Shy

Lyrics

[WINNIFRED, spoken] Anyway, you asked for a princess—here I am! Who's the lucky guy? (sung) Hey, nonny, nonny, is it you? [KNIGHT #1] Hey nonny— [KNIGHT #2] Nonny— [KNIGHT #3] Nonny— [KNIGHT #4] No! [WINNIFRED] Hey nonny, nonny is it you? [KNIGHT #5] Hey nonny, nonny, nonny, no! [WINNIFRED] Hey, nonny, nonny, is it you, or you, or you, or you, or— [DAUNTLESS] Nanny, nenny, nonny, nanny, nenny, nonny, nonny— [QUEEN, spoken] No, no, no! [WINNIFRED] Someone's being bashful That's no way to be Not with me Can't you see— That I am just as embarrassed as you? And I can understand your point of view I've always been Shy I confess it I'm shy! Can't you guess that this confident air Is a mask that I wear 'Cause I'm shy? And you may be sure Way down deep I'm demure! Though some people I know might deny it At bottom I'm quiet! And pure I'm aware that it's wrong To be meek as I am My chances may pass me by I pretеnd to be strong But as weak as I am All I can do is try God knows I try! Though I'm frightenеd and shy! And despite the impression I give I confess that I'm living a lie Because I'm actually terribly timid And ho—rribly Shy Though a lady may be dripping with glamour As often as not She'll stumble and stammer When suddenly confronted with romance And she's likely to fall of her face When she's finally face-to-face with a pair of pants Quite often The lady's not as hard to please as she seems Quite often She'll settle for something less than the man of her dreams I'm going fishing for a mate! [KNIGHTS] She's going fishing for a mate! [WINNIFRED] I'm going to look in ev'ry brook! [KNIGHTS] She's going to look in ev'ry brook! [WINNIFRED] But how must longer must I wait With baited breath and hook? (spoken) Dance break! [the knights dance as Winnifred watches.] [WINNIFRED, spoken] Oh, that was wonderful! [ENSEMBLE] Woo! [WINNIFRED] And that is why Though I'm painfully shy I'm insane to know which sir You, sir? [KNIGHTS] Not I, sir! [WINNIFRED] Then who, sir? Where, sir? And when, sir? I couldn't be tenser So let's get this done Man get on with the fun, man I am one man [KNIGHTS] The lady is one man? [WINNIFRED & KNIGHTS] Shy!