《Many Moons Ago》歌词

歌曲： Many Moons Ago

所属专辑：Once Upon a Mattress (New Broadway Cast Recording (1996))

歌手： Once Upon a Mattress Ense

时长： 03:38

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Many Moons Ago - Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)/Lawrence Clayton[00:00:00]

Written by：Mary Rodgers/Marshall Barer/Jay David Saks[00:00:00]

Many moons ago in a far off place[00:00:02]

Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face[00:00:07]

For he did not have a bride[00:00:11]

Oh he sighed alas[00:00:15]

And he pined alas[00:00:17]

But alas the prince couldn't find a lass[00:00:20]

Who would suit his mother's pride[00:00:24]

For a princess is a delicate thing[00:00:28]

Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing[00:00:34]

You can recognize a lady by her elegant air[00:00:38]

But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare[00:00:44]

On stormy night to the castle door[00:00:59]

Came the lass the prince had been waiting for[00:01:03]

I'm a princess lost quoth she[00:01:07]

But the queen was cool and remained aloof[00:01:11]

And she said[00:01:15]

Perhaps but we'll need some proof[00:01:16]

I'll prepare a test and see[00:01:19]

I will test her thus[00:01:23]

The old queen said[00:01:26]

I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed[00:01:28]

And beneath those twenty mattresses I'll place one tiny pea[00:01:32]

If that pea disturbs her slumber[00:01:38]

Then a true princess is she[00:01:41]

Now the bed was soft and extremely tall[00:01:51]

But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all[00:01:54]

And she told them so next day[00:01:59]

Said the queen My dear if you felt that pea[00:02:03]

Then we've proof enough of your royalty[00:02:06]

Let the wedding music play[00:02:11]

And the people shouted quietly[00:02:16]

Hooray[00:02:19]

For a princess is a delicate[00:02:21]

Thing delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing[00:02:26]

You can recognize a lady[00:02:32]

By her elegant air but a genuine princess is exceedingly rare[00:02:34]

There are many versions of this story[00:02:58]

I sing them all[00:03:01]

This is the prettiest[00:03:03]

But it's not quite accurate[00:03:04]

I happen know the true[00:03:08]

Story of the princess and the pea[00:03:09]

For the very good reason that I was there[00:03:11]

It was a small kingdom ruled[00:03:14]

Over by a talkative queen and a mute king[00:03:16]

And the princess in the[00:03:21]

True story was not the only girl put to the test[00:03:22]

Actually she was one of[00:03:25]

13 girls girls who came to the castle hoping[00:03:27]

To wed the prince but who[00:03:30]

For one reason or another were found to be unsuitable[00:03:33]