Once upon a time in a far off kingdom there lay a small village at the edge of the woods
I wish
And in this village
More than anything
Lived a young maiden
More than jewels
A sad young lad
I wish
And a childless baker
More than life
I wish
With his wife
More than anything
More than the moon
I wish
The King is giving a Festival
More than life
I wish
I wish to go to the Festival
More than riches
I wish my cow would
Give us some milk
More than anything
And the Ball
Please pal
I wish we had a child
I want a child
I wish to go to the Festival
Squeeze pal
I wish you'd give us some
Milk or even cheese
I wish
I wish we might have a child
I wish
I wish
You wish to go to the Festival
The poor girl's mother had died
You Cinderella the Festival
You wish to go to the Festival
What you Cinderella the Festival
The Festival
What you wish to go to the Festival
The Festival
The King's Festival
And her father had taken for his new wife
The Festival
A woman with two daughters of her own
Look at you nails
Look at your dress
People would laugh at you
Nevertheless
I still want to go to the Festival
And dance before the Prince
She still wants to go to the Festival
And dance before the Prince
All three were beautiful of face but vile and balck of heart
Jack on the other hand had no father and his mother
I wish
Well she was not quite beautiful
I wish my son were not a fool
I wish my house was not a mess
I wish the cow was full of milk
I wish the house was full of gold
I wish a lot of things
Why come in little girl
I wish
It's not for me
It's for my Granny in the woods
A loaf of bread please
To bring my poor old hungry
Granny in the woods
Just a loaf of bread please
Cinderella's Stepmother had a surprise for her
I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you
If you have picked them out again in two hours' time
You shall go to the ball with us
And perhaps a sticky bun
Or four
Birds in the sky
Birds in the eaves
I the leaves
In the fields
In the castles and ponds
And a few of those pies please
Come little birds
Down from the eaves
And the leaves
Over fields
Out of castles and ponds
No squeeze pal
Ahhh
Quick little birds
Flick through the ashes
Pick and peck but swiftly
Sift through the ashes
Into the pot
Listen well son
Milky White must be taken to market
But mother no he's the best cow
Look at her
There are bugs on her dugs
There are flies in her eyes
There's a lump on her rump
Big enough to be a hump
But
Son
We've no time to sit and dither
While her wither's wither with her
And no one keeps a cow for a friend
Sometimes I fear your touched
Into the woods
It's time to go
I hate to leave
I have to though
Into the woods
It's time and so
I must begin my journey
Into the woods
And through the trees
To where I am
Expected ma'am
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house
You're certain of your way
The way is clear
The light is good
I have no fear
Nor no one should
The woods are just trees
The trees are just wood
I sort of hate to ask it
But do you have a basket
Into the woods
And down the dell
The path is straight
I know it well
Into the woods
And who can tell
What's waiting on the journey
Into the woods
To bring some bread
To Granny who
Is sick in bed
Never can tell
What lies ahead
For all that I know
She's already dead
But into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods
To Grandmother's house
And home before dark
Fly birds
Back to the sky
Back to the eaves
And the leaves
And the fields
And the
Hurry up and do my hair Cinderella
Are you really wearing that
Here I found a little tear Cinderella
Can't you hide it with a hat
You look beautiful
I know
She means me
Put it in a twist
Who will be there
Mother said be good
Father said be nice
That was always their advice
So be nice Cinderella
Good Cinderella
Nice good good nice
Tighter
What's the good of being good
If everyone is blind
And you're always left behind
Never mind Cinderella
Kind Cinderella
Nice good nice kind good nice
Not that tight
Sorry
Clod
Who might that be
It's the witch from next door
The old enchantress told the couple she had
Placed a spell on their house
What spell
In the past when your mother was with child she developed
An unusual appetite
She took one look at my beautiful garden
And told your father that what she wanted more than
Anything in the world was
Greens greens and nothing but greens:
Parsley peppers cabbages and celery
Asparagus and watercress and
Fiddleferns and lettuce
He said All right
But it wasn't quite
'Cause I caught him in the autumn
In my garden one night
He was robbing me
Raping me
Rooting through my rutabaga
Raiding my arugula and
Ripping up my rampion
My champion My favorite
I should have laid a spell on him
Right there
Could have changed him into stone
Or a dog or a chair
But I let him have the rampion
I'd lots to spare
In return however
I said Fair is fair:
