Song List for Once Upon a Mattress (Click on a song's title to view full lyrics.)
| Title | Sung By | Lyrics | iTunes Download | Buy Sheet Music |
| Many Moons Ago | Minstrel | Minstrel: Many moons ago in a far-off place Lived a handsome prince with a gloomy face For he did not have a bride. Oh, he sighed "Alas" And he pi... | Download Now | Go Now |
| An Opening for a Princess | Prince Dauntless, Lady Larken, Knights and Ladies | Dauntless: Ohhhhh� I liked her! Larken: So did I. Dauntless: Why� Knights: Why� All: Why� Dauntless: Must every princess ... | Download Now | Go Now |
| In a Little While | Lady Larken and Sir Harry | Harry: Don't despair, Larken, for we have plenty of time. If a true princess is not found in the next few months, I will go out and find one myself... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Shy | Princess Winnifred and Knights | Winnifred: (reviewing the Knights) Hey nonny, nonny is it you? Knight: Hey nonny, nonny, nonny no! Winnifred: Hey nonny, nonny is it you? Anothe... | Download Now | Go Now |
| The Minstrel, The Jester and I | The King Sextimus, Minstrel and Jester | Minstrel & Jester: We have only two voices among us and yet there's a third voice, a voice in disguise; You'll be hearing a trio and not a duet if y... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Sensitivity | Queen Aggravain | Queen: No, that's not hard enough. Sensitivity, sensitivity, I'm just loaded with that! In this one word is the epitome of the aristocrat! Sensit... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Normandy | Minstrel, Jester, The King Sextimus and Lady Larken | Minstrel: Beyond the wall which you must climb... Larken: Climb? Minstrel: It's twenty-two feet and covered with slime. Larken: Slime? Minstrel: A... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Spanish Panic | The Queen Aggravain, Princess Winnifred, Prince Dauntless, Knights and Ladies | (The dance starts and proceeds wildly. The Queen and Merton move out of the way. The dancers stop.) Queen: No, no, no! More, more, more! (They ... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Song of Love | Prince Dauntless, Princess Winnifred, Knights and Ladies | Dauntless: I like you, Fred, I like you! Winnifred: You're just saying those words to be kind. Dauntless: No I mean it. I like... I mean I love you,... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Quiet | Entire Court | Minstrel: When the ball was finally over, Winnifred retired to her dressing room to get ready for bed, and the Queen retired to the tower to get the ... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Goodnight, Sweet Princess | Prince Dauntless | Dauntless: (waxing clunkily poetic) Good night, sweet princess charming, god speed, milady Fred. The moon hangs high, the loon doth cry: "Tis time t... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Happily Ever After | Princess Winnifred | Winnifred: They all live happily, happily, happily ever after. The couple is happily leaving the chapel eternally tied. As the curtain descends, the... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Man to Man Talk | The King Sextimus and Prince Dauntless | (Dauntless interprets aloud as the king mimes his advice) Dauntless: ...Stop, look and listen. ...Boy ...Flower ...Girl ...Flower Boy flower, girl... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Very Soft Shoes | Jester | Jester: So indulge me if I pause to raise my chalice to a quaint and charming dance he used to do, in the days when my dear father played the palace ... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Yesterday I Loved You | Sir Harry and Lady Larken | Harry: Yesterday I loved you as never before, but please don't think me strange, I've undergone a chance and today I love you even more! My heart ca... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Lullaby | Nightengale of Smarkand | Queen: Yea, verily. Now, my dear, why aren't you in bed? Help her up. Well, at least one person in this castle is going to get a good night' sleep. ... | Download Now | Go Now |
| Finale | Entire Court | All: How did she stay awake? That pea was awf'lly small! (the Jester has pulled back the top mattress and now removes jousting equipment: shields,... | Download Now | Go Now |
