Once upon a time

I wish

In a far-off kingdom

More than anything

Lived a fair maiden

More than life

A sad young lad

More than jewels

I wish

And a childless baker

More than life

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

You wish to go to the Festival

The poor girl's mother had died

You Cinderella the Festival

You wish to go to the Festival

The Festival

The King's Festival

And her father had taken for his new wife

The Festival

A woman with two daughters of her own.

Look at you nails

Look at your dress

People would laugh at you-

Nevertheless

I still want to go to the Festival

And dance before the Prince.

All three were beautiful of face but vile and black of heart.

Jack on the other hand had no father and his mother-

I wish

Well she was not quite beautiful-

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

Why come in little girl.

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's Stepmother had a surprise for her.

I have emptied a pot of lentils into the ashes for you.

If you have picked them out again in two hours' time

You shall go to the ball with us.

And perhaps a sticky bun

Or four

Birds in the sky

Birds in the eaves

In the leaves

In the fields

In the castles and ponds

And a few of those pies please

Come little birds

Down from the eaves

And the leaves

Over fields

Out of castles and ponds

Now squeeze pal

Ahhh

Quick little birds

Flick through the ashes.

Pick and peck but swiftly

Sift through the ashes

Into the pot

Listen well son. Milky-White must be taken to market.

But mother no- he's the best cow-

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-

Son

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 fear your touched.

Into the woods

It's time to go

I hate to leave

I have to though.

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-

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

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.

Fly birds

Back to the sky

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.

Put it in a twist.

Who will be there

Mother said be good

Father said be nice

That was always their advice.

So be nice Cinderella

Good Cinderella

Nice good good nice-

What's the good of being good

If everyone is blind

And you're always left behind

Never mind Cinderella

Kind Cinderella-

Nice good nice kind good nice-

Not that tight

Sorry.

Clawed.

Who might that be

It's the witch from next door.

The old enchantress told the couple she had

Placed a spell on their house.

What spell

In the past when your mother was with child

She developed an unusual appetite.

She took one look at my beautiful garden

And told your father that what she wanted more than

Anything in the world was

Greens greens and 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

Raving me

Rooting through my rutabaga

Raiding my arugula and

Ripping up my rampion

My champion My favorite

-

I should have laid a spell on him

Right there

Could have changed 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.

But the witch refused to tell him anymore of his sister.

Not even that her name was Rapunzel.

I though I had been more than reasonable.

But how was I to know what your father

Had also hidden in his pocket

What

Beans.

Beans

The special beans.

I let him go

I didn't know

He'd stolen my beans

I was watching him crawl

Back over the wall-

Then bang Crash

And the lightning flash

And- 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 little spell on them-

You too son-

That your family tree

Would always be a barren one

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.

Now closely to me Jack.

Lead Milky-White to market

And fetch the best price you can. Are you listening to me

Jack Jack Jack

Head in a sack

The house is getting colder

This is not the time for dreaming.

Chimney stack

Starting to crack

The mice are getting bolder

The floor's gone slack

Your mother's getting older

Your father's not back

And you can't just sit here dreaming pretty dreams.

To wish and wait

From day to day

Will never keep

The wolves away.

So 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-

You have to face

The marketplace.

Into the woods to journey's end-

Into the woods to sell a friend-

Meanwhile the Witch for purposes of her own

Explained how the Baker might lift the spell

You wish to have

The curse reversed

I'll need a certain

Potion first.

Go to the woods and bring me back

Onethe cow as white as milk

Twothe cape as red as blood

Threethe hair as yellow as corn

Fourthe slipper as pure as gold.

Bring me these

Before the chime

Of midnight

In three day's time

And you shall have

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

Our carriage is waiting.

We must be gone.

Good night Father.

I wish

Look what I found in father's hunting jacket.

Six beans. We'll take them with us.

No

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.

No. You are not to come and that is final.

Now what am I to return with

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

And so the Baker reluctantly set off to meet the

Enchantress' demands.

As for Cinderella

I still wish to go to the Festival

But how am I ever to get to the Festival

The cow as white as milk

The cape as red as blood

The hair as yellow as corn-

I know

I'll visit Mother's grave

The grave at the hazel tree

And tell her I just want to

Go to the King's Festival

The hair-

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 fetch the things-

To make the potion-

To got to the Festival-

Into the woods

Without regret

The choice is made

The task is set.

Into the woods

But not forget-

Ting why I'm on the journey.

Little Red Riding hood Joins

Into the woods

To get my wish

I don't care how

The time is now.

Into the woods to sell the cow-

Into the woods to get the money-

Into the woods to lift the spell-

To make the potion-

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 dark