A scene from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971
Willy Wonka Gene Wilder

[in the tunnel]

There's no earthly way of knowingwhich direction we are going.There's no knowing where we're rowing,or which way the river's flowing.Is it raining? Is it snowing?Is a hurricane a-blowing?Not a speck of light is showing,so the danger must be growing.Are the fires of hell a-glowing?Is the grisly reaper mowing?!Yes! The danger must be growing,for the rowers keep on rowing.And they're certainly not showing...any signs that they are slowing!

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