Once Upon A Mattress movie - Many Moons Ago lyrics
rate meSong 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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