SCENE 3: **Back in the Great Hall, the Sorting Ceremony is about to
take place. Professor McGonagall places the Sorting Hat on the chair,
and it begins to sing:**
The Sorting Hat Song (Sung to the tune of 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen')
(The Sorting Hat)
You wait, little ones, in this vast Great Hall
And let there be no doubt now
Your fate, little ones, listen for your call
And what I'm going to spout now
(First years waiting to be sorted)
To spout now!
(The Sorting Hat)
Will you be in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff
Will it be Slytherin?
Ravenclaw's fine, a favorite of mine
If I say you're in, you're in
Will you be in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw
Maybe in Hufflepuff
Slytherin's keen, if you're kind of mean
It means you've got "the right stuff"
Hufflepuffs are such hard workers
And kind of boring too
But if you're the shy and quiet type
They'll be adoring you
That leaves only one house, Gryffindor
And if you're brave and strong
This house will be it, it's such a good fit
It's where you belong
McGonagall: Ginny Weasley!
**Ginny sits on the Sorting stool and the hat is placed on her head**
(Sorting Hat, singing so only she can hear)
Ginny Weasley, you're a Gryffindor
Where else could I place you?
Ron and Percy, and Bill and Charlie
And Fred and George were there too
All you redheads end up in Gryffindor
'Least you're the last for now
Seven years in with that set of twins
Is quite enough, that I vow!
And I know that you're pleased as well
To be in Harry's house
If you're in luck, and show some pluck
Someday you'll be his spouse
But, I sense another voice calling you
Someone who's Slytherin-
Something evil is coming to Hogwarts
What's this touch of sin?
**During this song, Snape has risen from his place at the head table and has left the Great Hall. At the end of the song, he reappears and whispers something to Dumbledore and McGonagall, they follow him to the corridor.**
The Sorting Hat Song (Sung to the tune of 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen')
(The Sorting Hat)
You wait, little ones, in this vast Great Hall
And let there be no doubt now
Your fate, little ones, listen for your call
And what I'm going to spout now
(First years waiting to be sorted)
To spout now!
(The Sorting Hat)
Will you be in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff
Will it be Slytherin?
Ravenclaw's fine, a favorite of mine
If I say you're in, you're in
Will you be in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw
Maybe in Hufflepuff
Slytherin's keen, if you're kind of mean
It means you've got "the right stuff"
Hufflepuffs are such hard workers
And kind of boring too
But if you're the shy and quiet type
They'll be adoring you
That leaves only one house, Gryffindor
And if you're brave and strong
This house will be it, it's such a good fit
It's where you belong
McGonagall: Ginny Weasley!
**Ginny sits on the Sorting stool and the hat is placed on her head**
(Sorting Hat, singing so only she can hear)
Ginny Weasley, you're a Gryffindor
Where else could I place you?
Ron and Percy, and Bill and Charlie
And Fred and George were there too
All you redheads end up in Gryffindor
'Least you're the last for now
Seven years in with that set of twins
Is quite enough, that I vow!
And I know that you're pleased as well
To be in Harry's house
If you're in luck, and show some pluck
Someday you'll be his spouse
But, I sense another voice calling you
Someone who's Slytherin-
Something evil is coming to Hogwarts
What's this touch of sin?
**During this song, Snape has risen from his place at the head table and has left the Great Hall. At the end of the song, he reappears and whispers something to Dumbledore and McGonagall, they follow him to the corridor.**
