{"id":3633,"date":"2024-09-21T09:58:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2024-09-21T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T17:59:12","slug":"wicked-musical-facts-song-no-one-mourns-the-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/blog\/wicked-musical-facts-song-no-one-mourns-the-wicked\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked Musical Facts Song &#8211; No One Mourns the Wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long before Dorothy from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the Land of Oz. One born with emerald green skin is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. The musical follow how these two girls grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Good Witch of the East.<\/p>\n<p>Broadway hit musical, Wicked continues its journey across North America, <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketnetwork.lusg.net\/c\/87164\/1691289\/2322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wicked Tickets are on sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discover fun facts about the hit musical&#8217;s most popular tunes. &#8220;No One Mourns The Wicked&#8221; is the opening song in Act 1 of the musical Wicked. It is sung by Glinda, Witch&#8217;s Father, Witch&#8217;s Mother, Midwife and the show ensemble. The song was composed by Stephen Schwartz.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Wicked Musical Song &#8211; No One Mourns the Wicked:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No One Mourns the Wicked&#8221; is like an extended version of &#8220;Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead!&#8221; from The Wizard of Oz. Like &#8220;Ding-Dong!,&#8221; &#8220;No One Mourns the Wicked&#8221; hails the death of The Wicked Witch of the West \u2014 but this version isn&#8217;t all happy.<\/p>\n<p>Glinda watches over the celebrating Ozians during this opening number, adding her own musings: &#8220;Isn&#8217;t it nice to know that good will conquer evil?&#8221; But, having known the &#8220;Wicked Witch&#8221; years earlier, she also urges the Ozians to consider: &#8220;Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?&#8221; The audience then sees a little of Elphaba&#8217;s backstory play out: Her mother had an affair and gave birth to green-skinned Elphaba, whom her father immediately rejected.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Po0U23tFcaQ?si=ijkDD2Sj_JebijtI\" width=\"415\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lyrics:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nGood news!<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s dead!<br \/>\nThe Witch of the West is dead!<br \/>\nThe wickedest witch there ever was<br \/>\nThe enemy of all of us here in Oz<br \/>\nIs Dead!<br \/>\nGood news!<br \/>\nGood news!<br \/>\nLook! It&#8217;s Glinda!<br \/>\nLet us be glad<br \/>\nLet us be grateful<br \/>\nLet us rejoicify that goodness could subdue<br \/>\nThe wicked workings of you-know-who<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t it nice to know<br \/>\nThat good will conquer evil?<br \/>\nThe truth we all believe&#8217;ll by and by<br \/>\nOutlive a lie<br \/>\nFor you and &#8211;<br \/>\nNo one mourns the Wicked<br \/>\nNo one cries &#8220;They won&#8217;t return!&#8221;<br \/>\nNo one lays a lily on their grave<br \/>\nThe good man scorns the Wicked!<br \/>\nThrough their lives, our children learn<br \/>\nWhat we miss, when we misbehave:<br \/>\nAnd Goodness knows<br \/>\nThe Wicked&#8217;s lives are lonely<br \/>\nGoodness knows<br \/>\nThe Wicked die alone<br \/>\nIt just shows when you&#8217;re Wicked<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re left only<br \/>\nOn your own<br \/>\nYes, Goodness knows<br \/>\nThe Wicked&#8217;s lives are lonely<br \/>\nGoodness knows<br \/>\nThe Wicked cry alone<br \/>\nNothing grows for the Wicked<br \/>\nThey reap only<br \/>\nWhat they sow<br \/>\nAre people born Wicked? Or do they have<br \/>\nWickedness thrust upon them? After all, she had<br \/>\na father. She had a mother, as so many do:<br \/>\nHow I hate to go and leave you lonely<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s alright &#8211; it&#8217;s only just one night<br \/>\nBut know that you&#8217;re here in my heart<br \/>\nWhile I&#8217;m out of your sight<br \/>\nAnd like every family &#8211; they had their secrets<br \/>\nHave another drink, my dark-eyed beauty<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve got one more night left, here in town<br \/>\nSo have another drink of green elixir<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll have ourselves a little mixer<br \/>\nHave another little swallow, little lady,<br \/>\nAnd follow me down.<br \/>\nAnd of course, from the moment she was born,<br \/>\nshe was &#8211; well &#8211; different<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s coming<br \/>\nNow?<br \/>\nThe baby&#8217;s coming<br \/>\nAnd how!<br \/>\nI see a nose<br \/>\nI see a curl<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a healthy, perfect,<br \/>\nLovely, little &#8211;<br \/>\nSweet Oz!<br \/>\nWhat is it? what&#8217;s wrong?<br \/>\nHow can it be?<br \/>\nWhat does it mean?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s atrocious<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s obscene!<br \/>\nLike a froggy, ferny cabbage<br \/>\nThe baby is unnaturally<br \/>\nGreen!<br \/>\nTake it away, take it away!<br \/>\nSo you see &#8211; it couldn&#8217;t have been easy!<br \/>\nNo one mourns the Wicked!<br \/>\nNow at last, she&#8217;s dead and gone!<br \/>\nNow at last, there&#8217;s joy throughout the land<br \/>\nAnd Goodness knows<br \/>\nWe know what Goodness is<br \/>\nGoodness knows<br \/>\nThe Wicked die alone<br \/>\nShe died alone<br \/>\nWoe to those (Woe to those)<br \/>\nWho spurn what Goodnesses<br \/>\nThey are shown<br \/>\nNo one mourns the Wicked<br \/>\nGood news!<br \/>\nNo one mourns the Wicked!<br \/>\nGood news!<br \/>\nNo one mourns the Wicked!<br \/>\nWicked!<br \/>\nWicked!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"greenbold\">WICKED Musical currently playing on tour in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/wicked-san-francisco-ca-tickets.html\">San Francisco, California<\/a> (till Oct 13, 2024) and moves to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedthemusicalticketsonline.com\/wicked-portland-or-tickets.html\">Portland, Oregon<\/a> (from Oct 16, 2024)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketnetwork.lusg.net\/c\/87164\/1691289\/2322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy Wicked Musical Tour Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ticketnetwork.7eer.net\/c\/87164\/120057\/2322?u=https:\/\/www.ticketnetwork.com\/en\/theatre\/tickets\/plays-and-musicals\/wicked\/c\/99001145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$50 Discount for purchases of $250 or more with Code: TNTIX, Buy Wicked Tickets!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before Dorothy from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the Land of Oz. One born with emerald green skin is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. 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