This is from "Into the Woods" by Steven Sodheim (Sp?)and is sung by Bernadette Peters. This is by no way property of mine and I can only hope that they don't sue.
Witch- In the past, when your mother was with child, she developed an unusual appetite.
She took one look at my beautiful garden, and told your father that what she wanted,
more than anything in the world was greens, greens, and nothing but greens! Parsley,
peppers, cabbages and celery, asparagus and watercress and fiddleferns and lettuce. He
said “All right.” But it wasn’t quite, ‘cause I caught him in the autumn in my garden one
night! He was robbing me! Raping me! Rooting through my rutabaga, raiding my
arugala and ripping up the rampion! My champion, my favorite! I should have laid a spell
on him right there. Could have turned him into stone, or a dog, or a chair. But I let him
have the rampion, I’d lots to spare. In return, however, I said ‘Fair is fair. You could let
me have the baby that your wife will bear, and we’ll call it square!’
Baker- I had a brother?
Witch- No, but you had a sister.
Narrator- But the witch refused to tell him anymore of his sister, not even that her name
was Rapunzel.
Witch- I thought I’d been more than reasonable, but how was I to know what your father
had also hidden in his pocket!
Baker- What?
Witch- Beans!
Baker- Beans?
Witch- The special beans! I let him go, I didn’t know he’d stolen my beans! I was
watching him crawl back over the wall when bang! Crash! A lighting flash! Yeah, well
that’s another story, never mind, anyway at last the big day came. I made my claim. ‘Oh,
don’t take away the baby!’ They shrieked and screeched, but I did and I hid her where
she’ll never be reached! Your father cried and your mother died. And for extra measure, I
admit it was a pleasure, I said ‘Sorry I’m still not mollified’ and I laid a little spell on
them. You too, son. That your family tree would always be a barren one. So there’s no
more fuss and there’s no more scenes and my garden thrives, you should see my
nectarines! But I’m telling you the same I tell kings and queens! Never, ever, ever mess
around with my greens! Especially the beans!