Script (1959) - Introduction and célébrations
SONG: Once Upon a Dream (Introduction)
CHOIR: I know you,
I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you,
The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
Yet I know it's true
That visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once the way you did once
Upon a dream
NARRATOR: In a far away land, long ago, lived a King and his fair Queen. Many years had they longed for a child, and finally their wish was granted. A daughter was born, and they called her Aurora.
CHOIR: Sweet Aurora...
NARRATOR: Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with sunshine. Then a great holiday was proclaimed throughout the kingdom, so that all of high or low estate might pay homage to the infant Princess. And our story begins on that most joyful day.
CHOIR: On that joyful day... On that joyful day...
SONG: Hail to the Princess Aurora
CHOIR: Joyfully now to our princess we come
Bringing gifts and all good wishes too
We pledge our loyalty anew
Hail to the Princess Aurora
All of her subjects adore her
Hail to the King!
Hail to the Queen!
Hail to the Princess Aurora!
Health to the Princess,
Wealth to the Princess,
Long live the Princess Aurora!
Hail Aurora! Hail Aurora!
Health to the Princess,
Wealth to the Princess,
Long live the Princess Aurora!
Hail to the King!
Hail to the Queen!
Hail to the Princess Aurora!
NARRATOR: Thus, on this great and joyous day did all the kingdom celebrate the long-awaited royal birth. And good King Stefan and his Queen made welcome their lifelong friend.
ANNOUNCER: Their Royal Highnesses, King Hubert and Prince Phillip.
NARRATOR: Fondly had these monarchs dreamed one day their kingdoms to unite. Thus, today would they announce that Phillip, Hubert's son and heir, to Stefan's child would be betrothed. And so to her his gift he brought, and looked unknowing on his future bride.
ANNOUNCER: Their most honoured and exalted excellencies, the Three Good Fairies. Mistress Flora, Mistress Fauna, and Mistress Merryweather.
FLORA, FAUNA and MERRYWEATHER: Oh!
MERRYWEATHER: The little darling.
FLORA, FAUNA and MERRYWEATHER: Your Majesties.
FLORA: Each of us the child may bless with a single gift, no more, no less. Little Princess, my gift shall be the gift of beauty.
SONG: The Gifts of Beauty and Song
CHOIR: One gift: beauty rare
Gold of sunshine in her hair
Lips that shame the red, red rose
She'll walk with springtime wherever she goes
FAUNA: Tiny Princess, my gift shall be the gift of song.
SONG: The Gifts of Beauty and Song
CHOIR: One gift: the gift of song
Melody her whole life long
The nightingale's her troubadour
Bringing his sweet serenade to her door
MERRYWEATHER: Sweet Princess, my gift shall be the...