Tom Waits 「 Heigh Ho 」 ( The Dwarfs marching song ) from Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs

[tchudsonco]

I have a copy of this that came in at the college radio station at which I worked. Program manager and music director had no idea what to do with it. I gladly took it off their hands. I still enjoy listening to it.

[CharlieDontSurfFilms]

Tom Waits is the only musician who can make a Disney song terrifying.

[tricksterson]

Now these are REAL Dwarves!

[FatherLucho]

From an album called "Stay Awake." Yeah, 'cause anyone can sleep after this.

[Glubby]

I play this while playing minecraft.

[Dr3dLord]

Sent this song to a friend who plays minecraft a lot and just when he was exploring a cave. He quit for no reason.

[Vadergeek]

Anyone know Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples? Good combination with this.

[morhotpockets]

this is scary. just straight out scary.

[almishti]

I was working at Tower Records in san jose when this album came out. Then a few months it was gone and I've never seen it since. Story I heard was that Disney hated this song so much they threatened to sue the record producers if they didn't take it off, but instead the whole album just went out of print.

[Romeowasbleeding1]

I can't stop laughing at the fact that this had made its way onto a Disney compilation!

[SimpleJars]

This has been my favorite song!

[Shporky]

This is exactly how Dwarf Fortress is.

[ExcessiveSpareTime]

This got on an official Disney compilation.

A company whose works are aimed at small children.

Coincidentally, what was the therapy rate at around this time?

I mean, he took a song about cheery little hardworkers and turned it into the theme tune for midget slave labor. It doesn't get much darker than that.

[ScoloCentipede]

@ExcessiveSpareTime "a song about cheery little hardworkers and turned it into the theme tune for midget slave labor"

So... like the real working world then? ;)

[broadwaymelody33]

Huh. It's like it came out of the original tellings of Snow White.

[BohoRoohaha]

This is one of my favorite songs on this album. This whole album rocks. Its one of my all time favorites.  Thanks for posting and spreading the love!

[lokiskywalker]

Okay, Aaron Neville and The Replacements should never be in the same STATE, much less the same album.

[moukidelmar]

This is like the the 7 dwarves go to the Mines of Moria

[TheJiggsCasey]

Did you know, when Disney heard the final version of Waits' Heigh Ho, they wanted to cut it out, but had no time or the rights to. I think it rocks.

[Bi0mega]

Am I the only one not getting the creepiness of this version? Frankly, I'm enjoying the hell out of it. Perfect thing to listen to as the sun rises if you ask me...

[astrolupine]

Please add more tracks from this album if you can (even though it's been like, almost a year since this). I'm pining for Harry Nillson's 'Zip-A-dee-doo-dah',

[woodsbike]

Cool Stuff - thanks for sharing!

[tricksterson]

Now these guys in the song are *real* dwarves, not those pansies in the movie

[b0mbcar]

This works perfectly with Dwarf Fortress.

[HiyruuAzuretiem]

Yeah, I agreed DF all the way. Now I need to find this album to hear the rest of the various interperations

[BohoRoohaha]

@HiyruuAzuretiem hey, i totally recommend this album if you're a fan of avant garde, jazz, rock/pop, or folk (and Disney of course)...its not as creepy as this song. but its awesome...anyways, you can find it on amazon. just sayyin....haha.

[laikapupkino]

like a fiend with his dope

or a drunkard his wine

it's dark as a dungeon

way down in the mine...

AWESOME!

[Zedwoman]

The "Germinal" version!

[TheDLytellShow]

Thanks, I've never heard this one from T. Waits. I aspire to turn boring cartoon hell into such inventive subversive heights.

[G0lfimbul]

ever play dwarf fortress? it's like this...

[TSEDTIKS]

Especially the rubies thing (assuming you're volcanic).

[dhamma82]

This is unbelievably stylish.

[natteaap]

incredible how he can turn funny dwarfs in to evil gnomes. I guess that if these guys where to guard snowwhite, no evil mother in law would dare to come near with a battle axe. Let alone an apple.

[TheRandomfanboy]

@natteaap

It was a stepmother. But yeah.