Cinderella
You're as lovely as your name
Cinderella
You're a sunset in a frame
Though you're dressed in rags
You wear an air of queenly grace
Anyone can see
A throne would be your proper place
Cinderella
If you'll give your heart a chance
It will lead you
To the kingdom of romance
There you'll see your dreams unfold
Cinderella
In the sweetest story ever told
Once upon a time... in a faraway land,
there was a tiny kingdom...
peaceful, prosperous,
and rich in romance and tradition.
Here, in a stately chateau,
there lived a widowed gentleman...
and his little daughter, Cinderella.
Although he was a kind and devoted father,
and gave his beloved child every luxury and comfort,
still he felt she needed a mother's care.
And so he married again,
choosing for his second wife a woman of good family...
with two daughters just Cinderella's age.
By name... Anastasia and Drizella.
It was upon the untimely death of this good man, however,
that the stepmother's true nature was revealed.
Cold, cruel, and bitterly jealous...
of Cinderella's charm and beauty,
she was grimly determined to forward the interests...
of her own two awkward daughters.
Thus, as time went by,
the chateau fell into disrepair,
for the family fortunes were squandered...
upon the vain and selfish stepsisters,
while Cinderella was abused, humiliated,
and finally forced to become a servant in her own house.
And yet, through it all,
Cinderella remained ever gentle and kind,
for with each dawn she found new hope that someday...
her dreams of happiness would come true.
Well, serves you right... spoiling people's best dreams.
Yes, I know it's a lovely morning, but...
it was a lovely dream too.
What kind of a dream?
Uh-uh. Can't tell.
'Cause if you tell a wish, it won't come true.
And after all...
A dream is a wish
Your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams, you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for
You keep
Have faith in your dreams
And someday
Your rainbow will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish
Will come true
Oh, that clock! Old killjoy!
I hear you. "Come on, get up!" you say.
"Time to start another day."
Even he orders me around.
Well, there's one thing.
They can't order me to stop dreaming.
And perhaps someday...
The dreams that I wish
Will come true
Shoo! Shoo! Hurry!
Come on, Jaq. Shoo!
la.la...ha.ha...la.la...
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish
Will come true
Look what I found!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!
One at a time, please!
Now, Jaq, what's all the fuss about?
New mouse in the house.
Brand-new. Never saw before.
- Visitor, visitor! - Oh, a visitor.
Well, she'll need a dress.
- No, no, no. - She's a he. He, he!
Oh, that does make a difference.
- He'll need a jacket, shoes... - Gotta get out! Gotta get out!
- In a trap-trap! - Trap-trap!
Where? In a trap?
Well, why didn't you say so?
Now, now, now... Calm down, everybody.
Oh...
The poor little thing’s scared to death.
Jaq, maybe you'd better explain things to him.
Zuk-zuk, Cinderelly. Zuk-zuk.
Now, now, now...
Look-a, little guy.
Take it r-easy. Nothin' to worry 'bout.
We like-a you.
Cinderelly like you too. She's nice.
Very nice. That's-a better.
Come on, now. Zuk-zuk-zuk!
Za... za... zuk-zuk.
Well, that's better.
Well, let's just slip it on for size.
It is a little snug,
but it'll have to do.
Now, for a name.
I've got one... Octavious!
But for short, we'll call you Gus.
Like it, Gus-Gus? Like it? Like it?
Uh... Gus-Gus.
Now I've got to hurry.
See that he keeps out of trouble, Jaq,
and don't forget to warn him about the cat.
Zuk-zuk. Look-a... uh, uh... ever seen a cat-cat?
Duh... cat-cat?
Hup! Cat-cat! R-ucifee, that's-a him.
Mean...sneaky... Jump at you!
Jump at you! Ha! Big, Big! Big as a house!
Zuk-zuk... R-ucifee?
Duh... R-ucifee. Zuk-zuk.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
Come, kitty. Come on.
Lucifer! Come here!
I'm sorry if Your Highness objects to an early breakfast.
It's certainly not my idea to feed you first.
It's orders. Come on.
Duh... R-ucifee. Is that a R-ucifee?
Zuk... R-ucifee. That's-a him!
Gus-Gus take-a R-ucifee and...
Look-it.
Wait! No, Gus-Gus, no!
Now, listen here. R-ucifee not-a funny.
R-ucifee mean.
Bruno...
Bruno!
Dreaming again.
Chasing Lucifer?
Catch him this time?
That's bad!
Suppose they heard you upstairs?
You know the orders.
So if you don’t want to lose a nice warm bed,
you'd better get rid of those dreams.
You know how?
Just learn to like cats.
No, I mean it.
Lucifer has his good points too.
For one thing, he...
Well...Sometimes he...
Hmm...
There must be something good about him.
Bruno!
Oh, Bruno.
Come on now, outside.
I know it isn't easy,
but at least we should try to get along together.
And that includes you, Your Majesty!
Breakfast time! Everybody up!
Hurry, hurry!
Come on, everybody. Breakfast, breakfast!
