Once Upon A Mattress- Opening For A Princess Lyrics

Dauntless:

Oh I liked her



Larken:

So did I!



Dauntless:

Why must every princess get the bird?



Lady:

(spoken)It's just absurd!



Lady:

(spoken)I've never heard a test so difficult to pass!



Dauntless:

Alas a lass is what I lack

I lack a lass, alas alack



Knights: Ladies:

throuought the land

no one may wed till

dauntless shares his Oh-------

marriage bed!

The lonely spinster's life!

Go and get the prince a royal wife!



All:

We have an opening for a princess

for a genuine certified princess



Ladies:

tell us when you intend

to end this dillemma we're in



Knights:

None of the ladies give

a fig for livin' in sin



All:

We have an opening for a princess

For a beautiful, bonafide princess



Ladies:

Where's the dutiful Knight

who'll right all the wrongs we've been done?



Knights:

None of the ladies are havin' any fun!



Ladies: Knights:

What to do

What to do

what to do

What to do

pity the ladies in waiting

Pity the gentlemen too (or two)

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six

eight



All:

Ten eleven twelve contenders in a row

they came, they were tested

then swiftly requested to go

for a pricess

for a genuine certified princess



Ladies: Knights:

tell us when you intend Ohh-----------

to send us a girl who can pass something...

Go and get the price a royal wife



Knights:

None of the ladies are havin' any



All:

no one is havin' any

No one is gettin' any younger

and it's been god-knows-how-long since

we've had an opening for a princess

who's good enough,

nice enough,

sweet enough,

smart enough,

rich enough for our poor prince.