CINDERELLA

Songs from the London Pantomime "Cinderella" (1957)
(Richard Rodgers / Oscar Hammerstein II)
Starring Tommy Steele, Jimmy Edwards, Yana, Bruce Trent, Kenneth
Williams, Betty Marsden & Robin Palmer.

Rodgers & Hammerstein originally wrote the 1957 musical "Cinderella"
as a television show for U.S. audiences. In London, augmented with
songs from their 1953 Broadway musical "Me And Juliet", it was
transformed into a West End stage show / pantomime featuring Tommy
Steele in his first stage role.



A VERY SPECIAL DAY
(Originally from the Broadway Show "Me And Juliet" - 1953)

Tommy Steele (as Buttons)


SPOKEN: Well, ever since she come to live here it's been sorta
special.....

I wake up each mornin' with a feeling in my heart
That today will be a very special day
I keep right on clinging to that feeling in my heart
Till the winds of evening blow my dreams away

And each night at bedtime when my world has come apart
And I'm in a mood that's far from feeling gay
A-with a piece of toast to munch and a nice hot cup o' tea
I begin to have an 'unch that tomorrow's gonna be
A very special day for me

I wake up each mornin' with a feeling in my heart
That today will be a very special day
I keep right on clinging to that feeling in my heart
Till the winds of evening blow my dreams away

And each night at bedtime when my world has come apart
And I'm in a mood that's far from feeling gay
A-with a piece of toast to munch and a nice hot cup o' tea
I begin to have an 'unch that tomorrow's gonna be
A very special day  (A very special day)
A very special day (A very special day)
A very special day for me


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IN MY LITTLE CORNER

Yana (as Cinderella)


I'm as mild and as meek as a mouse
When I hear a command, I obey.
But I know of a spot in my house
Where no one can stand in my way.

In my own little corner, in my own litter chair
I can be whatever I want to be
On the wing of my fancy I can fly anywhere
And the world will open it's arms to me

I'm a young Norwegian princess or a milk-maid
I'm the greatest prima-donna in Milan
I'm an heiress who has always had her silk made
By her own flock of silk-worms in Japan

I'm a girl men go mad for, love's a game I can play
With a cool and confident kind of air
Just as long as I stay in my own little corner
All alone, in my own little chair.


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DO I LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

Bruce Trent (as Prince Charming) & Yana (as Cinderella)


BRUCE:
Do I love you because you're beautiful
Or are you beautiful because I love you
Am I making believe I see in you
A girl to love me, to be really true

Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as beautiful as you seem

YANA: Perhaps you are just imagining me. Perhaps I'm imagining you.

BRUCE:
Am I making believe I see in you
A girl to love me, to be really true

BOTH:
Do I want you because you're wonderful
Or are you wonderful because I want you (YANA: Want you)
Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream
Or are you really as wonderful as you seem


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THE PRINCE IS GIVING A BALL

Robin Palmer (as Lionel) & Chorus


LIONEL:
The Prince is giving a Ball
(The Prince is giving a Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball!)
His Royal Highness, Christopher Rupert, Windamere Vladimere, Carl
Alexander, Francois Reginald, Lancelot Herman
(Herman?)
Herman!  Gregory James is giving a Ball!

(The Prince is Giving a Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball!)
(My daughter's looking dreamy-eyed)
(The Prince is giving a Ball)
(They say he wants to find a Bride)
(He may find one at the Ball)
(The Prince is giving a Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball)

LIONEL:
His Royal Highness, Christopher Rupert, son of Her Majesty Queen
Constantina, Charlotte Ermintrude, Guinevere Lorna
(Lorna?)
Lorna!  Margarite Anne is giving a Ball!

(The Prince is Giving a Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball!)
(Supposing he'll propose to me)
(I pray that he'll propose to me)
(Why wouldn't he propose to me)
(The Prince is Giving a Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball!)

LIONEL:
His Royal Highness, Christopher Rupert, son of His Majesty King
Maximilian, Godfrey Ladislaus, Leopold Sidney
(Sidney?)
Sidney!  Frederick John is giving a Ball!

(A Ball, the Prince is giving a Ball!)
ALL:
The Prince is giving a Ball!


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MARRIAGE TYPE LOVE
(Originally from the Broadway Show "Me And Juliet" - 1953)

Tommy Steele (as Buttons)


SPOKEN: No, she's not the first girl I've met. But she's the only one
I could ever settle down with. I'm not kiddin', I mean it. You know,
it's funny how you go through life, meetin' all sorts o' diff'rent
girls. Then all of a sudden, one comes along and you know, you just
know.....

