WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD

(The Weasels and Stoats have taken over Toad Hall)

CHIEF WEASEL

WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE JOINED THE UPPER CLASSES.
WE'LL SPEND OUR DAYS IN THE BEST CAFES
THROWING BREAD AND BREAKING GLASSES.

ALL

WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE LEFT THE HUDDLED MASSES.
THERE'LL BE NO JOY
FOR THE HOI POLLOI
AS WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD.

WEASELS & STOATS

WE'LL GO TO ASCOT FOR THE RACES.

CHIEF STOAT

I'LL WEAR MY PRICELESS PEARLS.

WEASEL TWO

TAILS, OF COURSE, AND TOP HATS.

STOAT ONE & WEASEL TWO

WE'LL MIX WITH DUKES AND EARLS.

WEASEL ONE

WE'LL HAVE CHAUFFEUR-DRIVEN BENTLEYS,
LET TOADY TAKE THE BUS.

CHIEF STOAT

WE'LL FRITTER AWAY A FORTUNE,
'CAUSE IT DON'T BELONG TO US!

STOAT TWO

"Doesn't," dear!

(TWO RABBIT SERVANTS circulate with trays
of culinary tid-bits.)

ALL

WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD,

CHIEF WEASEL

WHERE DINING WELL'S A HABIT.
WINE WITH EVERY DISH

STOAT ONE

WE'LL HAVE WHITE WITH FISH,

WEASEL ONE

AND A GOOD ROSÉ WITH RABBIT!

ALL

RABBIT?!

(The WEASELS and STOATS chase ONE OF THE RABBITS, who jumps with alarm and disappears. )

CHIEF WEASEL

WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD,

ALL

AND WHAT WE WANT, WE GRAB IT!
THE UPPER CRUST
CAN JUST WATCH OUR DUST
AS WE'RE MOVING UP IN THE WORLD!