Normandy

Lyrics

[LARKEN, spoken] I must go.  [JESTER, spoken] Lady Larken, you know the Queen would never permit one of her ladies-in-waiting to leave the castle by herself? [LARKEN, spoken] God knows I'm a lady-in-waiting.  [MINSTREL] Beyond the wall which you must climb [LARKEN, spoken] Climb? [MINSTREL] It's twenty-two feet and covered with slime [LARKEN, spoken] Slime? [MINSTREL] And infested with spiders [LARKEN, spoken] Spiders? [MINSTREL] Oh, the spiders are sweet compared to the snakes... [LARKEN, spoken] Snakes? [MINSTREL] ...on the other side [JESTER, spoken] Oh, they won't hurt you. Unless of course you insist on leaving alone. And now [LARKEN, spoken] Well I did, but if I'd known it was so terriblе out there... [MINSTREL] Then you'd think a sеcond thought and come with me I know all the secret ways to set you free Over the hills and to the open sea [LARKEN, spoken] Open sea... But where? [MINSTREL, spoken] Normandy.  [LARKEN, spoken] Normandy? But why? [JESTER, spoken] Because it's out of the castle, out of the country, and safe where no one knows you.  [LARKEN, spoken] Safe... [JESTER, spoken] And besides... [JESTER & MINSTREL] Normandy Is fine and fair So Normandy Is where we'll go [MINSTREL, JESTER, BOTH] I can show you a beach Where the peach blossom blows And I know how to reach A man who knows a man who knows A cozy inn A friendly place With rows of windows facing the sea This time of year The air, I hear, is rare and clear and warm In Normandy! [MINSTREL] I know a meadow covered with mustard flowers Golden as the sun [JESTER] Where a wondrous thing can happen When an April day is done [MINSTREL] There's a moment after the twilight [MINSTREL & JESTER, MINSTREL, JESTER] When the sky goes suddenly green And the world stands hushed and waiting For the first white stars to convene When you see that em'rald sky (You'll see the em'rald sky) You'll know the reason why (And know the reason why) There's not another place I'd rather be (No place I'd rather be) Keep your Eldorado! And to hell with Burgundy! Come fly with me Come try those wings Come swift, for we Have things to do [LARKEN, MINSTREL, JESTER, ALL THREE] Is there truly a beach Where the peach blossom blows? Are you sure you can reach That man who knows that man who knows That cozy inn (There's jessamine and) That friendly place (White lilac lace and) With rows of windows facing the sea [ALL THREE] This time of year the air, I hear, is rare and clear [LARKEN] And warm... [MINSTREL & JESTER] Don't be afraid... [LARKEN] It's warm... [MINSTREL & JESTER] Heaven was made... [ALL THREE] In Normandy! [JESTER] In Normandy! [MINSTREL] In Normandy! [LARKEN] In Normandy! [ALL THREE] In Normandy!