- "This made the wisemen very unhappy, and they immediately started thinking of ways to get rid of Daniel."
- — Narrator
Oh No! is a song sung in Daniel and the Lion's Den. It is sung when the wisemen (The Scallions) are trying to figure out what to do with Daniel. The Boyz in the Sink later did their version of the song.
Lyrics
Original
Wisemen: Oh, no! What we gonna do? The king likes Daniel more than me and you.
Oh, no! What we gonna do? We gotta get him outta here!
Oh, no! What we gonna do? The king likes Daniel more than me and you.
Oh, no! What we gonna do? We gotta get him outta here!
Wisemen #2 and 3: (singing the next verse while Wiseman #1 still sings the first one) We could throw him in the dungeon
We could let him rot in jail
We could drag him to the ocean
Have him eaten by a whale.
Wiseman #1: (singing the next verse while Wisemen #2 and #3 still continues singing the first one) We could throw him in the Tigris let him float a while
Then we'll all sit back and watch him meet a hungry crocodile.
We could put him on a camel's back and send him off to Ur
With a cowboy hat without a brim, A boot without a spur.
We could give him jelly donuts. Take them all away
Or we could fill his ears with cheese balls and his nostrils with sorbet.
We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on.
Then tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon.
Wiseman #2: Or... (whispers to the others (#1 and 3))
Wiseman #1: I like it!
Wiseman #3: It's sneaky!
Wiseman #1: And it just...
Wiseman #3: might...
Wiseman #2: work!
Wisemen: We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on.
Then tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon.
Boyz in the Sink Version
Larry: This is a song way back on Daniel and the Lions Den. Served up Boyz Style!
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy: The king likes Daniel more than me and you.
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy and Larry: We gotta get him outta here!
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy: The king likes Daniel more than me and you.
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy and Larry: We gotta get him outta here!
Larry: We could throw him in the dungeon
We could let him rot in jail
Jimmy: We could drag him to the ocean (Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?)
Have him eaten by a whale. (Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?)
Mr. Lunt: We could throw him in the Tigris let him float a while
Then we'll all sit back and watch him meet a hungry crocodile.
Junior: We could put him on a camel's back and send him off to Ur
Larry: With a cowboy hat without a brim, A boot without a spur.
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy: The king likes Daniel more than me and you.
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?
Jimmy: We gotta get him outta here!
We could give him jelly donuts. Take them all away (Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?)
Mr. Lunt: we could fill his ears with cheese balls and his nostrils with sorbet.
Junior: We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on. (Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do?)
Larry: Then tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon.
Jimmy: Or... (whispers to Larry, Junior and Mr. Lunt)
Mr. Lunt: I dig it!
Junior: It's sneaky!
Larry: And it just...
Mr. Lunt: ...might...
Jimmy: ...work!
Boyz: Oh no! What we gonna do? (x3)
Junior: We could use him as a footstool or a table to play Scrabble on.
Larry: Then tie him up and beat him up and throw him out of Babylon.
Junior: Word!
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first song that Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki co-wrote.
- "Scrabble on" was written solely to rhyme with Babylon.
- The song was later remixed with actual brass horns.
- The Chinese, Slovenian, Latin Spanish, and Greek dubs have most of Scallion #2 and #3's lyrics sung by women.
- The "have him eaten by a whale" line is likely a reference to the story of Jonah, a Bible story which would not be used by Big Idea until nine years later.
- An instrumental version of the song was heard in the credits and the Lyrick Studios preview of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?.
Real-World References
- Scrabble is a board game that involves spelling out words on the board with the tiles provided to get points.
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