The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurraha The ants go marching one by one, The little one stops to tell a pun MIM: I add things up. I’m an accountant. And they all go marching down to get out of the rain
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching two by two, The little one stops at a barbecue MICHAEL: One sausage sizzle please. Oh, thank you kind ant, yummy! And they all go marching down to get out of the rain
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching three by three, The little one stops to climb a tree LAURA: Ooh, ooh, climb that tree! Ooh, ooh, climb that tree!
And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching four by four, The little one stops to go explore MIM: Ah, yep. More forest. Fantastic.
And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching five by five, The little one stops to dance a jive
(Two bars of boogie-woogie, instrumental) And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to do some tricks LAURA: Trickeridoos, thank you very much. And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to play with Kevin LAURA: Hey Kev. MIM: Oh hi Kevin. MICHAEL: Oh hey Kev, how you going? MICHAEL (AS KEVIN): “Oh pretty good, just doing my ant jobs” And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching eight by eight, The little one stops to rollerskate MIM: Whooo! MICHAEL: Hectik rollerskating. MIM: Rollerskating’s hard! And they all go marching down to get out of the rain
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching nine by nine, The little one stops to read a sign LAURA: Hmm… if only I knew how to read. MICHAEL: Um… st… st… oh, I dunno.
And they all go marching down to get out of the rain The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah The ants go marching ten by ten, The little one stops to say “THE END” MICHAEL: The end? MIM & LAURA: The end!
And they all go marching down to get out of the rain
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