Little Girls

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"Little Girls" is a darkly comedic song from the musical Annie, sung by the villainous Miss Hannigan as she laments having to care for the orphaned girls.

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Little Girls canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
appearsInMedium film adaptation of Annie
stage musical
associatedWork Annie (Broadway revival)
surface form: Annie (1977 Broadway musical)

Annie
surface form: Annie (1982 film)

Annie (1999 television film)
surface form: Annie (1999 film)

Annie (2014 film)
basedOn Little Orphant Annie
surface form: Little Orphan Annie (comic strip)
characterExpressedEmotion disgust
exasperation
frustration
composer Charles Strouse
firstPerformanceIn Annie
surface form: Annie (original Broadway production)
genre dark comedy song
musical theatre song
show tune
lyricist Martin Charnin
lyricsBy Martin Charnin
musicBy Charles Strouse
narrativeFunction comic relief number
villain song
narrativePerspective Miss Hannigan
originalLanguage English
originCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
partOf Annie
Annie
surface form: Annie (musical)
setting Orphan Asylum Society in the City of New York
surface form: New York City orphanage (fictional)
subjectOf musical theatre criticism
sungByCharacter Miss Hannigan
targetCharacters the orphan girls in Annie
thematicFocus comic villainy
resentment toward caring for orphaned girls
tone bitter
darkly comedic
sarcastic
usedFor character development of Miss Hannigan

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Annie notableSong Little Girls
Miss Hannigan sings Little Girls