2017 London Cast of The Wind in the Willows
Spring
[PORTIA]
The snows are forgotten
Along with the floods
The branches are decked out
With burgeoning buds

The long night is over
The waiting and yearning
Along with the cuckoos
The warmth is returning

[ENSEMBLE]
Ooo...

The tree roots are growing
Deep down in the earth
They sense Mother Mature
Is soon to give birth

One season unites us
Both rabbits and foxes
This is our favourite
Of all equinoxes

[PORTIA]
Spring, spring
Fresh as a new
Butterfly wing
Spring
Let the sun's rays
Colour our world
Lengthen our days
Spring
Finally here
Spring
The most joyous time of the year
[ENSEMBLE]
We dig and we burrow
We build and we nest
From sunrise to sunset
We work without rest

Our senses are heightened
There's magic occurring
Wherever you turn
Watch the countryside stirring

[MOLE]
(spoken) Oh drat and bother! Bother and drat! Hang spring cleaning!

[MOLE & ENSEMBLE]
Spring, spring
Season of hope
Birds start to sing

Spring
Watch the world wake
Hedgerow and field
River and Lake

[ENSEMBLE]
Spring, spring
Spring the most joyous time of the the year
[MOLE and PORTIA]
Spring the most joyous

[ENSEMBLE]
Time
Of
The
Year
Spring