《Many Moons Ago》歌词

[00:00:00] Many Moons Ago - Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)/Lawrence Clayton

[00:00:00] Written by：Mary Rodgers/Marshall Barer/Jay David Saks

[00:00:02] Many moons ago in a far off place

[00:00:07] Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face

[00:00:11] For he did not have a bride

[00:00:15] Oh he sighed alas

[00:00:17] And he pined alas

[00:00:20] But alas the prince couldn't find a lass

[00:00:24] Who would suit his mother's pride

[00:00:28] For a princess is a delicate thing

[00:00:34] Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

[00:00:38] You can recognize a lady by her elegant air

[00:00:44] But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare

[00:00:59] On stormy night to the castle door

[00:01:03] Came the lass the prince had been waiting for

[00:01:07] I'm a princess lost quoth she

[00:01:11] But the queen was cool and remained aloof

[00:01:15] And she said

[00:01:16] Perhaps but we'll need some proof

[00:01:19] I'll prepare a test and see

[00:01:23] I will test her thus

[00:01:26] The old queen said

[00:01:28] I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed

[00:01:32] And beneath those twenty mattresses I'll place one tiny pea

[00:01:38] If that pea disturbs her slumber

[00:01:41] Then a true princess is she

[00:01:51] Now the bed was soft and extremely tall

[00:01:54] But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all

[00:01:59] And she told them so next day

[00:02:03] Said the queen My dear if you felt that pea

[00:02:06] Then we've proof enough of your royalty

[00:02:11] Let the wedding music play

[00:02:16] And the people shouted quietly

[00:02:19] Hooray

[00:02:21] For a princess is a delicate

[00:02:26] Thing delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

[00:02:32] You can recognize a lady

[00:02:34] By her elegant air but a genuine princess is exceedingly rare

[00:02:58] There are many versions of this story

[00:03:01] I sing them all

[00:03:03] This is the prettiest

[00:03:04] But it's not quite accurate

[00:03:08] I happen know the true

[00:03:09] Story of the princess and the pea

[00:03:11] For the very good reason that I was there

[00:03:14] It was a small kingdom ruled

[00:03:16] Over by a talkative queen and a mute king

[00:03:21] And the princess in the

[00:03:22] True story was not the only girl put to the test

[00:03:25] Actually she was one of

[00:03:27] 13 girls girls who came to the castle hoping

[00:03:30] To wed the prince but who

[00:03:33] For one reason or another were found to be unsuitable