I’m taking part in (and co-producing) a musical (not actually written by me)- it’s based on the Biblical story of Jonah and one of the songs needs another verse, sung barbershop style by the sailors immediately after Jonah is thrown overboard; the existing verse (which I want to become the second of two verses)is:
So it’s bye by Jonah, bye bye
What a sporting fellow
a really good guy
We’re so sad you had to leave us
It’s true, please believe us
We could sit down and cry
So now it’s bye bye Jonah
Jonah bye bye.
I want a first verse based (I think) on the same metre; but something like:
Well, it’s so long Jonah, so long…
…and that’s pretty much as far as I can get (I honestly never thought I’d have so much trouble coming up with something)
Any ideas, suggestions?