Opening for a Princess

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[DAUNTLESS] Oh! I liked her [LARKEN] So did I [DAUNTLESS] Why Must every princess get the bird? [LADY ROWENA, spoken] It's just absurd! [LADY AGATHA, spoken] I never heard a test so difficult to pass! [DAUNTLESS] Alas A lass is what I lack I lack a lass Alas alack [KNIGHTS] Throughout the land No one may wed 'Til Dauntless shares His marriage bed [LADIES] Oh! The lonely spinster's life [ALL] Go! And get the prince a royal wife! (Dauntless, disconsolate, leaves) [ALL] We have an opening for a princess For a genuine, certified princess [LADIES] Tell us when you intend to end this dilemma we're in! [KNIGHTS] None of the ladies give a fig for living in sin! [ALL] We have an opening for a princess For a beautiful, bona fide princess [LADIES] Where's the dutiful knight Who'll right all the wrong we've been done? [KNIGHTS] None of the ladies are having any fun [LADIES] What to do? [KNIGHTS] What to do? [LADIES] What to do? [KNIGHTS] What to do? [LADIES] Pity the ladies-in-waiting [KNIGHTS] Pity the gentleman too [LADIES] Four— [KNIGHTS] Six— [ALL] Eight, ten, eleven, twelve Contenders in a row [KNIGHTS] They came They were tested [LADIES, KNIGHTS & BOTH] Then swiftly requested to go! (Ooh) For a princess For a genuine, certified princess (Sound the fife!) Tell us when you intend to send us a girl who can pass! /i>(And get the prince a royal wife!) [KNIGHTS] None of the ladies are having any-- [ALL] No one is having any No one is getting any Younger And it's been God knows how long since! [KNIGHTS, LADIES] We have an opening for a princess For a genuine, certified princess (We have an opening for a princess) [ALL] We have an opening for a princess Who's good enough, nice enough Sweet enough, smart enough, rich enough For our poor prince!