Once Upon A Mattress movie

Once Upon A Mattress movie - Many Moons Ago lyrics

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Song by Harry Snow<br /><br>

Many moons ago<br>

In a far off place<br>

Lived a handsome prince<br>

With a gloomy face<br>

For he did not have a bride.<br>

Oh, he sighed “alas,” and he cried, “alas,”<br>

For alas, the prince couldn’t find a lass<br>

Who would suit his mother’s pride<br>

For a princess is a delicate thing<br>

Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly’s wing<br>

You can recognize a lady by her elegant air<br>

But a genuine princess <br>

Is exceedingly rare<br>

<br>

On a stormy night <br>

To the castle door<br>

Came the lass the prince <br>

Had been waiting for<br>

“I’m a princess lost,” quoth she.<br>

But the queen was cool, and remained aloof<br>

“Well, perhaps,” she said,<br>

But we’ll need some proof.<br>

I’ll devise a test and see.”<br>

“I will test her thus,” the old queen said,<br>

“I’ll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed,<br>

And beneath those twenty mattresses <br>

I’ll place one tiny pea. <br>

If that pea disturbs her slumber,<br>

Then a true princess is she.”<br>

<br>

Now the bed was soft<br>

And extremely tall,<br>

But the dainty lass<br>

Didn’t sleep at all,<br>

And she told them so next day.<br>

Said the queen, “My dear,<br>

If you felt that pea,<br>

Then we’ve ample proof <br>

Of your royalty.<br>

Let the wedding music play.”<br>

(And the people shouted quietly, “Hurray!”<br>

<br>

For a princess is a delicate thing,<br>

Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly’s wing<br>

You can recognize a lady<br>

By her elegant air<br>

But a genuine princess<br>

Is exceedingly rare.<br>

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