We Can Can Be Friends is a song from Madeline and the Cancan Cliques. It plays during the Can Can show when the twelve little girls get their turn to perform. Its melody starts off in C Major, and then segues into D Major at the second verse.
Lyrics[]
12 little girls: We can dance together we can prance together,
All through France together, not excluding or eluding!
Won't reject each other
We'll protect each other
And respect each other
We can can be friends!
We can Can-can, only if our fighting ends!
We can Can-can, Can-can and we can be friends!
We can Can-can, only if we make amends!
We can Can-can, Can-can and we can be friends!
Audience: Whoo! Whoo!
12 little girls: Now with adoration, we got syncopation
Here's our proclomation: no more brooding or colluding!
If we stick together
Thin and thick together
We can kick together
We can can be friends!
We can Can-can, only if our fighting ends!
We can Can-can, Can-can and we can be friends!
We can Can-can, only if we make amends!
We can Can-can, Can-can and we can be friends!
So, we can Can-can and we can be friends!
So let us Can-can and we can be friends!
Can-can be friends!
Listen[]
Trivia[]
- This song's melody was based off the famous "Can Can" from the overture in Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orpheus in Underground".
- Throughout the majority of the song, the girls have their mouths closed. The lyrics could be their own personal narration, however.
- The song's title comes from a play on the Can-can itself and "We can be friends".