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

[ti:Many Moons Ago] [ar:Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)/Lawrence Clayton] [al:Once Upon a Mattress (New Broadway Cast Recording (1996))] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Many Moons Ago - Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)/Lawrence Clayton [00:01.41]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 [00:44.12] [00:44.74]But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare [00:54.39] [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 [01:10.90] [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 [01:23.03] [01:23.98]I will test her thus [01:25.55] [01:26.43]The old queen said [01:28.10]I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed [01:31.62] [01:32.12]And beneath those twenty mattresses I'll place one tiny pea [01:37.23] [01:38.26]If that pea disturbs her slumber [01:41.36]Then a true princess is she [01:44.15] [01:51.12]Now the bed was soft and extremely tall [01:54.89]But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all [01:59.37]And she told them so next day [02:02.62] [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 [02:15.43] [02:16.30]And the people shouted quietly [02:19.80]Hooray [02:21.40] [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 [02:56.86] [02:58.80]There are many versions of this story [03:00.74] [03:01.26]I sing them all [03:02.71] [03:03.44]This is the prettiest [03:04.59]But it's not quite accurate [03:07.03] [03:08.00]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 [03:14.02] [03:14.78]It was a small kingdom ruled [03:16.86]Over by a talkative queen and a mute king [03:20.44] [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 [03:27.54]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