Gianna sings Acres of Clams and gets grounded

​Characters
Gianna-Princess

Gianna's dad-Paul

​Plot
Gianna gets in trouble.

​Transcript
Gianna: I will sing Acres of Clams.

​I've travelled all over this country, prospecting and digging for gold.

​I've tunelled, hydraulicked and cradled and I have been frequently sold.

​And I have been frequently so-o-old.

​And I have been frequently sold.

​I've tunelled, hydraulicked and cradled and I have been frequently sold.

​There's those who get richer by mining perceiving that hundreds are poor.

​I made up my mind to try farming, the only pursuit that is sure.

​The only pursuit that is su-u-ure.

​The only pursuit that is sure.

​I made up my mind to try farming, the only pursuit that is sure.

​I rolled up my grub in my blanket and left all my tools on the ground.

​I started this morning to shank it for the country they call Puget Sound.

​For the country they call Puget So-o-ound.

​For the country they call Puget sound.

​I started this morning to shank it for the country they call Puget Sound.

​Arriving flat broken midwinter, I found the land shrouded in fog.

​And covered all over with timber thick as hair on the back of a dog.

​Thick as hair on the back of a do-o-og.

​Thick as hair on the back of a dog.

​And covered all over with timber thick as hair on the back of a dog.

​I looked on the prospect so gloomy as tears trickled over my face.

​I thought that my travels had brought me to the end of the jumping off place.

​To the end of the jumping off pla-a-ace.

​To the end of the jumping off place.

​I thought that my travels had brought me to the end of the jumping off place.

​I staked me a claim in the forest and set myself down to hard toil.

​For 6 years I chopped and I loggered but I never got down to the soil.

​But I never got down to the so-o-oil.

​But I never got down to the soil.

​For 6 years I chopped and I loggered but I never got down to the soil.

​I tried to get out of this country but poverty forced me to stay.

​And if I become an old settler, then nothing can drive me away.

​Then nothing can drive me awa-a-ay.

​Then nothing can drive me away.

​And if I become an old settler, then nothing can drive me away.

​Now Schlessinger made the decisions, it's his words we stumble upon.

​When it came down to money and safety, we all knew which side he was on.

​We all knew which side he was o-o-on.

​We all knew which side he was on.

​When it came down to money and safety, we all knew which side he was on.

​They say it's okay if they train ya, but even right now as we sing.

​There's parts of what was Pennsylvania, a-heading on down to Peking.

​A-heading on down to Peki-i-ing.

​A heading on down to Peking.

​There's parts of what was Pennsylvania, a-heading on down to Peking.

​Now that I'm used to the climate, I think that a girl's ever found.

​A place to live peaceful and quiet, that Eden is on Puget Sound.

​That Eden is on Puget So-o-ound.

​That Eden is on Puget Sound.

​A place to live peaceful and quiet, that Eden is on Puget Sound.

​No longer the slave for ambtion, and people can't tell where I am.

​As I think of my happy condition, surrounded by Acres of Clams.

​Surrounded by Acres of Cla-a-ams.

​Surrounded by Acres of Clams.

​I think of my happy condition, surrounded by Acres of Clams.

​Now this land is your land and my land, I think of these nukes and I grin.

​The Ayatollah Khomeini's a nice man, I think we should send them to him.

​I think we should send them to hi-i-im.

​I think we should send them to him.

​The Ayatollah Khomeini's a nice man, I think we should send them to him.

​Gianna's dad: Gianna, how dare you sing Acres of Clams! You know I hate that song!

Gianna: But Dad, I like that song.

Gianna's dad: I don't care! You are grounded grounded grounded until Summer! Room now!

Gianna (running upstairs): Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!