Under the Sea (Jim Crow version)

Before Kairi could swim away, Jim blocked her path.

"Kairi, listen to me. The human world, it's a mess!" he told her, "Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there."

He led Kairi back to sitting on the rock. Kairi wasn't sure if she agreed with him, but she was willing to listen to him.

Jim: *The seaweed is always greener*
*In somebody else's lake*

He swam towards Kairi as he continued to sing.

Jim: *You dream about going up there*
*But that is a big mistake*

Kairi angrily turned her head away.

Jim: *Just look at the world around you*
*Right here on the ocean floor*

A lot of fish swam around Kairi, who enjoyed it. She floated a little upward as she twirled a lot.

Jim: *Such wonderful things surround you*
*What more is you lookin' for?*
*Under the sea*
*Under the sea*
*Darling, it's better*
*Down where it's wetter*
*Take it from me*
*Up on the shore, they work all day*
*Out in the sun, they slave away*
*While we devotin*
*Full time to floatin*
*Under the sea*

Jim then swam up to a blue lobster, who was playing the clams like drums. Then Jim did the drums.

Jim and Lobster: *Down here, all the fish is happy*

Jim: *As off through the waves they roll*

Jim and Lobster: *The fish on the land ain't happy*

Jim: *They sad 'cause they in their bowl*

As Jim sang that, a big, sad-looking, cyan fish was floating inside a bubble.

Jim: *But fish in the bowl is lucky*
*They in for a worser fate*
*One day, when the boss get hungry*

On "hungry," Jim used his beak to pop the bubble.

Cyan Fish: *Guess who's gonna be on the plate*

Jim: Whoa-ho!
*Under the sea*

Kairi was fidgeting with the same flowers.

Jim: *Under the sea*

Suddenly, one flower popped up from the ground, revealing a seahorse.

Jim: *Nobody beat us*
*Fry us and eat us*

Then more seahorses popped up and swam around Kairi.

Jim: *In fricassee*

Jim saw a hook, picked it up, and put it in a clam, and the clam didn't like it.

Jim: *We what the land folks loves to cook*
*Under the sea we off the hook*
*We've got no troubles*
*Life is the bubbles*
*Under the sea*

As Jim sang that, the clam spat the hook at him. Luckily, Jim dodged it.

A trio of snails sang.

Snails: *Under the sea*

Jim: *Under the sea*

The snails sang again.

Snails: *Under the sea*

Soon, all kinds of fish gathered around to join in the song.

Jim: *Since life is sweet here*
*We got the beat here*
*Naturally*

The snails sang again.

Snails: *Naturally-ee-ee*

Jim: *Even the sturgeon an' the ray*
*They get the urge 'n' start to play*

Then a beluga sturgeon played a clarinet while a manta ray used rocks as symbols.

Jim: *We got the spirit*
*You got to hear it*
*Under the sea*

He played the clams as if they were steel drums.

Jim: *The newt play the flute*
*The carp play the harp*
*The plaice play the bass*
*Ain't they soundin' sharp?*
*The bass play the brass*
*The chub play the tub*
*The fluke is the duke of soul*

Fluke: *Yeah!*

Jim: *The ray, he can play*
*The ling's on the strings*
*The trout rockin' out*
*The blackfish, she sings*
*The smelt and the sprat*
*They know where it's at*
*And, oh, that blowfish*
*Blow!*

They were so in tuned with the music that they didn't see Kaa and Baba Looey appearing. The young snake and the donkey glided their way through the dance floor. Baba Looey accidentally bumped into one of the dancing fish, but Kaa pulled him off, and they didn't lose their cools. The young snake and donkey spotted Kairi on the rock. Kairi smiled upon seeing her friends. Kaa and Baba Looey whispered something into Kairi's ears. Kairi followed Kaa and Baba Looey out of the dance party.

On Jim's right, one group was playing instruments. On his left, another group was doing the conga. Inside a big fish, a shrimp played on the former's teeth as if it were a xylophone.

Jim: Yeah!
*Under the sea*

Some red lobsters sang.

Red lobsters: *Under the sea*

Jim: *Under the sea*

The red lobsters sang again.

Red lobsters: *Under the sea*

Jim was riding a school of fish and jump off them.

Jim: *When the sardine*
*Begin the beguine*
*It's music to me*
*What do they got?*
*A lot of sand*

As he sang, he picked up some sand and tossed it in the air.

Jim: *We've got a hot crustacean band*
*Each little clam here*
*Know how to jam here*
*Under the sea*

He swam up and began to laugh and dance as he sang the next part.

Jim: *Each little slug here*
*Cuttin' a rug here*
*Under the sea*
*Each little snail here*
*Know how to wail here*
*That's why it's hotter*
*Under the water*
*Ya, we in luck here*
*Down in the muck here*
*Under the sea*

Everybody, happily pointed their fins to the rock.

"Kairi?" asked a confused Jim.

Just realizing that Kairi wasn't there, everybody swam off in disappointment. Only Jim stayed behind. He sighed in defeat.

"Oh! Somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor."

"Jim!" called a voice. It was Jerry.

Then Jim turned to see Jerry swimming to him.

"Jim, I've been looking all over for you," Jerry panted. "I've got an urgent message from the sea king."

"The sea king?" asked Jim, as Jerry nodded.

"He wants to see you right away," he said, tugging him by his wing. "Something about Kairi."

Then he swam off, leaving Jim in a big panic state.

"He knows!" he gasped, knowing he was now in boiling water!