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"Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

We work all day, we work all night

We never learned to read or write

We're happy-hearted roustabouts

Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

When other folks have gone to bed

We slave until we're almost dead

We're happy-hearted roustabouts

Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

We don't know when we get our pay

And when we do, we throw our pay away

We get our pay when children say

With happy hearts, "It's circus day today"

Muscles achin'

Back near breaking

Eggs and bacon what we need (Yes, sir!)

Boss man houndin'

Keep on poundin'

For your bed and feed

There ain't no let up

Must get set up

Pull that canvas! Drive that stake!

Want to doze off

Get them clothes off

But must keep awake"

- The Song of the Roustabouts -

Honeystar and Violetbriar's slaves, for lack of a better term. Suncreek and Skymist are the only ones who genuinely enjoy their work. Starlingtail isn't included here since she has her own piece coming.

This song is from Dumbo and is often forgotten due to it's possibly racist undertones. I can't comment on that, but I can say that this scene scared the hell out of me as a child, more than the pink elephants scene. Probably because the workers didn't have faces or the creepy chanting at the very end. Or maybe I was just a giant pussy as a kid idk. I feel like the song fit the crew best since they all are born into servitude to Honeystar. Talonstep and Mudtuft especially fit here; they do what they're told and tell themselves that they're happy. Silentpetal and Tornbelly don't have a choice-- they're the two that fit the "slave" term best.

Characters (left to right): Talonstep, Suncreek, Skymist, Mudtuft, Tornbelly, & Silentpetal

Punished by the Sun
Warriors © Erin Hunter
Art & Characters © ShakespeareNerd

Description

"Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

We work all day, we work all night

We never learned to read or write

We're happy-hearted roustabouts

Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

When other folks have gone to bed

We slave until we're almost dead

We're happy-hearted roustabouts

Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike! Ugh! Hike!

We don't know when we get our pay

And when we do, we throw our pay away

We get our pay when children say

With happy hearts, "It's circus day today"

Muscles achin'

Back near breaking

Eggs and bacon what we need (Yes, sir!)

Boss man houndin'

Keep on poundin'

For your bed and feed

There ain't no let up

Must get set up

Pull that canvas! Drive that stake!

Want to doze off

Get them clothes off

But must keep awake"

- The Song of the Roustabouts -

Honeystar and Violetbriar's slaves, for lack of a better term. Suncreek and Skymist are the only ones who genuinely enjoy their work. Starlingtail isn't included here since she has her own piece coming.

This song is from Dumbo and is often forgotten due to it's possibly racist undertones. I can't comment on that, but I can say that this scene scared the hell out of me as a child, more than the pink elephants scene. Probably because the workers didn't have faces or the creepy chanting at the very end. Or maybe I was just a giant pussy as a kid idk. I feel like the song fit the crew best since they all are born into servitude to Honeystar. Talonstep and Mudtuft especially fit here; they do what they're told and tell themselves that they're happy. Silentpetal and Tornbelly don't have a choice-- they're the two that fit the "slave" term best.

Characters (left to right): Talonstep, Suncreek, Skymist, Mudtuft, Tornbelly, & Silentpetal

Punished by the Sun
Warriors © Erin Hunter
Art & Characters © ShakespeareNerd