You can let me have the baby
That your wife will bear
And we'll call it square
I had a brother
No
But you had a sister
But the witch refused to tell him anymore of his sister
Not even that her name was Rapunzel
I though I had been more than reasonable
But how was I to know what your father
Had also hidden in his pocket
What
Beans
Beans
The special beans
I let him go
I didn't know
He'd stolen my beans
I was watching him crawl
Back over the wall
Then bang Crash
And the lightning flash
And well that's another story
Never mind
Anyway at last
The big day came
And I made my claim
Oh don't take away the baby
They shrieked and screeched
But I did
And I hid her
Where she'll never be reached
And your father cried
And your mother died
When for extra measure
I admit it was a pleasure
I said Sorry
I'm still not mollified
And I laid little spell on them
You too son
That your family tree
Would always be a barren one
So there's no more fuss
And there's no more scenes
And my garden thrives
You should see my nectarines
But I'm telling you the same
I tell kings and queens:
Don't ever never ever
Mess around with my greens
Especially the beans
Now closely to me Jack
Lead Milky White to market and
Fetch the best price you can
Are you listening to me
Jack Jack Jack
Head in a sack
The house is getting colder
This is not the time for dreaming
Chimney stack
Starting to crack
The mice are getting bolder
The floor's gone slack
Your mother's getting older
Your father's not back
And you can't just sit here dreaming pretty dreams
To wish and wait
From day to day
Will never keep
The wolves away
So into the woods
The time is now
We have to live
I don't care how
Into the woods
To sell the cow
You must begin the journey
Straight to the woods
And don't delay
You have to face
The marketplace
Into the woods to journey's end
Into the woods to sell a friend
Meanwhile the Witch for purposes of her own
Explained how the Baker might lift the spell
You wish to have
The curse reversed
I'll need a certain
Potion first
Go to the woods and bring me back
One:the cow as white as milk
Two:the cape as red as blood
Three:the hair as yellow as corn
Four:the slipper as pure as gold
Bring me these
Before the chime
Of midnight
In three day's time
And you shall have
I guarantee
A child as perfect
As child can be
Go to the wood
Ladies
Our carriage waits
Now may I go to the Festival
The Festival
Darling those nails
Darling those clothes
Lentils are one thing but
Darling with those
You'd make us the fools of the Festival
And mortify the Prince
Our carriage is waiting
We must be gone
Good night Father
I wish
Look what I found in father's hunting jacket
Six beans
We'll take them with us
No
The spell is on my house
Only I can lift the spell
The spell is on my house
No no the spell is on our house
We must lift the spell
No
You are not to come and that is final
Now what am I to return with
You don't remember
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
The slipper as pure as gold
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
The slipper as pure as gold
And so the Baker reluctantly set off to meet the
Enchantress' demands
As for Cinderella:
I still wish to go to the Festival
But how am I ever to get to the Festival
The cow as white as milk
The cape as red as blood
The hair as yellow as corn
I know
I'll visit Mother's grave
The grave at the hazel tree
And tell her I just want to
Go to the King's Festival
The slipper as pure as gold
The cow the cape
The slipper as pure as gold
The hair
Into the woods
It's time to go
It may be all
In vain youI know
Into the woods
But even so
I have to take the journey
Into the woods
The path is straight
You know it well
But who can tell
Into the woods to lift the spell
Into the woods to visit Mother
Into the woods to fetch the things
To make the potion
To got to the Festival
Into the woods
Without regret
The choice is made
The task is set
Into the woods
But not forget
Ting why I'm on the journey
Little Red Riding hood Joins
Into the woods
To get my wish
I don't care how
The time is now
Into the woods to sell the cow
Into the woods to get the money
Into the woods to lift the spell
To make the potion
To go to the Festival
Into the woods to Grandmother's house
Into the woods to Grandmother's house
The way is clear
The light is good
I have no fear
No no one should
The woods are just trees
The trees are just wood
No need to be afraid there
There's something in the glade there
Into the woods
Without delay
But careful no
To lose the way
Into the woods
Who knows what may
Be lurking on the journey
Into the woods
To get the thing
That makes it worth
The journeying
Into the woods
To see the King
To sell the cow
To make the potion
To see
To sell
To get
To bring
To make
To live
To go to the Festival
Into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods
Then out of the woods
And home before dark