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My dear, sweet child, that's what I do.
Iconic Disney villain Ursula sings 'Poor Unfortunate Souls,' offering magical deals with a dark twist.
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Key Takeaways
- Ursula uses magic to exploit vulnerable merfolk by offering deals with hidden costs.
- The song reveals Ursula's manipulative and cunning nature.
- Sacrifice, particularly giving up one's voice, is central to the deal Ursula offers.
- Appearance and silence are portrayed as tools for success in the human world.
- The character embraces her villainous role with confidence and charm.
What the video covers
- The video features the song 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' from Disney's The Little Mermaid.
- Performed by Pat Carroll as the character Ursula, the sea witch.
- Ursula introduces herself as a helper to unfortunate merfolk seeking change.
- She admits to a dark past but claims to have reformed and now uses magic for others' benefit.
- Ursula explains the price of her magical help, emphasizing the cost of giving up one's voice.
- The song highlights themes of manipulation, power, and sacrifice.
- Ursula advises on the importance of appearance and body language to succeed on land.
- She pressures the listener to make a quick decision to accept her deal.
- The song ends with Ursula celebrating her control over the 'poor unfortunate soul.'
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It's what I live for, to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself.
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Poor souls with no one else to turn to.
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I admit that in the past I've been a nasty, they weren't kidding when they called me well a witch.
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But you'll find that nowadays I've mended all my ways, repented, seen the light and made a switch.
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Yes, and I fortunately know a little magic, it's a talent that I always have possessed.
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And here lately, please don't laugh, I use it on behalf of the miserable, lonely and depressed, pathetic.
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Poor unfortunate souls, in pain, in need.
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This one longing to be thinner, that one wants to get the girl and do I help them?
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Yes, indeed.
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Those poor unfortunate souls, so sad, so true.
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They come flocking to my cauldron crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"
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And I help them.
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Yes, I do.
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Now it's happened once or twice, someone couldn't pay the price.
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And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em across the coals.
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Yes, I've had the odd complaint.
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But on the whole, I've been a saint.
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To those poor unfortunate souls.
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You'll have your looks.
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Your pretty face.
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And don't underestimate the importance of body language.
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The men up there don't like a lot of blabber.
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They think a girl who gossips is a bore.
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Yet on land it's much preferred for ladies not to say a word and after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
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Come on, then, duffle, then impress with confidence.
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True gentlemen avoided when they can.
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But they don't swoon and fawn on a lady who's withdrawn.
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It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man.
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Come on, you poor unfortunate soul.
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Go ahead.
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Make your choice.
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I'm a very busy woman and I haven't got all day.
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It won't cost much.
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Just your voice.
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You poor unfortunate soul.
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It's sad.
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But true.
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If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet, you've got to pay the toll.
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Take a gulp and take a breath and go ahead and sign the scroll.
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Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys.
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The boss is on a roll.
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This poor unfortunate soul.
Topics:DisneyThe Little MermaidPoor Unfortunate SoulsUrsulaPat CarrollDisney villainDisney songanimationmusicalvillain song
