It’s the hard-‐knock life, It’s the hard-‐knock life, It’s the hard-‐knock life! No one cares for you a smidge When you’re in an orphanage! No one cares if you grow or if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an’ weepy! From the cryin’, you would think this place’d sink!Įmpty belly life! Rotten, smelly life! Full-‐of-‐sorrow life! No tomorrow life! No one’s there when your dreams at night get creepy Once a day, don’t you wanna throw the towel in? It’s easier than puttin’ up a fight. It’s the hard-‐knock row we hoe! Cotton blankets ‘Steada wool Empty bellies ‘Steada full!ĭon’t it feel like the wind is always howlin’? Don’t is seem like there’s never any light? It’s the hard knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so,

‘Steada treated -‐ We get tricked! ‘Steada kisses -‐ We get kicked! (MISS HANNIGAN enters and catches her) Miss Hannigan: Aha! Caught you! Get up and do your chores! Make this dump shine like the top of the Chrysler Building.Īll Orphans: It’s the hard-‐knock life for us! It’s the hard-‐knock life for us! Kate: Annie, what are you doing? Annie: Runnin’ away. Narrator 2: We’re smack dab in the middle of the Great Depression in the city of New York. Scene 1: The New York City Orphanage Narrator 1: The time is 1933. No one’s there when your dreams at night get creepy No one cares if you grow or if you shrink! No one dries when your eyes get wet an’ weepy! From the cryin’, you would think this place’d sink! Ohhhhhhhh! Empty belly life! Rotten, smelly life! Fullofsorrow life! No tomorrow life! Santa Claus, we never see.Īnnie, Junior Practice Script Book by Thomas Meehan -‐ Music by Charles Strouse

Song: It’s the Hard Knock Life (company) All Orphans: It’s the hardknock life for us! It’s the hardknock life for us! ‘Steada treated We get tricked! ‘Steada kisses We get kicked! It’s the hard knock life! Got no folks to speak of, so, It’s the hardknock row we hoe! Cotton blankets ‘Steada wool Empty bellies ‘Steada full! It’s the hard knock life! Don’t it feel like the wind is always howlin’? Don’t is seem like there’s never any light? Once a day, don’t you wanna throw the towel in? It’s easier than puttin’ up a fight. (MISS HANNIGAN enters and catches her) Miss Hannigan: Aha! Caught you! Get up and do your chores! Make this dump shine like the top of the Chrysler Building. Kate: Annie, what are you doing? Annie : Runnin’ away. Annie, Junior Practice Script Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Martin Charnin _ page 1 Scene 1: The New York City Orphanage Narrator 1: The time is 1933.

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