《Many Moons Ago》歌词

[00:03:09] Many moons ago in a far off place

[00:03:09] Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face

[00:03:09] For he did not have a bride

[00:03:09] Oh, he sighed, "Alas" and he cried, "Alas"

[00:03:09] For alas, the prince couldn't find a lass

[00:03:09] Who would suit his mother's pride

[00:03:09] For a princess is a delicate thing

[00:03:09] Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

[00:03:09] You can recognize a lady by her elegant air

[00:03:09] But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare

[00:03:09] On a stormy night to the castle door

[00:03:09] Came the lass the prince had been waiting for

[00:03:09] "I'm a princess lost", quoth she

[00:03:09] But the queen was cool and remained aloof

[00:03:09] And she said, "Perhaps, but we'll need some proof

[00:03:09] I'll prepare a test and see"

[00:03:09] "I will test her thus", the old queen said

[00:03:09] "I'll put twenty downy mattresses upon her bed

[00:03:09] And beneath those twenty mattresses, I'll place one tiny pea

[00:03:09] If that pea disturbs her slumber then a true princess is she"

[00:03:09] Now the bed was soft and extremely tall

[00:03:09] But the dainty lass didn't sleep at all

[00:03:09] And she told them so next day

[00:03:09] Said the queen, "My dear, if you felt that pea

[00:03:09] Then we've proof enough of your royalty

[00:03:09] Let the wedding music play"

[00:03:09] And the people shouted quietly, "Hurray!"

[00:03:09] For a princess is a delicate thing

[00:03:09] Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing

[00:03:09] You can recognize a lady by her elegant air

[00:03:09] But a genuine princess is exceedingly rare