'March of the witch hunters' is the song the witch hunters sing when they are about to kill Elphaba. This is the third to last song in the play, and the sixth song in Act 2.
Glinda wants to tell everyone the truth about how the Wizard framed Elphaba Thropp. And tells Madame Morrible to help, but she yells at Glinda not to do so, Glinda leaves to find Elphaba, Boq sings in this song about how she turned him into a tin man, as he does not know that she saved him by doing that, he tries to get the lion to come out and tell about how took him when he was a cub, and did not let fight his own battles, when really she saved him from losing his power to speak, the witch hunters all want to kill her, but Glinda doesn't want them too. This is one of the shortest songs in the play, and one of the less popular ones. This is the song before 'For Good' and the song after 'No Good Deed'.
Lyrics[]
Sung=Normal text
Spoken=Bold
Ozians
Go and hunt her And find her And kill her
Vicious Person
Good fortune, Witch Hunters!
Ozians
Go and hunt her
And find her
And kill her
Angry Person
Kill the Witch!
Ozians
Wickedness must be punished
Evil effectively eliminated
Wickedness must be punished
Kill the Witch!
Boq
And this is more than just a service to the Wizard. I have a personal score to settle with Elphaba...with The Witch! It's due to her I'm made of tin Her spell made this occur So for once I'm glad I'm heartless I'll be heartless killing her!
(Crowd cheering)
And the lion also has a grievance to repay If she'd let him fight his own battles When he was young He wouldn't be a coward, today!
Ozians
Kill her! Kill the witch!
All
Wickedness must be punished
Brave Witch-Hunters, I would join you if I could
Because Wickedness must be punished
Punished
Punished
For good!