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Comedic song for 9yr old with BIG personality?

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Hi all, I'm looking for song suggestions for one of my vocal students. She is 9 but has a massive personality and no fear. She has some comps coming up so she is looking for a MT song that is appropriate for her age (very important to judges) but is also comedic and provides lots of character work. She is also a dancer so she loves songs that call for quite a bit of movement. I'm having a lot of trouble finding songs that a comedic but also age appropriate. She has previsouly loved Born To Entertain - Ruthless and several songs from Matilda and Seussical. 
Her voice sits more towards the soprano end with a decent belt and her head voice is coming along well (she's also working on some classical repertoire).
This is my first time posting so I hope I'm doing this right, any help would be really appreciated! Thank you

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"I Speak Six Languages" from THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

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-- A Person Could Develop a Cold (Guys and Dolls)

-- Those were the Good Old Times (Damn Yankees)

-- Broadway Baby (Follies)

-- Motherhood (Hello, Dolly!)

-- Comedy Tonight (A Funny Thing)

-- Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat (Funny Girl)

-- Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat (Guys and Dolls)

-- Friendship (duet) (Anything Goes)

-- Have an Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone (Gypsy)

-- Doin' What Comes Naturally (Annie Get Your Gun -- first blush a speck risqué, but really not)

-- Bosom Buddies (duet) (Mame)

-- Easy Street (Annie)

 

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"Naughty" (from Matilda the Musical)

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The first song I thought of was "My New Philosophy" from You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. It's not particularly dance-heavy, but it sounds like it could show off her voice and personality.

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I Know Things Now from Into the Woods first came to mind.
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The Wells Fargo Wagon - The Music Man.

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I watched a 9 year old get a part by singing "I Enjoy Being a Girl" even though it is not really age appropriate.  

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"Live Out Loud" from Andrew Lippa's musical of A Little Princess

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"Good Times Are Here to Stay" or "Star Tar" from Dames at Sea (does she tap?)

For a ballad, maybe "Little Fat Girls" from Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? or "Oh, To Be A Movie Star" from The Apple Tree

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"I Speak 6 Languages" and "My New Philosophy" are such good suggestions! If she really has so much personality I would go with the latter. 

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Dance Ten Looks Three.