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The songs from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were composed and written by Danny Elfman. There is one entirely original song, "Wonka's Welcome Song," and the other four songs about the naughty children are based on words from the novel, written by Roald Dahl. In Danny Elfman's own words: "I wanted to stay as true to Roald Dahl's words as possible. In the book, they were written more like extended chants than songs, but his lyrics already had a wonderful rhythm to them. In the end, I had to do a lot of editing, but I think I was 95% true to the book, with just a bit of tweaking here and there."You can read production notes from Danny and hear samples of most of the songs at Music for a Darkened People. Wonka's Welcome Song Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka The amazing chocolatier Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka Everybody give a cheer He's modest, clever, and so smart He barely can restrain it With so much generosity There is no way to contain it To contain it, to contain, to contain, to contain Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka He's the one that you're about to meet Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka He's the genius who just can't be beat The magician and the chocolate whiz The best darn guy who ever lived Willy Wonka here he is Augustus Gloop Augustus Gloop, Augustus Gloop The great big greedy nincompoop Augustus Gloop, so big and vile So greedy, foul, and infantile Come on, we cry, the time is right To send him shooting up the pipe But don't, dear children, be alarmed Augustus Gloop will not be harmed Augustus Gloop will not be harmed Although, of course, we must admit He will be altered quite a bit Slowly wheels go round and round And cogs begin to grind and pound We'll boil him for a minute more Until we're absolutely sure Then out he comes, by God, by grace A miracle has taken place A miracle has taken place This greedy brute, this louse's ear Is loved by people everywhere Cause who could hate or bear a grudge Against a lucious bit of fudge Violet Beauregarde Now listen close, and listen hard The tale of Violet Beauregarde This devil girl she sees no wrong Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long She goes on chewing til at last Her chewing muscles grow so fast And from her face her giant chin Sticks out just like a violin Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long For years and years she chews away Her jaws get stronger every day And with one great tremendous chew They bite the poor girl's tongue in two And that is why we try so hard To save Miss Violet Beauregardge Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing all day long Chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing all day long Veruca Salt Veruca Salt, the little brute Has just gone down the garbage chute And she will meet as she descends A rather different set of friends A rather different set of friends A rather different set of friends A fish head, for example, cut This morning from a halibut An oyster from an oyster stew A steak that no one else would chew And lots of other things as well Each with its rather horrid smell Horrid smell These are Veruca's newfound friends That she will meet as she descends These are Veruca's newfound friends Who went and spoiled her, who indeed Who pandered to her every need Who turned her into such a brat Who are the culprits, who did that The guilty ones, now this is sad Dear old mom and loving dad Mike Teavee The most important thing that we've ever learned The most important thing we've learned As far as children are concerned Is never, never let them near The television set Or better still just don't install The idiotic thing at all It rots the senses in the head It keeps imagination dead It clogs and clutters up the mind It makes a child so dull and blind So dull (and blind) So dull (and blind) He can no longer understand a fairytale in fairyland (the fairyland, the fairyland) His brain becomes as soft as cheese His thinking powers rust and freeze He can not think he only sees Regarding little Mike Teavee We very much regret that we (regret that we) Shall simply have to wait and see We very much regret that we Shall simply have to wait and see If we can get him back to size But if we can't It serves him right |