[Scuttle]

Mermaid, ahoy! Hiya Ariel... Say, whatcha doing up here on the surface?

[Ariel]

Scuttle, I want to write a letter... To a little girl. She wants to know about mermaids. Could you help me?

[Scuttle]

You betcha, sweetie! Ol' Scuttle knows everything about writing letters

Humans are my specialty

With all their fancy stuff

You want to write a letter?

Hey, that's not so tough

First, you need a tapplehooper

That's what they use to write

A ballpoint tapplehooper

Would really be outta sight

[Ariel]

Are you sure they write with... tapplehoopers?

[Scuttle]

Absolutely!

[Ariel]

Oh, Scuttle

[Scuttle]

It's hard to be humble

When you know everything

I may have an ego

But it's under my wing

Everyone wants answers

No ifs, ands, or buts

So I show off politely

That's the Scuttle Strut

Strut!

Do the Scuttle Strut!

Strut!

This letter-writing stuff is a cinch! Humans do it all the time. Now here's whatcha gotta do...

You start out, "Very truly yours"

And end it with, "Dear friend"

And it between, you say things like

"How large the weather's been"

Then you stuff it in a bottle

A special one that floats

Humans only use them

For their most important notes

[Ariel]

Like this bottle? The one I found with the letter inside!

[Scuttle]

Sure! Why, you could mail anything in that!

It's hard to be humble

When you know everything

I may have an ego

But it's under my wing

Everyone wants answers

Who, why, where and what

So I show off politely

That's the Scuttle Strut

Strut!

Do the Scuttle Strut!

Strut!

Strut!

Do the Scuttle Strut!

Strut!

It's hard to be humble

When you know everything

I may have an ego

But it's under my wing

Everyone wants answers

No ifs, ands, or buts

So I show off politely (Strut...)

That's the Scuttle Strut

Strut!

Do the Scuttle Strut

Strut!

Now you better hurry home, sweetie. You know what your father would say if he finds you on the surface again

[Ariel]

Thanks, Scuttle!