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| Bela’s Tent From the Hit Radio Show: “Werewolf, the Musical” By Janna McCall and Mallory (Bela:) 1. When lovers come to Bela’s tent, their fortune in their palms Gypsy know the Spirit sent a rich new source of alms, For gypsy see the credits roll in gypsy crystal ball And gypsy guess the plot line fast and know what must befall. A kiss, a sigh, a careless grope; gypsy know them well: That extra gargle with the scope, for heavy breathing should not smell. The lovers look for happiness - a future free from trouble. Gypsy love when couples come - gypsy charge them double. (Gypsy chorus:) Gypsy love when couples come- gypsy charge them double.) ( ALL:) Come, lovers, come - into Bela’s tent! Come, lovers, come - and help me (us) pay my (our) the rent! Hey! (2 times) (Bela:) 2. Gypsy say, now don’t be rash, your future I’ll reveal it. You like it, well then, give me cash–if not maybe I’ll steal it. So if you don’t like what I see, don’t blame me ’cause I said it; I only know projection – I can’t do an astral edit! Gypsy see your picture show and view it frame by frame; There’s nothing in it I don’t know for psychic snooping is my game. Be wary of this evil spell and watch out for that curse, Gypsy will remove them all, just empty out your purse! (Chorus:) Gypsy will remove them all, just empty out your purse! (All:) Come, pigeons, come – and have your fortunes told. Come, pigeons, come – it sure beats getting rolled! Hey! (Bela:) 3. A gypsy loves to dance and sing - we stomp and plunk and fiddle, We put our wagons in a ring with the pig sty in the middle. When gypsy woman travels then she meet with many gents, They’ll get to know her better for an extra fifty cents. Our wagons take us everywhere, we never settle down For when we start to reap our share, sherriff run us out to town. Gypsy life is free and gay, we live it by our wits; We’re very clean for once a year we wash our gypsy pits. (Chorus:) We’re very clean for once a year we wash our gypsy pits! (All:) Come, suckers, come–gypsy tell you all, Come, suckers, come–to Bela’s crystal ball. Hey! (Two Times) © 1980, 2005 Jan McCall Ridolphi Geller and Mallory Geller . |
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| What is a Werewolf! musical without singing gypsies? In this case these are a troop of Hollywood, movie crazy "gypsies" who have no idea whatsoever what the real thing might be like. Their life-style is based on what they see in '30s and '40s movies, and, oddly like pirates, they may all be found (if one can see them on the radio, for this is a radio musical) sporting Five & Dime Golden Earrings. (Ah...can't let our age show: 99c Store Hoops) A bit of background may be of interest here. If not, skip it. We're really just happy you make it this far! "Werewolf! The Musical" was written for our Janus Company Radio Theatre, on weekly--usually live--on KPFK Los Angeles for fourteen years.. We had a regular repertoire company that often changed personal but consisted of a core group who were with us much of the time. Mike Hodel (host of the popular Science Fiction program Hour 25), Jan Rabson, Jerry Bono, Mel Gilden, Martin David, John Hochheimer, Alice and Bill Shockley, Elizabeth Lewin, Gary Taylor and the two of us appeared in many of the shows, but the cast lists are nearly endless. With us through all of it was our ace engineer, Burt Handelsman, a brave and loyal man! Check our Credits page for as many names as we could recall. If you were on the show and were not mentioned, please let us know! The tapes were lost as well as the information about the casts! In "Werewolf! The Musical" guest star Bill Hunt was featured in the title role--Larry Talbot--and sang "This is My Night to Howl," a show number now made his own by Mallory in concert (and on our upcoming "And Then We Wrote...and Re-Wrote" CD. The Howl Sheet Music is on this site. The plot opens when a camp of camp Gypsies camp in Larry Talbot's trailer park. Larry's foxy girlfriend Vixie wants to take a look. Soon they are accosted by Bela, the self-proclaimed head of the gypsies, and he proceeds to sing this song before our hero and his lady can escape. That's all you have to know, as "Bela's Tent" is at the start of the farce. How and when or why Larry turns into a werewolf, we will leave to your imagination (or you can get a hold of our new book, which is available through this site and is a companion to our CD, And Then We Wrote...and Re-Wrote..., for sale on this site. There are two full pages of Werewolf! plot plus the music in it! Want to hear it? Needless to say, it's on the Rough Draft Sampler CD, as well as "And Then We...." CD. Or, if you can stand the dingbats yelling at you through the music (truly odd, this site to such as us) click below. |
NOTE: For those concerned with political correctness, the term “gypsy” (lower case) here is used as a way of life, not an ethnicity ; FURTHERMORE, Anyone using it otherwise in this song is naughty and will have the wrath of a “gypsy” curse on them! The term "werewolf" is meant to describe a person who turns into a nasty old beast once a month. Use that as you see fit. |
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OTHER MUSIC AND LYRICS "This is My Night to Howl" "Bold Fighting Pirates" "Pirate Nancy Whisky" "Kings of the Sea" "Ripping Trip" (lyrics) "The Derelict: Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest" (lyrics) "The Fishy Mermaid's Warning" (lyrics for a pirate take on the old song) |
| HEAR THIS AND OTHER M&Mc SONGS We have set up sites on MySpace so that you can hear some of our songs. Needless to say, we are not happly with the yelling dingbats and other obnoxious ads, but it is a start. CLICK on the green M&Mc for the Mallory& McCall page. A Click on the Skull will get you The Skeleton Crew Pirate Band. And if you get the Janus faces under your cursor, you'll find the Janus Company Radio Theatre Page. Good luck! And won't you be our friend? Arrrrgh! |
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