Many Moons Ago - Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)&Lawrence Clayton

[00:00.05]Many Moons Ago - Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)/Lawrence Clayton
[00:00.92]Written by：Mary Rodgers/Marshall Barer/Jay David Saks
[00:02.83]Many moons ago in a far off place
[00:07.09]Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face
[00:11.68]For he did not have a bride
[00:15.72]Oh he sighed alas
[00:17.92]And he pined alas
[00:20.01]But alas the prince couldn't find a lass
[00:24.27]Who would suit his mother's pride
[00:28.85]For a princess is a delicate thing
[00:34.05]Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing
[00:38.04]You can recognize a lady by her elegant air
[00:44.74]But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare
[00:59.22]On stormy night to the castle door
[01:03.15]Came the lass the prince had been waiting for
[01:07.55]I'm a princess lost quoth she
[01:11.56]But the queen was cool and remained aloof
[01:15.43]And she said
[01:16.66]Perhaps but we'll need some proof
[01:19.83]I'll prepare a test and see
[01:23.979996]I will test her thus
[01:26.43]The old queen said
[01:28.1]I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed
[01:32.119995]And beneath those twenty mattresses I'll place one tiny pea
[01:38.259995]If that pea disturbs her slumber
[01:41.36]Then a true princess is she
[01:51.119995]Now the bed was soft and extremely tall
[01:54.89]But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all
[01:59.369995]And she told them so next day
[02:03.21]Said the queen My dear if you felt that pea
[02:06.93]Then we've proof enough of your royalty
[02:11.44]Let the wedding music play
[02:16.3]And the people shouted quietly
[02:19.8]Hooray
[02:21.95]For a princess is a delicate
[02:26.95]Thing delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing
[02:32.26]You can recognize a lady
[02:34.84]By her elegant air but a genuine princess is exceedingly rare
[02:58.8]There are many versions of this story
[03:01.26]I sing them all
[03:03.44]This is the prettiest
[03:04.59]But it's not quite accurate
[03:08.0]I happen know the true
[03:09.56]Story of the princess and the pea
[03:11.23]For the very good reason that I was there
[03:14.78]It was a small kingdom ruled
[03:16.86]Over by a talkative queen and a mute king
[03:21.13]And the princess in the
[03:22.25]True story was not the only girl put to the test
[03:25.84]Actually she was one of
[03:27.54001]13 girls girls who came to the castle hoping
[03:30.86]To wed the prince but who
[03:33.24]For one reason or another were found to be unsuitable