(The SEA CHORUS "descends" and forms the court. The PERSISTERS enter, gossiping.)
[ALLANA] (spoken)
I'm talking about Ariel, that's who!
[ADELLA]
What about her?
[ALLANA]
She sure is acting fishy lately!
[AQUATA]
I'll say! Swimmin' in circles! Chasing her tail!
[ALLANA]
That girl is up to her gills in something!
[ALLANA] (singing)
SHE'S DIZZY AND SHE'S DREAMY.
[AQUATA]
HER HEAD'S UP IN THE FOAM.
[ATINA]
HER EYES HAVE GONE ALL GLEAMY,
IT'S LIKE THERE'S NO ONE HOME.
[AQUATA, ATINA, & ALLANA]
SHE FLOATS AWAY THE DAYS,
MOPIN' ON THE COASTAL SHELF.
[AQUATA]
IS SHE ILL?
[ATINA]
OR INSANE?
[ALLANA]
IS IT WATER ON THE BRAIN?
[AQUATA, ATINA, & ALLANA]
WHAT HAS GOT HER BOTHERED SO?
[ANDRINA]
IT'S THE BENDS!
[ADELLA]
IT'S THE FLU!
[ARISTA]
GOSH, I WISH WE HAD A CLUE!
[MERSISTERS]
OH, WAIT! OH, DEAR!
GOOD GRIEF! IT'S CLEAR...
SHE'S IN LOVE!
SHE'S IN LOVE!
POUNDING HEART! RINGING BELLS!
(ARIEL swims past, humming dreamily to herself.)
[ALLANA]
LOOK, I THINK SHE'S EVEN WEARING BRAND-NEW SHELLS!
[ANDRINA, ARISTA, & ADELLA]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[AQUATA, ATINA, & ALLANA]
IN LOVE AND IT'S DIVINE!
[ANDRINA, ARISTA, & ADELLA]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[AQUATA, ATINA, & ALLANA]
THAT GIRL'S ON SANDBAR NINE!
[MERSISTERS]
GLORY BE!
LORD ABOVE!
GOTTA BE SHE'S IN LOVE!
(FLOUNDER swims in, looking for ARIEL.)
[ARISTA] (spoken)
Hey Flounder! You notice anything weird about you-know-who?
[FLOUNDER]
You mean Ariel? I'll say!
[FLOUNDER] (singing)
SHE ACTS LIKE SHE DON'T SEE ME.
SHE DOESN'T EVEN SPEAK.
SHE TREATS ME LIKE SASHIMI
LEFT OVER FROM LAST WEEK.
YOU SEE HER LATE AT NIGHT,
TOSSIN' IN HER OCEAN BED.
[MERSISTERS]
SHOOP, SHOOP
SHOOP, SHOOP
[FLOUNDER]
AND SHE SIGHS, AND SHE SWOONS,
AND SHE'S HUMMIN' LITTLE TUNES...
[MERSISTERS]
EVEN HAS A SORT OF GLOW.
[FLOUNDER]
WHAT ON EARTH COULD IT BE?
[MERSISTERS]
ANY HAMMERHEAD CAN SEE!
[AQUATA, & ADELLA]
THAT SIGH!
[ARISTA, & ALLANA]
THAT GLOW!
[ANDRINA, & ATINA]
THAT SWOON!
[MERSISTERS, & FLOUNDER] (spoken)
Oh, no!
[FLOUNDER] (singing)
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[MERSISTERS]
SHE'S FLIPPED, IT NEVER FAILS!
[FLOUNDER]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[MERSISTERS]
ALL HOT BENEATH HER SCALES!
[FLOUNDER]
SEE HER HIPS,
HOW THEY SWISH!
[MERSISTERS]
WELL-A WELL-A WELL
DON'T YOU WONDER WHO'S THE LUCKY SEAFOOD DISH?
[FLOUNDER]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[MERSISTERS]
SHE'S FOUND A DEEP-SEA HUNK!
[FLOUNDER]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[MERSISTERS]
AND NOW SHE'S AS GOOD AS SUNK!
[FLOUNDER]
SEE HER BLUSH!
[FLOUNDER, & MERSISTERS]
SEE HER GRIN!
[FLOUNDER, & (MERSISTERS)]
GOTTA BE LOVE (GOTTA BE LOVE SHE'S IN!)...
[FLOUNDER]
ARIEL AND SOMEONE SWIMMIN' IN THE SEA...
K-I-S-S-I-N-G!
(KING TRITON and SEBASTIAN enter, just in time to hear FLOUNDER bring the song home.)
[AQUATA, ATINA, & ALANA]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[ANDRINA, ARISTA, & ADELLA]
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[FLOUNDER, & MERSISTERS] (spoken)
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[FLOUNDER, & MERSISTERS] (singing)
SHE'S IN LOVE!
SHE'S IN LOVE!
[FLOUNDER, & (MERSISTERS)]
PLAIN TO SEE (PLAIN TO SEE!)! NO MISTAKE (NO MISTAKE!)!
LOOK AT THOSE MOONBEAMS IN HER WAKE (LOOK AT THOSE MOONBEAMS!)!
[FLOUNDER, & MERSISTERS]
OBVIOUS WHAT THEY MUST BE SYMPTOMS OF...
SHE'S IN LOVE!
SHE'S IN LOVE!
SHE'S IN LOVE! YEAH, YEAH!