Misc Musicals – Once Upon A Mattress - Many Moons Ago (Guitar)

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Many moons ago in a far off place

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Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face

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For he did not have a bride

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Oh, he sighed, "Alas" and he pined, "Alas"

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But alas, the prince couldn't find a lass

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Who would suit his mother's pride

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For a princess is a delicate thing

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Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

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You can recognize a lady by her elegant air

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But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare

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On a stormy night to the castle door

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Came the lass the prince had been waiting for

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"I'm a princess lost", quoth she

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But the queen was cool and remained aloof

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And she said, "Perhaps, but we'll need some proof

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I'll prepare a test and see

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(Spoken) "I will test her thus", the old queen said

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"I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed

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And beneath those twenty mattresses, I'll place one tiny pea

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If that pea disturbs her slumber then a true princess is she"

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(Sung) Now the bed was soft and extremely tall

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But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all

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And she told them so next day

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Said the queen, "My dear, if you felt that pea

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Then we've proof enough of your royalty

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Let the wedding music play"

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And the people shouted quietly, "Hurray!"

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For a princess is a delicate thing

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Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

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You can recognize a lady by her elegant air

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But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare