Cinderella

In My Own Little Corner

Cinderella:
I'm as mild and as meek as a mouse
When I hear a command I obey
But I know of a spot in my house
Where no one can stand in my way

In my own little corner in my own little chair
I can be whatever I want to be
On the wing of my fancy I can fly anywhere
And the world will open its arms to me

I'm a young Norwegian princess or a milkmaid
I'm the greatest prima donna in Milan
I'm an heiress who has always had her silk made
By her own flock of silkworms in Japan

I'm a girl men go mad for
Love's a game I can play
With the cool and confident kind of air
Just as long as I stay in my own little corner
All alone in my own little chair

I can be whatever I want to be
I'm a slave from Calcutta
I'm a queen in Peru
I'm a mermaid dancing upon the sea
I'm a huntress on an African safari
It's a dangerous type of sport and yet it's fun
In the night I sally forth to seek my quarry
And I find I forgot to bring my gun!

I am lost in the jungle
All alone and unarmed
When I meet a lioness in her lair
Then I'm glad to be back in my own little corner
All alone in my own little chair



The Prince Is Giving a Ball

Herald:
The prince is giving a ball!!

Ensemble:
The prince is giving a ball! The prince is giving a ball!

Herald:
His royal highness Christopher Rupert Vwindemier Vlandamier Carl Alexander Francois Reginald Lancelot Herman

Boy: HERMAN?

Herald:
Herman.. Gregory James is giving a ball.

Ensemble:
The prince is giving a ball! The prince is giving a ball!

Father:
Our daughter's looking dreamy-eyed

Mother:
The prince is giving a ball.

Daughter:
They say he wants to find a bride, he may find one at the ball!

Girl 1: If only he'd propose to me.
Girl 2: I pray that he'll propose to me.
Girl 3: Why shouldn't he propose to me?
Girl 4: I'll wear a gown of satin jade.
Girl 5: And me I'm in a pink brocade.
Girl 6: And me I'm in the seventh grade.

Ensemble:
The prince is giving a ball. The prince is giving a ball..

Herald:
His royal highness Christopher Rupert son of her majesty Queen Constantina Charlotte Hermantrude Guenivere Mazie..

Boy: MAZIE?

Herald:
Mazie.. Margareet Ann is giving a ball!

Ensemble:
The prince is giving a ball! The prince is giving a ball!!

Girl 7: I wish I didn't like to eat!
Girl 8: I wish I were demure and sweet.
Girl 9: I wish I were a bolder girl.
Old Lady: I wish I were a younger girl.
Girl 10: I wish I were an older girl.

Ensemble:
The prince is giving a ball! The prince is giving a ball!!

Herald:
His royal highness Christopher Rupert son of his majesty King Maximillian Godfee Ladeslous Leapolt Sydney

Ensemble: SYDNEY?

Herald:
Sydney... Frederick John is giving a ball.

Ensemble: The prince is giving a ball!! The prince is giving a ball!! The prince is giving a ball!!!



In My Own Little Corner II

Cinderella:
In my own little corner
In my own little chair
I can be whatever I want to be
On the wing of my fancy
I can fly anywhere
And the world will open it's arms to me

I am in the royal palace
Of all places
I am chatting with the prince
And king, and queen
And the color of my two stepsisters faces
Is a queer sort of sour apple green

I am coy and flirtatious
When alone with the prince
A-hahahaha! Oh, my Your Highness, you shouldn't say such things!!

I'm the Belle of the Ball in my own little corner
All alone in my own little chair

(spoken)
Cinderella:
Oh I wish..., I wish!....

Fairy Godmother:
Hahaha....Fal-de-rah n fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foodle
All the wishes in all the world are poppy cock and twoddle

Cinderella:
Oh Godmother I am glad to see you

Fairy Godmother:
I thought you might be lonely, and I knew what you'd be doing...

Cinderella:
What?

Fairy Godmother:
I just knew I would find you in that same little chair
In the pale pink mist of a foolish dream...

Cinderella:
Well, what's wrong with that?!

Fairy Godmother:
Hahaha....Fal-de-rah n fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foodle
All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy and ....



Impossible: It's Possible

Fairy Godmother: (sung)
Impossible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage.
Impossible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage
And four white mice will never be four white horses.
Such fal-de-rah and fiddle dee dee of course is Impossible!

But the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don't believe in sensible rules
And won't believe what sensible people say..
And because these daft and dewey eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes
Impossible things are happening every day!

