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No. 7 - Entrée Act and Opening Ensemble
| Girls: | Maids of honor to the Princess, We are damsels most industrious; Here all day we sew away For our sweet Mistress so illustrious; Oh! Sew all day and never tarry On her robes of elegance; For the Princess is to marry With the ancient King of France. |
| Jane Seymour: | Oh! Maids of honor most domestic, Help the Princess with her trousseau; It is right and quite polite In damsels of the Court to do so. |
| Anne Boleyn: | While the Princess,
proud and haughty, Hates the match, so it is said, And displays a temper naughty Just because she's to be wed. |
| Principals: | But it is stitch, stitch, stitch, And the thread and needle ply, Yes, it's stitch, stitch, stitch, For the hours too swiftly fly; O! We must make the Princess lovely, She is England's joy and pride, So stitch away till the wedding day Of the rare and radiant bride. |
| Girls: | But it is stitch, stitch, stitch, And the thread and needle ply, Yes, it's stitch, stitch, stitch, For the hours too swiftly fly; O! We must make the Princess lovely, She is England's joy and pride, So stitch away till the wedding day Of the radiant bride. |
| Men: | Cavaliers of Henry's Court, Noble lords and pages, We go in for love and sport, Do not pose as sages. Yet we are but half the time With the books you see, Telling of the distant clime Far across the sea. |
| Will Somers: | Princess Mary has a notion That she would fain know about, Of the lands beyond the ocean, Books she cannot do without; Bring the charts and bring the maps! Ready for inspection. It will please her well perhaps To find a big, a big collection. |
| Men: | Then it is books, books, books, 'Tis a dull and endless strife, Books, books, books, not for me a scholar's life. I'd rather woo a pretty girl, In some sweet shady nook Than spend a single hour of life On any printed book. |
| Ensemble: | Then it is books... |
| Girls: | But it is stitch, stitch, the needle ply, Yes, it is stitch, stitch, the hours fly; She is England's joy and pride, England's joy and pride, she is our lovely bride. |
| Tenors: | Any books, any books, any printed books |
| Sopranos: | Stitch away, stitch away for the bride! Yes, stitch away, yes, stitch away, away, We stitch away, we stitch away. |
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American Musical Theatre | A Madcap Princess
Page modified 14 January 2017