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Papo Gostoso

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The Life of a Chef

Singer : Papo Gostoso  Scene Description                                   

Papo Gostoso, master chef and benevolent teacher, created a culinary school in the heart of Bellacopia in partnership with Aunt Chovi's orphanage.  As a guiding light to aspiring young chefs, Papo demonstrates the joys and responsibilities of being a chef in a lively Italian Tarantella. Based on Rossini's famous "La Danza" with original lyrics.

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Lyrics

Oh the Pasta is the Pasta .. and the Present is a gift

If you take it from what's around You .. then you give your dish a lift...

Slice it and Dice it and make it look nice you gotta be quick and don cutta you hand

Put it aside but keepa you Eye on it  ... It's gonna go right into the Pan

 

Squeeze the Garlic, squeeze the Garlic.. it's a flavor nobody ignores
If the oil is hotta you know you gotta good start then you cutta some more

Seize the moment .. seize the Onion .. you can hold it right in your hand

It's the Flavor you can Savor .. now you chop it and throw in the Pan

 

Toss it and Stir it and try not to burn it cause we don't want nothing to fall on the floor

Herbs and the Spices will add a surprise .. and that's why the People come back

for More for More, that wanna some more if you donna make..they pound on the door..                    And you do it all over again-- Once More!  Slice the mushroom, dice the carrots

Please be careful 'cause the Asparagus needs to be cut ... Once More

 

Now the time has come .. to Prepare the Main Course

Now we take the Fish .. right out of the Sea

Open up the Nets .. and the fish they are flashing

Now we know it's fresh .. hey ... You Better Believe

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Everybody they like to eat it .. but nobody - nobody like to clean it
So holda your nose and while a you peel it .. all o' the smell you never will feel it ..

Scallops and Baccala, Shrimp and alot of a Squid they say it's the Catch of the Day

Peel it and Crack it and skin it and whack it and then you can throw all the bad stuff

Away ..away .. Just throw it away .. It's gonna smell worse the longer it stays
So you gotta get rid of it fast ... Once More .. Peel it and crack it and holda your nose

You worka so hard..but nobody knows.. it's a day in the Life of the Chef.. Once More

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