...And After Many Years A Brave Prince Came At Last To Rescue the Princess  Down in the courtyard Beneath my high window, Victor of wizards and hazards and mazes, Beautiful, proud on your horse, You are calling my name. Often I dreamed, as I sat by my window, Dreamed of the prince and the horse and the journey Gray day in gray day dissolved, But my prince never came.  Often I dreamed, but the brambles grew thicker Until I became an old princess, Accustomed to daydreams, the safety of towers, This room and this chair. And now you are calling, beneath my high window, Victor of wizards and hazards and mazes. Beautiful, proud -- How you shine in these shadows! No, my prince No, my dear I will not let down my hair. Frogs and Princes He worshipped me, and he waited on me And he fetched my golden ball.  And he told me I was definitely The loveliest princess of all. And when he ate from my golden plate He practically fainted with joy. O, he was a very pleasant frog. He's a very conceited boy. And then the prince knelt down and tried to put the glass slipper on Cinderella's foot...
I really didn't notice that he had a funny nose. And he certainly looked better all dressed up in fancy clothes. He's not nearly as attractive as he seemed the other night, So I think I'll just pretend that this glass slipper feels too tight. "When I Am Old" 
When I am old, I shall wear purple With a red hat that doesn't go and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals and say "We've no money for butter". I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells And run my stick along the public railings, And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens -- And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat, And eat three pounds of sausages at a go, Or only bread and pickle for a week, And hoard pens and pencils and beer mats and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry, And pay our rent and not swear in the street, And set a good example for the children. Have friends to dinner and read the papers... But maybe I ought to practice a little now - So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised, When suddenly I am old --- and start to wear purple!" |
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