willows the Musical - Messing About in a Boat Lyrics

MOLE:
My-oh-my
My-oh-my

To be messing about in a boat on the river with you
Ratty, with you
The sort of a thing that I thought only river folk do
Ratty, who knew?

Fancy me floating away down the stream
With you on the oars it's a wonderful dream
It sets me apart from the Dormouse
The Vole, and the Shrew
When I’m messing about in a boat on the river with you

RAT:
To be messing about in a boat on the river with you
Moley, with you
Quite simply the best way of passing an hour or two
Moley, it's true

A leisure pursuit guaranteed to deliver
Leaving the banks we'll sеt off down the river
Wherеver the current may take us, there’s plenty to see
When you're messing about in a boat on the river, with me

MOLE:
Watch the willows drifting by
Lazing in the breeze
While each dainty Damselfly
Flits up and away over the trees

To be messing around in a boat on the river with you
The ripple, the sparkle, the scent, and the sounds are all new

RAT:
Why be a grouch or a grumpy curmudgeon?
Follow the Trout or the Perch or the Gudgeon
Go with the flow and your days are forever carefree
When you're messing about in a boat on the river, with me

MOLE:
My-oh-my
Mmm
(spoken) What's over there beyond the water meadows?

RAT:
Somewhere that it's better to avoid for your own good
Weasels, Stouts, and mischief-makers
Lie in wait inside the Wildwood

MOLE: (spoken)
Oh dear

RAT:
Say there's no need for dismay
They won't sully our day
Not likely

MOLE & RAT:
Messing about in a boat on the river

ENSEMBLE:
Messing about in a boat on the river

MOLE & RAT:
Messing about in a boat on the river

ENSEMBLE:
Messing about in

MOLE & RAT & ENSEMBLE:
A boat on the river

MOLE & RAT:
My-oh-my

MOLE: (spoken)
Can I have a go at rowing?

RAT: (spoken)
Wait 'til you’ve had a few lessons
It’s not as easy as it looks

MOLE: (spoken)
Oh please, Ratty, I do so want to
I've been watching you all morning

RAT: (spoken)
Stop it this minute

MOLE: (spoken)
Oh please, please

RAT: (spoken)
What are you playing at!?
You can’t do it

MOLE: (spoken)
Please

RAT: (spoken)
You'll have us over

(sung)
Once you've learned the river's ways
It’s the only thing
I will live out all my days
Here, half a mile downstream of the spring

MOLE & RAT:
To be messing around in a boat on the river with you

MOLE:
In a boat on the river with you

RAT:
With me as the captain and you my redoubtable crew

MOLE:
You as the captain and me as the crew

MOLE & RAT:
No finer fellows were ever afloat
Ratty and Mole and a little blue boat
Riding the rapids then paddling home with esprit

MOLE:
When you're messing about

RAT:
When you're messing about

MOLE:
In a boat on the river

RAT:
In a boat on the river
Messing about

MOLE:
Messing about

RAT:
In a boat on the river

MOLE:
In a boat on the river

RAT & MOLE & ENSEMBLE:
With me


Other Songs: The Wind in the Willows the Musical Lyrics

The Wind in the Willows the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Spring
Messing About in a Boat
Speed is of the Essence
The Open Road
The Hedgehog's Nightmare
The Amazing Mr. Toad
The Wild Wooders
A Place to Come Back To