Dobby’s Job (filk)

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 53909

Dobby's Job

To the tune of Roxie, from Chicago

Dedicated to Ginger

Hear a MIDI at:

http://www.broadwaymidi.com/shows/chicago.html

NOTE: The spoken portions of this song have been omitted

THE SCENE: Somewhere in the Wizarding World. The newly liberated 
DOBBY optimistically scans the classified section of The Daily 
Prophet, looking for paid employment

DOBBY
The name emblazed on that paycheck 
Is gonna be Dobby
The career in magic high-tech
Is gonna be Dobby's

I'm gonna be a great employee
That means an elf who does it himself
Sendin' my resume their way
That takes up one complete bookshelf

I'll find some post quite vacant now
That's gonna be Dobby's
I don't care if it takes all week

`Cause since I've left that Malfoy gang
My head no longer has to bang
Dobby's job he seeks!

(Enter CHORUS OF HOUSE ELVES, with tuxedo-like designs crudely 
painted on their tea towels. They seem somewhat uncertain about their 
involvement in this particular number)
 
The name impressed on that paycheck 
Is gonna be


CHORUS OF HOUSE ELVES:
Dobby

DOBBY:
The career in magic high-tech
Is gonna be

CHORUS:
Dobby's
He's gonna be a great employee

DOBBY:
That means everything will be my way

CHORUS:
He's the man with the pension plan
And overtime
.. 

DOBBY:
...401(k)
Ooh, ah ah ah
There is some post quite vacant now
That's gonna be
Sing it!

CHORUS:
Dobby's

DOBBY:
For house-elf freedom I now speak

CHORUS:
And who in case he doesn't starve

DOBBY & CHORUS
An ever-lasting niche will carve
Dobby's job he seeks!

CHORUS:
He's gonna wait for a long time
To get some work, Dobby

DOBBY:
I'll soon be earnin' that first dime

CHORUS
Fat chance for you, Dobby

DOBBY:  
And with composure, me in my hosiery
I'll go all the way straight to the top

CHORUS:
Such a thing, such a thing
Dobby's such a ding-a-ling

DOBBY:
I'll have my own bucket and mop

CHORUS:
Oh, yeah.
He's giving up the house-elf life

DOBBY:
I'm gonna be

. 

CHORUS:
Dobby.
His prospects look completely bleak

DOBBY:
But Lucius Malfoy would have a cow
If only he could see me now

DOBBY & CHORUS:
Dobby's job he seeks

CHORUS:
Chuh, chuh, chuh, etc...

DOBBY:
Oooh ah ah ah ah ah ah
.

(Exit DOBBY & CHORUS, vanishing with a loud crack)

    -	CMC

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