Track Title:               Stepsisters Lament


Prime Artist:              Pat Carroll
Lyrics by:                 Oscar Hammerstein II     (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)
Music by:                  Richard Rodgers
Vocal:                     Barbara Ruick

From the Film:             Cinderella  1965 (M)
Lyrics:
BOTH

Why would a fellow want a girl like her,
A frail and fluffy beauty?
Why can't a fellow ever once prefer
A solid girl like me?

ESMERALDA

She's a frothy little bubble
With a flimsy kind of charm.
And with very little trouble
I could break her little arm

BOTH

Why would a fellow want a girl like her,
So obviously unusual?
What can't a fellow ever once prefer
A usual girl like me?

ESMERALDA

Her cheeks are a pretty shade of pink

ESMERALDA

But not any pinker than a rose is

PRUNELLA

Her skin may be delicate and soft

ESMERALDA

But not any softer than a doe's is

PRUNELLA

Her neck is no whiter than a swan

ESMERALDA

She's only dainty as a daisy

PRUNELLA

She's only as graceful as a bird

BOTH

So why is the fellow going crazy?

Oh, why would a fellow want a girl like her,
A girl who's merely lovely?
Why can't a fellow ever once prefer
A girl who's merely me?

PRUNELLA

Me?

ESMERALDA

You?

PRUNELLA

Me!

ESMERALDA

You?
Us

PRUNELLA

What?

(In an annoying, dainty way)

Her cheeks are a pretty shade of pink
But not any pinker than a rose is