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* The Charlie Daniels Band recorded ''Music/TheLegendOfWooleySwamp'' in 1980, warning of the hazards of this marshland full of creepy-crawlies and quicksand. Oh, and the ghost of Lucius Clay, too.

* ''Series/{{Bumble}}'' has an episode where Fishy says, "It might rain or it might not." Bumble wasn't listening properly and didn't hear the "might not", so he tells someone else that it's going to rain and that they'd better take the clothes in off the line in case there's a storm. Boo [[OutOfContextEavesdropping just hears something about storms]] and so sings a song to Peek, warning him that he'd better not be outside "when the wind begins to roar".

* One episode of ''Series/FraggleRock'' features a song called "Bad News" that lists various ways that Wembley could imperil himself.

* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has two of these:
** "The Day The Goblins Got Away" is sung by the toys and Johnny Crawfish in "The Magic Key" to warn Kate and Truman of the troubles that the goblins will cause in the shop.
** The song "Another Nice Mess" from "The Big Mess" starts off with Johnny Crawfish warning everyone in the shop to run away from the vaccum cleaner that has gone awry in the shop before it escalates to the other toys singing about the trouble that it is causing.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
** The song "Danger's No Stranger" is sung to a man warning his girlfriend not to put herself in danger by avoiding falling objects and taking heed of danger signs.
** "Get Out, Stay Out, Don't You Go Back In" is a take on ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' about fire safety in which The Big Bad Wolf and the titular pigs warn about not going into a house that's on fire to retrieve lost items.
** "Every Day Can't Be Christmas" from ''Film/ElmoSavesChristmas'' is Santa Claus' warning to Elmo about how Christmas wouldn't be special if it was every single day.
* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' has a song called "Dangerous", which warns against the dangers of playing on the road.

The protagonists meets a character, or even a entire group, inside of or near the entrance of a place that already looks omnious, or about to meet a person [[TheDreaded with a scary reputation]]. Said character/group decides to warn the heroes about how the area they're about to enter will be their end, or how said dreaded person could put a end to them...but warn in a musical way.

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* ''The Bearer of the Ring, The Wearer of the Ring'' from ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is a warning against the One Ring's seductive power, and that it's "simple" power (actually its [[NotTheIntendedUse useful side-effect]] of invisibility) grows stronger and more malicious with every step it's taken closer to Barad-Dûr, and thus it's true master, Sauron (Frodo and Sam are going to the nearby volcano, Mt. Doom).

* ''The Bearer of the Ring, The Wearer of the Ring'' from ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is a warning against the One Ring's seductive power, and that it's "simple" power (actually its [[NotTheIntendedUse useful side-effect]] of invisibility) grows stronger and more malicious with every step it's taken closer to Mount Doom.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina}}'': Ms. Fieldmouse warns Thumbelina that she'd be better off to "Marry the Mole" then pursue her true love Prince Cornelius, even invoking the doomed romance of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet.

* The opening number of ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "This Is Urinetown"]] has the cast [[BreakingTheFourthWall warns the audience]] that they are about to see a show about a CrapsackWorld, that the first act lasts an hour so they might want to go to the bathroom before the show starts, and that there are no ticket refunds at this point.

* The opening number of ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "This Is Urinetown"]] warns the audience that they are about to see a show about a CrapsackWorld, that the first act lasts an hour so they might want to go to the bathroom before the show starts, and that there are no ticket refunds at this point.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'': Big Mama has "Lack of Education" as she warns Tod that despite his friendship with Copper, they are not supposed to be friends and when they grow up, they will become mortal enemies. Tod is against this, but he soon finds out she's right.

* In ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'', when Max tries to go into the {{Haunted House}}'s basement (because the door says there's a phone down there, and he wants to call someone), a [[Creator/DannyElfman lizard man]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment comes out of nowhere and sings the number "Don't Go Into the Basement"]], which is all about the lizard ordering Max to stay out of the basement for vague reasons. At the end, we learn that the basement contains [[spoiler:a train to Hell]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'': Big Mama has "Lack of Education" as she warns Tod that despite his friendship with Copper, they are not supposed to be friends and when they grow up, they will become mortal enemies. Tod is against this, but he soon finds out she's right.
* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' has "Frozen Heart", which serves as both a warning and as {{Foreshadowing}}.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'':
** Clopin begins the film putting on a little theater for a group of children, all the while singing ''"The Bells of Notre Dame"'' to tell them the story of how the titular hunchback, Quasimodo, came to be the bellringer of Notre-Dame, and under the care of [[BigBad Judge Claude Frollo]]. Ostensibly, the song is to warn the children the dangers of corruption that power brings, and that ''no one'' is above the judgement of God. The latter of which, within the song itself, is sung to Frollo by [[BigGood the Archdeacon]] as a warning in and of itself. The Archdeacon gave Frollo that warning after Frollo claimed a clear conscience for murdering Quasimodo's mother on the very steps of the church; the Archdeacon himself was too late to stop him, but arrived in time to save the infant Quasimodo's life.

** The first part of "Out There" has Frollo warn Quasimodo to stay in the bell tower for all eternity for the people of the outside world will hate him for his deformed appearance and call him a monster. This turns out to be a case of irony, as he killed Quasi's mother when he was a baby and ''he'' is the monster himself.
* From ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'':
** "Mother Knows Best" sung by [[MyBelovedSmother Gothel]] is a VillainSong that depends on instilling enough fear in Rapunzel that she won't dare leave her tower by listing the dangers of the outside world, because she is secretly using Rapunzel for the healing abilities of her hair and needs her to stay young forever.
** The [[DarkReprise reprise]] of "Mother Knows Best", when Rapunzel refuses to come back to Gothel, Gothel sings that the only reason Flynn is sticking around Rapunzel is to get back the [[CoolCrown crown]] he stole.

* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Dolphin's warning the audience the world is coming to an end but alas due to human ear's they couldn't understand them, so instead they sing the song "So long and thanks for all the fish" before they disappear off the earth.

->''You can lie to yourself and your minions!''\\
''You can claim that you haven't a qualm!''\\
''But you never can run from''\\
''nor hide what you've done from the eyes!''\\
''The very eyes of Notre-Dame!''
-->--'''Archdeacon''', ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''

* In ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'', when Max tries to go into the {{Haunted House}}'s basement (because the door says there's a phone down there, and he wants to call someone), a lizard man [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment comes out of nowhere and sings the number "Don't Go Into the Basement"]], which is all about the lizard ordering Max to stay out of the basement for vague reasons. At the end, we learn that the basement contains [[spoiler:a train to Hell]].

* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'': "Mark This" is about Cerberus warning Jasper about the GhostAmnesia that will inevitably affect him while in Deadland. Later, "The Forgetting" goes into more detail about how the memory loss happens and what it's like to realize you're fighting a futile to hold on to your memories.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'':