Finale lyrics
by Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)
[QUEEN, spoken]
Good morning, everyone!
[ALL, spoken]
Good morning, Your Majesty!
[QUEEN, spoken]
Well, where is our little slugabed? She should be getting an early--
[WINNIFRED, spoken]
37,428
[QUEEN, spoken]
37,428 what?
[WINNIFRED, spoken]
Sheep. What do you stuff your mattresses with--jousting equipment?
[QUEEN, spoken]
You didn't sleep?
[WINNIFRED, spoken]
I never shut my eyes!
[DAUNTLESS, spoken]
You've passed the test. Mama put a pea under twenty mattresses and you felt it and now we can be married!
[All cheering.]
[ALL]
How did she stay awake?
That pea was awf'lly small
[JESTER, spoken]
But it wasn't the pea!
[MINSTREL, spoken]
It wasn't the pea
[?, spoken]
It wasn't the pеa
[?, spoken]
It wasn't the pea
[ALL]
It wasn't the pеa at all!
Oh, life is grand--
It's very int'resting!
We think we understand
We think we think we know--
It's very int'resting
Thank you, Princess
And Princess
We love you so!
For a princess is a delicate thing
Delicate and dainty as a dragonfly's wing
You can recognize a lady by her elegant air
But a genuine princess--
[Winnifred snores.]
[ALL]
Is exceedingly rare!