Gertrude: Rat the Cat! Scat the Rat! mAtTt the Rat! I, the wonderful meteorologist slash astronomer GERTRUDE has dire news for the world!
Chorus (Rat Scat and mAtTt): What is it? What is it?(a)
Gertrude: A meteor shall hit and it shall kill whomever it’s dastardly rockiness touches
Chorus (Rat Scat and mAtTt): Oh no! oh no!(b#)
(Enter the priest)
Priest: Gertude! And ye fowl animals! Hi! Stars are stupid, you are wrong. No meteor shall hit the noble town of Londonshirechestervillefield! And death to all who spread such vicious, violent, villainous, vile, vorpal, virulent, vapid, vexing, verbose, venomous, vehement, vociferous, vickèd rumors!
Gertrude: But… but… the meteorology! The astronomy!
Chorus: Death! Death! (c)
Priest: Silence thine mouth! And animals too!(with a wicked glance at the chorus)
(Gertrude runs to the center of town)
Gertrude: Good people of Londonshirechestervillefield! I come to warn you!
Chorus (Rat Scat and mAtTt): Danger! Danger! (d♭)
Gertrude: The stars have told me
Priest: Silence thine mouth! And animals too! I told you before. No meteor shall hit the noble town of Londonshirechestervillefield! And death to all who spread such vicious , violent, villainous, vile, vorpal, virulent, vapid, vexing, verbose, venomous, vehement, vociferous, vickèd velociraptor rumors!
Chorus: Death! Death! (e)
Priest: I, as the priest, believe that you, gertrude, are a WITCH!
Chorus: A Witch! A Witch! (f)
Gertrude: There is a imbiggable difference between astronomy slash meteorology and witchcraft slash astrology!
Priest: Heer! Here! Who hear believes that Gertrude is a witch?
Chorus: A Witch! A Witch! (g#)
Priest: A witch indeed, death to Gertrude!
Gertrude: Stars! Weather! Astronomy! Meteorology! Help me!
Gertrude burns
Chorus: Meteor! Meteor! Oohhhh! Woosh! (h)
Meteor strikes and kills the priest.
Priest: Ahhh! I’m dying!
Chorus: The priest is dying! The priest is dying! (i♭)
Priest: Ahhh! I’m dead!
Chorus: The priest is dead! The priest is dead! (j)