One of the tricky letters. Not a lot could be found for this one. A list of novelty songs beginning with U gave many I'm not familiar with, some of which I felt were inappropriate to include, and one that goes against my political beliefs (though I don't want to get too much into that).
Even though I have not seen the original Little Mermaid since it first came out in 1989 and have not bothered with the new one (and don't know if I ever will), I remembered this song. It is sung by Samuel Wright, who voiced Sebastian the crab in the original animated movie. (Daveed Diggs sings it in the remake). Sebastian sings the song to persuade the mermaid Ariel to stay sea-bound after she falls in love with Prince Eric, warning of her of human life and reminding her of the benefits of living under water. The song is done in both a calypso and a reggae style.
I also wanted to include the video below of kids doing a dance to the song and this short (again, shorts don't seem to allow embedding).
7 comments:
I don't think I've seen the Little Mermaid since it came out, either. This is a fun song that I used in an Ocean -themed story time.
The kids' dance troupe is cute!
I have yet to see the Disney version nut I. Certain Ariel lives happily ever after. Hans Christian Anderson was mornid and usually the lead dies but goes to heaven which is what happened to the mermaid in the book. This was a hit back then
..I can't believe it's over 30 yrs.
Haven't seen this since I was kid
Oh yes, this one... When I worked for the evil toy store (now defunct), this was one of the songs on the tape. That repeated every 3 1/2 hours. For years. Yeah, so not too fond of this song any more. (Also the reason I don't much like Christmas songs.)
This is another fun song. It's a Disney classic.
I've seen the Little Mermaid so I sort of remember this song though I'm not a fn. That short is funny! Thanks for sharing that link.
Have a lovely day.
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