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Jester: So indulge me if I pause to raise my chalice to a quaint and charming dance
he used to do, in the days when my dear father played the palace back in 1392.
My dad was debonair and quite as light as air in his very soft shoes.
How he could dip and glide and skip and slide. In his very soft shoes.
I used to stand and watch him ev'ry day, he was always smooth and cool.
I used to love to hear the people say, "He's a regular dancing fool!"
He barely touched the ground, and never made a sound, but I've noticed in all his reviews,
that when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown the crowd went crazy
and the house came down!
When daddy wore his very soft shoes.

Announcer: Ladies and gentleman, the King of the Dancing Jesters!

(A Silver Jester appears behind scrim. Our Jester and the Silver Jester
perform a mirror dance. Towards the end of the dance, the Silver Jester
gives the stage to our Jester, and watches him finish the dance.)

Jester & Ensemble: And when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown,
the crowd went crazy and the house came down!

Jester: When daddy?
Ensemble: Daddy?
Jester: Wore his?
Ensemble: Wore his?
Jester: Very?
Ensemble: Very?
Jester: Soft
Ensemble: Shhhhhhh?.
Jester: Shoes!

(By now Lady Larken has returned to confront Sir Harry. She didn't want to leave)

Larken: Harry. Do you still love me?
Last Update: June, 26th 2013

Once Upon A Mattress Lyrics

  1. Act 1
  2. Overture
  3. Many Moons Ago
  4. An Opening for a Princess
  5. In a Little While
  6. On a Stormy Night
  7. Shy
  8. Minstrel, the Jester & I
  9. Sensitivity
  10. The Swamps of Home
  11. Normandy
  12. Spanish Panic
  13. Song of Love
  14. Act 2
  15. Entr'acte
  16. Quiet
  17. Goodnight, Sweet Princess
  18. Happily Ever After
  19. Man to Man Talk
  20. Very Soft Shoes
  21. Yesterday I Loved You
  22. Nightingale Lullaby
  23. Finale

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