Once upon a time
In a faroff 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 life
More than jewels
A carefree young lad
I wish
More than life
And a childless baker
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
and the ball
I wish my cow would
give us some milk
More than anything
I wish we had a child
Please pal
I want a child
Squeeze pal
I wish to go to the Festival
I wish you'd give us some
milk or even cheese
I wish we might have a child
I wish
You wish to go to the Festival
The poor girl's parents had died
You Cinderella the Festival
You wish to go to the Festival
The Festival
The King's Festival
And now she lived with her stepmother
The Festival HA
who had two daughters of her own
Look at your nails
Look at your dress
People would laugh at you
Nevertheless
I still want to go to the Festival
And dance before the Prince
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
All three were beautiful of face
but vile and black of heart
The young lad had
no father and his mother
I wish
Well she was at her wit's end
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 walls were full of gold
I wish a lot of things
What in heaven's name are you doing
with the cow inside the house
I thought if he got nice and warm
he might produce some milk
It's a she
How many times do I have to tell you
only shes can give milk
And then there was a hungry little girl
who always wore a red cape
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 if you can
pick up these lentils
and finish your chores in time
then you may go to the ball with us
Come along ladies
Yes Mother
Good luck
Come little birds
Down from the eaves
And the leaves
Over fields
Out of castles and ponds
Now squeeze pal
Ahhhhhhhhhh
Quick little birds
Flick through the ashes
Pick and peck but swiftly
Sift through the ashes
Into the pot
Now listen to me well son
MilkyWhite must be taken to market
But mother no he's
the best cow in the world
Was
She has been dry for weeks now
with no food or money
we've got no choice but to sell her
But MilkyWhite's my best friend
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
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 wonder
what's going on in that head of yours
Into the woods
It's time to go
I hate to leave
I have to go
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
Now 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
Yes we do
I don't suppose you're planning
on buying any of these
Oh shhhhh
Now don't stray and be late alright
You might save some of
those sweets for Granny
Oh my
Just leave it
She's a thief
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
Cinderella
Get up here
Fly birds
Back to the sky
We're waiting
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
No she didn't
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
Always leaving you behind
Never mind Cinderella
Kind Cinderella
Nice good nice kind good nice
OW Not that tight
Clod
Who might that be
We've sold our last loaf of bread
It's the witch from nextdoor
We have no bread
I don't want your bread
Then what is it you wish
It's not what I wish
It's what you wish
Nothing cooking in
that belly now is there
And there will never be
Unless you do
exactly as I say
In three days time a
bluemoon will appear
Only then can
the curse be undone
What curse
The one I placed on this house
What are you talking about
In the past when you
were no more than a babe
Your father brought his young wife
and you to this cottage
They were a lovely couple
But not lovely neighbors
You see
Your mother was with child
And she developed
an unusual appetite
She admired my beautiful garden
And she told your father that
What she wanted
more than anything
In the world was
Greens greens
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
Anoying me
Rooting through my rutabaga
Raiding my arugula and
Ripping up the rampion
My champion My favorite
I should have laid a spell on him
Right there
I could have turned 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
Where is she
She's mine now
And you'll never find her
Small price to pay for what
Else your father stole from me
It cost me my youth my beauty
My mother warned me
She would punish me
With the curse of ugliness
If I ever lost any of them
Lost what
The beans
Beans
The special beans
I'd let him go I didn't know
he'd stolen my beans
I was watching him crawl
Back over the wall
Then bang Crash
A lightning flash
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 a little spell on them
You too son
That your family tree
Would always be a barren one
How could you do that
And when your mother died
Your father deserted you
Your father was no father
so why should you be
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
Yeah but why do we have
to go to the next village
Because everyone in this village
knows the cow hasn't given
a drop of milk in weeks
That's cheating
We're starving Jack
Don't you understand that
Now you're not to accept less
than five pounds for her
Are you listening to me
Yes
How much are you to ask
No more than five pounds
Less than five
Than five
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
We have to face
The marketplace
Into the woods to journey's end
Into the woods to sell a friend
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
Tis' then the blue moon reappears
Which comes but once
each hundred years
Just bring them and
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
The Festival lasts three nights
Surely you could let me
be there for one of them
The King is trying
to find his son a wife
Not a scullery maid
We must be gone
GO
I wish
Beans
These must be the witch's beans
We'll take them with us
We
Yes
We
You're not coming
It's not safe out there
I can help you
No
I can do this on my own
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 together
The spell is on our house
Now tell me what am I to return with
Ugh 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
I still wish to go to the Festival
But how am I ever
to get to the Festival
I know
I'll visit Mother's grave
The grave at the willow tree
And tell her I just want to
Go to the King's Festival
Into the woods
It's time to go
It may be all
In vain you I 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 sell the cow
To get the money
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
Nor 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 not
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 lift
To go to the Festival
Into the woods
Into the woods
Into the woods
Then out of the woods
And home before it's dark