Two Fairy Tales Lyrics - A Little Night Music
Two Fairy Tales Lyrics - A Little Night Music |
Stephen Sondheim Songs from Musicals A Little Night Music the Musical - Two Fairy Tales Lyrics
Once upon a time Once upon a time There lived a princess There lived a knight Who was exceedingly beloved? Who was devout? Who had a kingdom? In a kingdom Which was perfect Which was wrerched Which was carpeted with jewels Which was under someone's curse She was beset on every side On every side it was beset With handsome princes With giant trolls And lesser nobles And a dragon Bearing gifts and begging marriage Bringing famine She would spurn them He would pray And they would kill themselves in duels And it constantly got worse of course But the princess soon grew tired The knight was much inspired Of all the fires she had fanned By the misery at hand As time went on He thought She thought I must wed someone I must do something To alleviate the sorrow in the land To alleviate the sorrow in the land Now there were three There were three Princes Dragons In particular named In particular named Virtue Falsehood Kindness Greed And Excellent And Lust But she could not He could not Choose Refuse the call At all He bade his wife She bade the three appears Farewell or go he must. Then to the west She go her wizard to suggest The knight set off upon his quest A sort of test He bore his crest At her behest As if possessed The princely suitors did their best Nor did the rest And who'd have guessed He was obsessed All three were tested and they passed He found a priest She was depressed He made a fast and was confessed And served a feast where she was faced He never ceased With princes Until at last he had laid waste Virtue And turn to dust the dragon Kindness Falsehood And Excellent Greed After many year And lust The King her after After many years Who'd been abroad in search of truth? The noble knight Returned to find Who'd lost an arm? The kingdom wretched Retired to find All activity suspended The kingdom perfect To his dismay he also found All activity resumed His daughter mad He also found to his dismay With indecision His wife had died She had lapsed into a coma With the waiting While her suitors And his children Had grown restless and offended Left alone And so the king to ease her sorrow Had been starving and were doomed Passed a curious decree So the court upon the morrow That she could marry all three suitors Proclaimed a holiday to be Did she feel quietly? And the day was named for him No Did he feel quietly? And it was wonderful to see Oh yes So she lived And it was wonderful to see Ever after So he lived With Virtue Not for long Kindness Ever watchful for And Excellence Falsehood That's the tale Greed Which was read me by my father And lust That's a tale Which was read me by my mother
And there's probably A moral to be Pointedly discussed But it's always been My favorite And I read it when I'm gloomy And though fairy tales are Foolish that's a Fairy tale of trust
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