SNOW WHITE (1999)
Lyrics to ALL 19 Songs
words & music © Ken Lonnquist
click on song titles to see video of the 2014 production!
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We three are Fairies. This is a Fairy Tale
Light and airy... and sometimes scary tale
Our aging Minstrel dressed up in his leotard
Will do his very best impression of The Bard
“I shall strum the songs anon...”
And now, presenting, for everyone’s delight:
The story of Snow White...
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Make her a beauty, lips red as blood
Hair black as raven, soul pure as snow
And let love's light shine everywhere that she goes
All over this world
Through the dark night
Make her a light in the shadows!
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3. Light In The Shadows (Reprise)
Make her remember when I am gone
how much I loved her
Shining love's light from beyond
Wherever she goes in this world
Whatever befalls
Through the dark night
I'll be her light in the shadows!
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Minstrel:
Time was passing, far from slow
(you know the way these stories go)...
There came a new Queen on the block---and she was quite a shock
Servants:
Her nails were long, her smile a sneer,
her motivation all too clear:
She longed to be the shining light
Minstrel:
(You knew she’d hate Snow White)
Minstrel & Servants:
She’s mean, she’s green,
she’s a black magic machine!
She’s shrill until you surrender to her will
Every icy glance---a chill.
Every potion, every pill
she mix-es makes-you ill
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Queen:
Evil Queenevil’s the name
Servants:
Medieval Deevil’s her game
Queen:
Evil Queenevil---that’s me
Servants:
And we’re her new employees...
Queen:
On your knees!
Servants:
(intake of breath)
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5. Lullaby
Queen:
Look, looking-glass upon the wall
Whose face is fairest of them all?
Mirror:
In all the land none may be seen
Fairer than you, My Lady, Queen
Queen:
All is well... in harmony soothing as a La-la-la-la-lullaby
Mirror, Fairies & Servants:
La-la-la-la-lullaby...
Queen:
La-la-la-la-lullaby
Mirror, Fairies & Servants:
La-la-la-la-lull-a-by
Queen:
There’s no harm in spell or charm if it’s pleasing to the eye
So goodnight...
Mirror, Fairies & Servants join:
with lullaby
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​6. Lullaby (Gone Wrong)
Queen:
Look, looking-glass upon the wall
Whose face is fairest of them all?
Mirror:
My lady, you are fair, tis true
But Snow White fairer is than you
Queen:
“Gak!”
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​​7. Moon's Sphere
Huntsman:
I cannot, as I ought, what the Queen commands me
With this knife take your life. No... the thought unmans me
Snow White:
I shall run into the woods
Following the moon’s sphere... the moon’s sphere
Huntsman:
And I shall kill a bear instead with it’s heart still dripping red
As a token for the Queen to prove I’ve done this wicked thing
Snow White:
Through the trees, through the wood, swiftly will I wander
Pathways wild, ill or good, I’ve no time to ponder
But I shall not be afraid
Following the moon’s sphere... the moon’s sphere
Though there may be wolves and bears come to take me unawares
Fang and claw for flesh and bone
In this forest all alone...
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​​8. Seven
Snow White:
Seven little chairs and seven little plates
Seven little spoons and forks and knives
Seven little mugs for seven little mates
To lift up in a toast to seven wives
(Spoken) “Oh, no. They must be bachelors“
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Seven little blankets, seven little beds
Seven little hooks upon the wall
Seven little pillows for seven little heads
Well... that’s my lucky number, after all...
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​​9. We Are
Stone, Bone, Water and Woos​
Fire and Ice and Wind are we...
We are!
Stone, Bone, Water and Woos​
Fire and Ice and Wind are we...
We are!
Tromping through the woods
Tromping on our way back home!
Not to be confused
With those pesky Elves and Gnomes!
Stone, Bone, Water and Woos​
Fire and Ice and Wind are we...
We are!
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10. Shoveling
Up before the crack of dawn
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling
Workin’ till the sun is gone
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling
With no health or dental plan
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling
Makes ya feel like half a ma...n
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Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling! Pickaxe!
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling! Pickaxe!
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling! Pickaxe!
Shoveling, shoveling, everybody shoveling! Pickaxe!
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11. Gather
Dwarves:
Gather ‘round the fire... sundown
Tell a story till it comes back ‘round
While we’re sleeping, please play.
Sing a song about the break of day
Snow White:
We grow older every day
Dwarves:
Circles turning children gray
Snow White:
Anyone in the world in a window...
Starlit like me
Anyone in the world in a window sees...
Anywhere in the world that the wind blows...
there’s a whisper of me
Anywhere in the world that the wind blows free...
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​12. Lullaby (Gone Way Wrong)
Queen:
Now, looking-glass upon the wall
Whose face is fairest of them all?
Well?
Mirror:
My lady, thine is beauty rare,
but Snow White living in the glen
There with the seven little men
is yet a thousand times more fair!
