'No one mourns the wicked' is the first song in the play, and the first song that was written.
Plot[]
The people in Oz are singing about how happy they were the wicked witch of the west, was dead. Saying it was 'Good news' they call Glinda, and she sings about how happy she is, but she points out it could not have been easy for Elphaba, the people in oz don't think Glinda is right about that. They sing some more about it, and she asks if people are born wicked, or if they become wicked later. She points out that she had a mother, and that she had a father. She shows them Elphaba's birth, and before. The father is leaving and the mother does not care, but the father is sad and tells her he will miss her, she says it was okay, and it was only one night. He tells her to know that he was in her heart while, he was out of her sight. Glinda says that, like every family, they had secrets. Another man comes in, one he father has left, the mother and this man, dance. He tells her it is his last night in town, and drink this green drink he has. She drinks it, and spends the night with the man. The father comes the next day. Months later, a midwife is wi the mother and the father, she says the baby is coming, She is born green. Glinda says it could not have been easy, but the people in Oz don't care. So, she sings with them. There is no song before it, and the song after it is 'Dear old Shiz'. It is not one of the more popular songs in the play.
Lyrics[]
Sung=Normal tex or CAPS
Spoken=Bold
Ozians
GOOD NEWS!
SHE'S DEAD!
THE WITCH OF THE WEST IS DEAD!
THE WICKEDEST WITCH THERE EVER WAS
THE ENEMY OF ALL OF US HERE IN OZ
IS DEAD!
GOOD NEWS!
GOOD NEWS!
Someone in crowd
Look! It's Glinda!
Glinda
Fellow Ozians ...
LET US BE GLAD
LET US BE GRATEFUL
LET US REJOICIFY THAT GOODNESS COULD SUBDUE
THE WICKED WORKINGS OF YOU-KNOW-WHO
ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW
THAT GOOD WILL CONQUER EVIL?
THE TRUTH WE'LL ALL BELIEVE'LL BY AND BY
OUTLIVE A LIE
FOR YOU AND ~ ~
Someone in crowd
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED
Another Person
NO ONE CRIES:"THEY WON'T RETURN!"
All
NO ONE LAYS A LILY ON THEIR GRAVE
Man
THE GOOD MAN SCORNS THE WICKED!
People
THROUGH THEIR LIVES, OUR CHILDREN LEARN:
All
WHAT WE MISS
WHEN WE MISBEHAVE ...
Glinda
AND GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED'S LIVES ARE LONELY
GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED DIE ALONE
IT JUST SHOWS WHEN YOU'RE WICKED
YOU'RE LEFT ONLY
ON YOUR OWN ...
All
YES, GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED'S LIVES ARE LONELY
GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED CRY ALONE
NOTHING GROWS FOR THE WICKED
THEY REAP ONLY
WHAT THEY'VE SOWN ...
Glinda
Are people born Wicked? Or do they have Wickedness thrust upon them? After all, she had a father. She had a mother, as so many do... (flashback}
Father
How I hate to go and leave you lonely
Mother
That's alright--It's only just one night
FATHER
BUT KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE IN MY HEART
WHILE I'M OUT OF YOUR SIGHT...
Glinda
And like every family-they had their secrets.
Lover
Have another drink, my dark-eyed beayty
I've got just one more night left, here in town
So have another drink of green elixir
And we'll have ourselves a litter mixer
Have another little swallow, little lady
And follow me down....
Glinda
And of course, from the moment she was born, she was - well - different ...
Midwife
It's coming
Father
Now?
Midwife
The baby's coming
Father
And how!
Midwife and Father
! see a nose
I see a curl
It's a healthy, perfect
Lovely little-
Father
Sweet Oz!
Mother
What is it? What's wrong?
MIdwife
How can it be?
Father
What does it mean?
Midwife
It's atrocious!
Father
It's obscence!I
Midwife and Father:
Like a froggy, ferny cabbage
The baby is unnaturally-
All
GREEN!
Father
Take it away ... take it away! (End of flashback)
Glinda
So you see - it couldn't have been easy!
All
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED
NOW AT LAST, SHE'S DEAD AND GONE
NOW AT LAST, THERE'S JOY THROUGHOUT THE LAND
AND
GOODNESS KNOWS
WE KNOW WHAT GOODNESS IS
GOODNESS KNOWS
THE WICKED DIE ALONE
Glinda
She died alone....
All
WOE TO THOSE
WHO SPURN WHAT GOODNESSES
THEY ARE SHOWN
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED ...
Glinda
Good news!
Crowd
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!
Glinda
GOOD NEWS!
All
NO ONE MOURNS THE WICKED!
WICKED!
WICKED!