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Foney Fables (1942)

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    Foney Fables
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    Backward, turn backward,
    O time in your flight.
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    Make me a child again, just for tonight.
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    And between these covers,
    we find these immortal fables.
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    Sleeping Beauty
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    Remember the lovely princess
    who was bewitched into a deep slumber
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    until her Prince Charming
    came to break the spell?
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    COME ON, WAKE UP, WAKE UP,
    YOU LAZY GOOD FOR NOTHING!
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    COME ON, WAKE UP!
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    Tom Thumb,
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    the little boy who got his name because
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    he was no bigger than a man's thumb.
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    Let's pay this interesting family a visit.
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    Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. Thumb.
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    Where's little Tom?
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    Are you Tom Thumb?
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    Uh, yeah, that's me.
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    Why I thought you were no bigger
    than a man's thumb!
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    How did you get so big?
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    Vitamin B1. [laughs]
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    The Grasshopper and the Ant
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    The story of the industrious little ant
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    and the lazy grasshopper.
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    ♪ Heaven can wait, this is paradise ♪
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    [humming]
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    [yawns]
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    ♪ Heaven can wait ♪
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    [humming]
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    You're gonna be sorry!
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    I've worked all summer and put away
    plenty for the winter.
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    But you, you lazy thing, you're gonna starve!
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    The bad boy of the fairy tales,
    the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
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    Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help! The Wolf! Wolf! Help!
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    Help! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
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    [laughs]
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    What a jerk! [laughs]
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    What a dope! [laughs]
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    There's a lad who could stand some discipline.
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    What a dope! [laughs]
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    He'll learn his lesson someday.
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    What a screwball! [laughs]
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    Jack and the Beanstalk
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    The story of the boy who climbed a beanstalk,
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    only to be met at the top by
    a ferocious two-headed giant
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    who forced Jack to run for his life.
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    [gasping]
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    Say! You almost had him.
    Why did you quit?
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    Uh, he's been sick.
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    [gasping]
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    The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
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    The fifth columnist of his day.
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    By means of a disguise, he preyed
    upon unsuspecting little sheep.
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    Baaa! Baaa! Baaa! Baaa! Baaa!
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    Scram, bum!
    I'm working this side of the pasture.
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    The Arabian Nights gave us the story
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    of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp.
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    All Aladdin had to do was
    to rub the lamp and,
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    Presto! The genie appeared!
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    ♪ I dream of genie with
    the light brown hair. ♪
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    ♪ I dream of genie with the light brown hair! ♪
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    Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help!
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    There's that nasty kid again.
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    Help! Help! The Wolf! Wolf!
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    [laughs]
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    What a dope! [laughs]
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    What a jerk! [laughs]
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    Hey, young fella!
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    You're going to yell "Wolf!" once too often.
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    Aw, go on, go on. Mind your own business.
    Mind your own business.
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    Can't a guy have a little fun?
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    A session in the woodshed
    wouldn't do that boy any harm.
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    And here's a bird you wouldn't mind
    having in your own home,
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    a goose that lays golden eggs.
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    Hey, wait a minute!
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    You're supposed to lay golden eggs.
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    Not anymore, brother,
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    I'm doing my bit for National Defense.
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    Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
    to get her poor dog a bone,
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    Why you dirty, double-crossing...
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    FOOD HOARDER! SHE'S A FOOD HOARDER!
    FOOD HOARDER!
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    Remember this little nursery rhyme?
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    This little piggy went for to market.
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    This little piggy he's gone for to stay home.
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    This little piggy he's have roast beef
    and smashed potatoes.
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    And this poor little piggy he don't have
    anything, all kinds of things, to eat.
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    And this little piggy he's for
    to crying like anything!
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    Wee, wee, wee, all the way home!
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    YOWWW!!!
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    FOR CYING OUT PETE'S SAKE, MOTHER,
    BE CAREFUL, MY CORN!!!
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    Cinderella and her glass slipper.
    A little girl...
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    Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help, somebody!
    Help! The Wolf!
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    Uh, uh, he's at it again!
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    Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help! The wolf!
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    [laughs]
Title:
Foney Fables (1942)
Description:

A series of gags from your favorite fables.

Director: Isadore Freleng
Producer: Leon Schlesinger

Playlist for Merrie Melodies Cartoons: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D462FE81164A3DD6
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
08:09

English subtitles

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