Queen:
This is ill... you’re telling me wicked, hateful
Queen, Minstrel & Servants:
Lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lies, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lies
Lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lies, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie-lies
Queen:
Now some harm, through spell or charm
I must bring this lady nigh:
my good-night, last-lullaby...
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13. Black Magically
Queen:
How I’ll laugh when it is done:
Undisputed “Fairest One”!
For these things do best please me
that befall black-magically
Mirror & Servants:
Black-magically, black-magically
Queen:
Black-magically
Mirror & Servants:
Black-magically, black-magically
Queen:
Black-magically
Mirror & Servants:
Black-magically, black-magically
Queen:
Look at these moves---I’m wild and wicked!
Stirrin’ up the cauldron
Couple ‘a bat wings and a cricket
Ooh! I think I’ve enthralled one!
(Queen sits in audience member’s lap)
Mirror & Servants:
Black magic
Queen:
My favorite recipe:
Stirring up trouble---black magically!
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14. Home
Dwarves:
Home! We got a home!
We got a home and it’s made of stone
Leave the trees to the Elves and the woodland Gnomes...
We got our own stone home!
Home! Home! Home! Ho-o-ome!
We got a home!
Home! Home! Home! Ho-o-ome!
We got a home in the woods we roam
Not a tree nor a trail is by us unknown
We got our own stone home!
Home! Home! Home! Ho-o-ome!
Home! Home! Home! Ho-o-ome!
Snow White:
I say home is less a place than a certain feeling
Any place you’re happiest... that’s home! Home...
Dwarves:
Home!
Home! Home! Home! Hoo-oome!
We got a home!
Home! Home! Home! Hoo-oome!
We got a home and it’s made of stone
Leave the trees to the Elves and the woodland Gnomes...
We got our own stone home!
Home! Home! Home! Hoo-oome!
Here where our hearts call home!
Home! Home! Home! Hoo-oome!
We got a place called home!
Home!
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15. Apples
Crone:
Would you like a tasty apple, little girl?
Take a bite from this one:
the sweetest in all the world
They say if you eat an apple everyday---
Healthy and delicious—
it keeps the Doctor away!
Snow White:
Never take a treat from strangers
That’s what I was always taught
Crone:
But an apple holds no dangers
Take my gift... you really ought
Mustn’t hurt a woman’s feelings!
Mustn’t disrespect a crone!
Youthless, toothless, unappealing...
take this apple for your own!
Yes, that’s right! You smell it...
bring it to your lips
Such a dreamy apple...
is at your fingertips
Crone:
This is truly an apple... to die for!
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16. Remedy
Prince:
Lovely maiden under glass
sleeping as the world goes past
Unaware of smiles or tears,
untouched by the passing years
Could the kiss of true love be
offered her as remedy... remedy... remedy?
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17. Light In The Shadows (Duet)
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Prince:
Sweet waking beauty...
lips red as blood
Hair black as raven’s... pure as the snow
Prince & Snow White:
Let my love’s light
shine everywhere that you go
All over this world.
Through the dark night,
I’ll be your light
In the sha-a-adows
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18. Remember
Snow White:
I have a hard time believin’...
yesterday’s gone
The end of our song has come
and it’s time now for leavin’
Yesterday’s gone...
tomorrow’s on
it’s way in through the door
And what was won’t be anymore,
but I’ll have this song long gone
To remember
Dwarves:
We had no way of knowing
how much we’d care
Having you there, but we
see it’s time now for goin’
Snow White:
The road stretches on...
soon I’ll be gone,
Snow White & Dwarves:
But wherever I go
I just want you to know
I’ll have this song long gone
to remember.
Snow White:
Remember...
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Lyrics by William Shakespeare / A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Minstrel:
Now the hungry lion roars...
and the wolf behowls the moon
Whilst the heavy ploughman snores,
all with weary task fordone
Now the wasted brands do glow...
whilst the screech-owl screeches loud
Puts the wretch that lies in woe
in remembrance of a shroud
Now it is the time of night...
that the graves all gaping wide
Every one lets forth his sprite
in the church-way paths to glide
Fairies:
And we fairies, that do run
by the triple Hecate’s team
From the presence of the sun
Minstrel:
following darkness as a dream
Now are frolic
Fairies:
Now are frolic,
Minstrel:
Not a mouse
Fairies:
Not a mouse
All:
Shall disturb this hallow’d house
Airy:
I am sent
Others:
I am sent
Merry:
With broom before
Others:
With broom before
Contrary:
To sweep
Others:
To sweep
Contrary:
the dust
Others:
the dust
Contrary:
Behind the door
Minstrel:
To sweep
Fairies:
to sweep
Minstrel:
the dust
Fairies:
the dust
Minstrel:
Behind the door
Good night...
and may the Fairies bring you
sweet slumber...