When first I set my longing eyes on you
I saw my future shining in your face
And when you smiled an murmured, "How d'ya do?"
The room became a dream enchanted place

The chandaliers were shooting stars
The drums and horns and soft guitars
Were soundin' more like nightingales
The window curtains blew like sails
And I was floatin' just above the floor
Feelin' slightly taller than before

Out of nowhere came the feeling
Cue the feeling, a marriage type love
We were dancing and her eyelash
Blinked on my lash, a marriage type love

We made a date, couldn't wait for my day off
Now it's a thing, with a ring for the pay-off
Well, I'm her pigeon, through with roaming
Now I'm homing, to marriage type love and her

SPOKEN: I'd like to tell you a secret. I just keep on seein' her,
even when she's not there, she just seems to appear from out of
nowhere, it's marvellous.....

We were dancing and her eyelash
It blinked on my lash, a marriage type love

We made a date and we couldn't wait then for my day off
Now it is a thing, and it's with a ring for the pay-off
I am her pigeon, through with roaming
Now I'm homing to marriage type love and her!


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WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH THE MOONLIGHT / A LOVELY NIGHT

Tommy Steele (as Buttons) & Yana (as Cinderella) - 1957


SPOKEN:
YANA: I can see the lights of the carriages as they climb the hill to
the Palace. Oh, I wish I was in one of them.
TOMMY: But you can be if you want to. You can be anywhere doing
anything. All you gotta do is imagine it. It's
a game I always play If there's something that you really want and
you can't 'ave it, imagine it. It's just as good.
Come and 'elp me.
YANA: Yes.

TOMMY:
When you're drivin' through the moonlight on the 'ighway
When you're drivin' through the moonlight to a dance
You are breathless with a wild anticipation
Of adventure and excitement and romance
Then at last you see the towers of the Palace
Silhouetted in the sky above the park
And below there is a row of lighted windows
Like a lovely diamond necklace in the dark

YANA: Ooh, tell me more.  TOMMY: All right then.

TOMMY:
I suppose that when you come into the ballroom
And the room itself is floatin' in the air
You are suddenly confronted by 'is 'ighness
And you're frozen like a statue on the stair
You're afraid he'll hear the way your heart is beating
And you know you mustn't make the first advance
You are seriously thinking of retreating
When it seems to you he's asking you to dance

YANA: And how d'you know this is so?  TOMMY: I do no more than guess.

TOMMY:
A lovely night, a lovely night
A finer night you know you've never seen
You meet your Prince, a charming Prince
As charming as a Prince will ever be
YANA:
The stars in the hazy heaven tremble above you
While he is whispering, "Darling, I love you"
BOTH:
You say "Goodbye", away you'll fly
But on your lips you keep a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this
Lovely, lovely night

TOMMY: Ye-e-e-a-a-a!

(A lovely night, a lovely night)
(A finer night you know you'll never see)
(You'll meet your Prince, a charming Prince)
(As charming as a Prince could ever be)

(The stars in the hazy heaven tremble above you)
(While he is whispering, "Darling, I love you")
BOTH:
You say "Goodbye", away you'll fly
But on your lips you keep a kiss
All your life you'll dream of this
Lovely, lovely night

TOMMY: D'you feel better now?
YANA: Oh, much better. Now you must go to bed. It's getting late.
TOMMY: Oh, can't I stay up with you?
YANA: No. You must get your rest.
TOMMY: I'm sorry about the invitation. I did so much want you to go
to the Ball.
YANA: Oh, you did try and thank you for being so sweet to me.

TOMMY:
All my life I'll dream of this
Lovely.........
(Lovely, lovely night)
(Lovely, lovely night)
(Lovely, lovely night)

YANA:
A lovely night, a lovely night
A finer night I know I'll never see
I'll meet my Prince, a charming Prince
As charming as a Prince will ever be

The stars in the hazy heaven trembling above me
While he will promise always to love me
He'll say "Goodbye", away he'll fly
But on my lips I'll keep a kiss
All my life I'll dream of this
Lovely, lovely night


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IMPOSSIBLE

Betty Marsden (As Fairy Godmother) & Yana (as Cinderella)



BETTY:
Impossible! For a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage
Impossible! For a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in
marriage
And six grey mice will never be six white horses!  (YANA: They will!)
Such fal-da-rol and fidel-dee-dee of course is, Impossible!

YANA:
But the world is full of zanies and fools!
Who don't believe in sensible rules
And won't believe what sensible people say
BETTY:
And because these daft and dewey-eyed dopes
Keep building up impossible hopes,
BOTH
Impossible things are happening every day!

BETTY: Impossible
YANA:  Impossible
BETTY: Impossible
YANA:  Impossible
BOTH:  Impossible!

YANA: Why, it's like magic!
BETTY: I couldn't help, I had to do it. You wished, I had to do it.

YANA:
It's possible! For a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage
BETTY:
It's Possible! For a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in
marriage!
BOTH:
And six grey mice are easily turned to horses.
Such fal-da-rol and fidel-dee-dee of course is, Quite Possible!