Fairy Godmother: Impossible!
Cinderella: Impossible?
Fairy Godmother: Impossible!
Cinderella: Impossible!
Fairy Godmother: Impossible!
Cinderella: Impossible..
Cinderella & Fairy Godmother: Impossible!

(spoken)
Cinderella:
Impossible things are happening every day...is that true Godmother?

Fairy Godmother:
Well, yes..I suppose so...in a way

Cinderella:
Then I continue to build up my impossible hope for tonight, and I officially wish...

Fairy Godmother:
Officially wish?...

Cinderella:
I officially wish, and wish! and wish!..all those things I said about the pumpkin and the mice and the rats.

Fairy Godmother:
Impossible!..

Cinderella:
Just the same I'm wishing it!


(sung)
Fairy Godmother:
Impossible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage.
Impossible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage.
And four white mice will never be four white horses.

Cinderella:
They will!...

Fairy Godmother:
..such fal-de-rah and fiddle dee dee of course is ... Impossible!

Cinderella:
But the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don't believe in sensible rules
And won't believe what sensible people say..

Cinderella & Fairy Godmother:
And because these daft and dewey eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes
Impossible things are happening every day!.....

(spoken)
Fairy Godmother: Look!....
Cinderella: Oh Godmother!
Fairy Godmother: I had to do it! I had to do it, you wished for it so hard I just had to do it!
Cinderella: Oh Godmother what a beautiful dress!
Fairy Godmother: Oh, this old thing? Say 102 years old!...
Cinderella: Oh, where're you going?
Fairy Godmother: What? I'm going to take you to the ball
Cinderella: Oh, but I've nothing to wear...
Fairy Godmother: Who says you haven't?....Look at yourself!
Cinderella: Oh, how beautiful!
Fairy Godmother: Come on now! The ball will be over before you get there!

(sung)
Cinderella:
It's possible for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage.
It's possible for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage.

Fairy Godmother:
And four white mice are easily turned to horses

Cinderella:
Such fal de rah and fiddle dee dee of courses quite possible!

Cinderella & Fairy Godmother:
It's possible!

Cinderella:
For the world is full of zanies and fools

Fairy Godmother:
Who don't believe in sensible rules

Cinderella:
And won't believe what sensible people say

Cinderella & Fairy Godmother:
And because these daft and dewey eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes
Impossible things are happening every day.

Cinderella: It's possible!
Fairy Godmother: It's possible.
Cinderella: It's possible.
Fairy Godmother: It's possible.
Cinderella: It's possible.
Fairy Godmother: It's possible.
Cinderella & Fairy Godmother: It's possible!!

Ten Minutes Ago

Prince:
Ten minutes ago, I saw you
I looked up when you came through the door
My head started reeling you gave me the feeling
The room had no ceiling or floor.
Ten minutes ago, I met you,
And we murmured our how do you dos
I wanted to ring out the bells
And fling out my arms and to sing out the news.

I have found her, she's an angel,
With the dust of the stars in her eyes.
We are dancing, we are flying,
And she's taking me back to the skies!

In the arms of my love, I'm flying,
Over mountain and meadow and glen.
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again.
I may never come down to earth again.

Cinderella:
Ten minutes ago, I met you
And we murmered our how do you dos.
I wanted to ring out the bells
And fling out my arms and to sing out the news.

Prince:
I have found her, she's an angel,
With the dust of the stars in her eyes.

Cinderella:
We are dancing, We are flying
And he's taking me back to the skies!
In the arms of my love,
I'm flying over mountain and meadow and glen.
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again.

Cinderella & Prince:
I may never come down to earth again.



Stepsisters' Lament

Prunella:
Why would a fellow want a girl like her
A frail and fluffy beauty
Why can't a fellow ever once prefer
A solid girl like me

Esmerelda:
She's a frothy little bubble
With a flimsy kind of charm
And with very little trouble
I could break her little arm!

Prunella:
Oh, oh why would a fellow want a girl like her
So obviously unusual
Why can't a fellow ever once prefer
A usual girl like me

Esmerelda:
Her cheeks are a pretty shade of pink,
But not any pinker than a rose is

Prunella:
Her skin may be delicate and soft,
But not any softer than a dosies

Esmerelda:
Her neck is no whiter than a swan's

Prunella:
She's only as dainty as a daisy

Esmerelda:
She's only as graceful as a bird

Prunella & Esmerelda:
So why is the fellow going crazy?
Oh why would a fellow want a girl like her,
A girl who's merely lovely,
Why can't a fellow ever once prefer
A girl who's merely me.
What's the matter with the man,
What's the matter with the man,
What's the matter with the man?!!



Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?

Prince:
Do I love you because you're beautiful,
Or are you beautiful because I love you?
Am I making believe I see in you
A girl too lovely to be really true?

Do I want you because you're wonderful,
Or are you wonderful because I want you?
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem?

Cinderella:
Am I making believe I see in you
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you're wonderful,
Or are you wonderful because I want you?

Cinderella & Prince:
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as wonderful as you seem?



When You're Driving Through the Moonlight

Cinderella:
When you're driving through the moonlight on a highway
When you're driving through the moonlight to the dance
You are breathless with a wild anticipation
Of adventure and excitement and romance

Then at last you see the towers of the palace
Silouetted on the sky above the park
And below them is a row of lighted windows
Like a lovely diamond necklace in the dark

Esmerelda: It looks that way

Prunella: The way you say

Evil Stepmother: She talks as if she knows.

Cinderella:
I do not know these things are so,
I only just suppose...
I suppose that when you come into the ballroom
And the room itself is floating in the air
If you're suddenly confronted by his highness
You are frozen like a statue on the stair.

You're afraid he'll hear the way your heart is beating
And you know you mustn't make the first advance.
You are seriously thinking of retreating
Then you seem to hear him asking you to dance.

You make a bow, a timid bow, and shyly answer 'yes'.

Evil Stepmother: How would you know that this is so?

Cinderella: I do know more than guess.

Esmerelda & Prunella:
You can't guess till you're bloomed in the face!
But you can't even picture such a man!

Esmerelda: He is more than a prince.

Prunella: He's an ace!

Cinderella: But sisters I really think I can.

Esmerelda & Prunella: Can what?!

Cinderella: I think I can picture such a man...

Esmerelda & Prunella: He is tall...

Cinderella: ...and straight as a lass.

Esmerelda & Prunella: And his hair...

Cinderella: ...is dark and wavy.

Esmerelda & Prunella: His eyes...

Cinderella: ...can melt you with a glance.

Esmerelda & Prunella: He can turn a girl to gravy...

Cinderella:
When he waltzes, he waltzes around so that your feet never touch the floor.

Esmerelda & Prunella: That's right they don't.

Cinderella:
And he makes you feel that you're wearing nothing at all!

Esmerelda & Prunella: That's right he does!

Cinderella:
He leads you around the crowded ball and out onto the terrace.

Esmerelda: That's right he does...

Prunella: Did he lead you out on the terrace?

Esmerelda:
I guess he did...I was so faint with joy I didn't know what was happening to me....

Prunella: Me too...

Cinderella: Out on the terrace you stopped dancing ..
Esmerelda: Yes?
Cinderella: ...you walked
Esmerelda: Yes?
Cinderella: You stopped walking.
Esmerelda: Yes?
Cinderella: You talked and then...
Esmerelda: You stopped talking?
Cinderella: ..that's right.
Esmerelda: Then?
Cinderella: You start thinking
Esmerelda: Start thinking what?
Cinderella: oh...how wonderful it all is.
Evil Stepmother: How wonderful what all is?
Cinderella: Everything.



A Lovely Night

Cinderella:
A lovely night, a lovely night,
A finer night you'll know you'll never see.
You meet your prince, a charming prince.
As charming as a prince will ever be.

The stars in a hazy heaven
Tremble above you while he is whispering darling I love you.

You say goodbye, away you fly
But on your lips you'll keep a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this lovely, lovely night.

Prunella:
A lovely night, a lovely night,
A finer night you'll know you'll never see.

Esmerelda:
You meet your prince, a charming prince
As charming as a prince will ever be.

Prunella:
The stars in the hazy heaven tremble above you

Esmerelda:
While he is whispering...

Prunella:
Darling I love you.

Esmerelda:
You say goodbye, away you fly

Prunella:
But on your lips you'll keep a kiss

Esmerelda:
All your life you'll dream of this

Prunella & Esmerelda:
Lovely, lovely night.

Cinderella:
A lovely night, a lovely night,
A finer night you'll know you'll never see.
You meet your prince, a charming prince
As charming as a prince will ever be.
The stars in the hazy heaven tremble above you
While he is whispering
Darling I love you.

You say goodbye, away you fly
But on your lips you'll keep a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this lovely, lovely night.