YANA:
For the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don't believe in sensible rules
BETTY:
And won't believe what sensible people say
YANA:
And because these daft and dewey-eyed dopes
BETTY:
Keep building up impossible hopes
BOTH:
Impossible things are happening everyday!


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NO OTHER LOVE
(Originally from the Broadway Show "Me And Juliet" - 1953)

Bruce Trent (as Prince Charming)


No other love have I
Only my love for you
Only the dream we knew
No other love

Watching the night go by
Wishing that you could be
Watching the night with me
Into the night I cry
Hurry home, Come home to me
Set me free, Free from doubt
And free from longing

Into your arms I'll fly
Locked in your arms I'll stay
Waiting to hear you say
No other love have I
No other love

(No other love have I )
(Only my love for you)
(Only the dream we knew)
(No other love)

(Watching the night go by)
(Wishing that you could be)
(Watching the night with me)
(Into the night I cry)

Hurry home, Come home to me
Set me free, Free from doubt
And free from longing

Into your arms I'll fly
Locked in your arms I'll stay
Waiting to hear you say
No other love have I
No other love
No other love
No other love have I


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TEN MINUTES AGO

Bruce Trent (as Prince Charming) & Yana (as Cinderella)


BRUCE:
Ten minutes ago I saw you
I looked up when you came through the door
My head started reeling, you gave me the feeling
The room had no ceiling or floor

Ten minutes ago I met you
And we murmured our 'how d'you dos'
I wanted to ring out the bells and to fling out my arms
And to sing out the news

I have found her, she's an angel
With the dust of the stars in her eyes
We are dancing, we are flying
And she's taking me back to the skies

In the arms of my love I'm flying
Over mountain and meadow and glen
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again
I may never come down to earth again

(Ten minutes ago I saw you)
(I looked up when you came through the door)

BRUCE: I've told you how I feel. You haven't yet described your
feeling.
YANA:   Well, it's very much like yours.

YANA:
Ten minutes ago I met you
And we murmured our 'how do you dos'
I wanted to ring out the bells, fling out my arms
And to sing out the news

(He has found her, she's an angel)
(With the dust of the stars in her eyes)
(They are dancing, they are flying)
(And she's taking him back to the skies)

YANA:
In the arms of my love I'm flying
Over mountain and meadow and glen
BOTH
And I like it so well that for all I can tell
I may never come down again
I may never come down to earth again


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YOU AND ME

Tommy Steele (as Buttons) & Jimmy Edwards (as the King)


JIMMY: You must be Buttons, my boy.
TOMMY: That's right, Your Majesty.
JIMMY: Well, you don't want to be upset because my son, Prince
Charming, is going to marry Cinderella. I believe you were very fond
of Cinderella, weren't you?
TOMMY: Oh yes.
JIMMY: Well, it's nothing that you can't get over. It'll pass. All
you got to do is to go out and get yourself another job.
TOMMY: What sort of a job?
JIMMY: Well, you could take up farming.
TOMMY: I'd rather be Prince Charming
JIMMY: You could be an envoy.
TOMMY: I'm not that sort of boy.
JIMMY: You could be a Jester like Charlie Chester.
TOMMY: And if trouble should provoke, I'll be just the sort of bloke
that could always tell a joke. A funny thing happened to me on the
way to the Palace this evening....
JIMMY: Someone I could choke!
TOMMY: But oh, what a friend you'll have in me.
JIMMY: Yes, you'd make a party blend, you'd be always there to lend.
TOMMY: You mean that I could be your friend.
JIMMY: Yes, you could be my blasted friend.
TOMMY: Oh, what a friend you'll have in me.
JIMMY: Ah, but that I shall have to wait and see. And if bad tidings
cling, even though I am the King, I can always try and sing .........
BU-U-U-TER-FIN-GERS!
TOMMY: Oh, what happiness you'll bring.
JIMMY: It's just the very thing.

BOTH:
You and me, can we be partners
You and me, can we be friends
We'll be a great association
One that never ends

Pleasin' you's the job I'm given
Pleasin' you makes life worth livin'
When we're wrong we'll be forgiven
As we go along, together we belong

JIMMY:
You be the ham and I'll be the eggs
TOMMY:
I'll be the coffee and you be the dregs
JIMMY:
You be the arms and I'll be the legs
BOTH:
Of the greatest guy on earth

TOMMY: There we go, Jim

BOTH:
You and us, can we be buddies
You and us, can we be friends
All the kids and mums and daddies
That's where friendship blends

JIMMY:
When you go, be nice and happy
TOMMY:
Love your "Mammy" and your "Pappy"
JIMMY:
Be a really cheerful chappie
TOMMY:
Be like me and the King

JIMMY: Rise, Baron Buttons of Bermondsey.

BOTH:
Yes, it's the proper thing
Yes, it's the proper thing


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(All transcriptions by Mel Priddle - April 2006)


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