- Come on, everybody, breakfee!- Breakfast!
Breakfast?
Ooh, breakfast!
Oh-oh!
R-ucifee! How we gonna get out?
Hup-hup... carefee!
Listen, everybody! Got an idea.
Now, somebody gotta sneak out.
Let R-ucifee chase him.
Run over to a corner and beat R-ucifee there.
Then we all run out. Zuk?
Zuk-zuk, out!
Now we choose the one that do it.
Everybody, hup!
- Hup! - Uh, hup.
- R-ails up! - Hup!
Now...
Hup, hup, hup!
Uh, duh... uh, hup!
Oh, there you are.
I was wondering.
All right, breakfast is served.
Uh... take it r-easy. Zuk-zuk.
Uh, duh... let go! Let go now!
Let... go...
Stop that. Shoo, shoo, shoo. Go on! Shoo, shoo, shoo!
Poor little Gus.
Here.
Help yourself.
Hmm... No Gus-gus.
Well, guess he got away.
Cinderella!
I'm coming. Oh, my goodness.
Morning, noon, and night.
- Cinderella! - Coming!
Coming!
Cinderella!
I'm coming.
- Cinderella! - In a minute.
Cinderella!
Good morning, Drizella. Sleep well?
As if you cared.
Take that ironing and have it back in an hour.
One hour!
- You hear? - Yes, Drizella.
Good morning, Anastasia.
Well, it's about time! Don't forget the mending.
And don't be all day getting it done, either!
Yes, Anastasia.
- A-a-ahem. - Well, come in, child.
- Come in. - Good morning, Stepmother.
Pick up the laundry and get on with your duties.
Yes, Stepmother.
Mother! Oh, Mother, Mother!
Mother! You did it!
You did it on purpose! Mother!
Oh, Mother, Mother, Mother!
- Now what did you do? - Oh!
She put it there!
A big ugly mouse...
under my teacup!
All right, Lucifer.
What did you do with him?
Oh, you're not fooling anybody.
We'll just see about this.
Come on! Let him go.
Now the other one. Come on! Oh...
poor little Gus.
Oh, Lucifer, won't you ever learn?
Cinderella!
Yes, Stepmother.
- Are you gonna get it! - Close the door, Cinderella.
Come here.
Oh, please, you don't think--
Hold your tongue!
Now...
It seems we have time on our hands.
- But I was only trying to-- - Silence!
Time for vicious practical jokes.
Perhaps we can put it to better use.
Now... let me see.
There’s the large carpet in the main hall.
Clean it!
And the windows, upstairs and down.
Wash them!
Oh, yes...
and the tapestries, and the draperies.
- But I just fin-- - Do them again!
And don't forget...
the garden... then scrub the terrace... sweep the halls...
and the stairs... clean the chimneys.
And of course, there's the mending,
and the sewing, and the laundry.
Oh, yes, and one more thing.
See that Lucifer gets his bath.
- But, but, but-- - No "buts" about it!
My son has been avoiding his responsibilities long enough!
It's high time he married and settled down.
Of course, Your Majesty.
- But we must be patient. - I am patient!
But I’m not getting any younger, you know.
I want to see my grandchildren before I go.
I understand, Sire.
No, no, you don't know what it means to see...
your only child grow farther...
farther... and farther away from you.
I'm lonely in this desolate old palace.
I...
I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet again.
Now, now, Your Majesty.
Perhaps if we just let him alone.
Let him alone?
W-w-with his silly romantic ideas?
But, but, Sire, in matters of love--
Love... Ha!
Just a boy meeting a girl under the right conditions.
So, we're arranging the conditions.
But, but, Your Majesty, if the Prince should suspect--
Suspect?
Ha! Look...
the boy's coming home today, isn't he?
Yes, Sire.
Well, what could be more natural than a ball...
- to celebrate his return? - N-n-nothing, Sire.
If all the eligible maidens in my kingdom just...
happened to be there,
why he's bound to show interest in one of them, isn't he?
Isn't he?
Y-y-yes, Sire.
The moment he does...
soft lights, romantic music,
all the trimmings.
It can't possibly fail.
Can it?
Y-y-yes, Sire. N-n-no, Sire.
Very well, Sire. I shall arrange the ball for--
Tonight!
- Tonight? Oh, but, Sire-- - Tonight!
And see that every eligible maid is there!
Understand?
Yes, Your Majesty.
The pear-shaped tones.
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing sweet nightingale
High...
Above me
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing sweet nightingale
High...
Above...
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing sweet nightingale
High...
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing sweet nightingale
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing...sweet...
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing...
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Oh, sing sweet...
Oh...
Sing...
Oh! Oh, Lucifer!
You mean old thing!
I'm just going to have to...
teach you a lesson.
Open in the name of the King!
An urgent message from His Imperial Majesty.
- Thank you. - From the King!
What's it say, Cinderelly?
Duh... uh... uh... What's it say, huh?
I don’t know.
He said it’s urgent.
Maybe I should interrupt the... uh...
music lesson.
Oh, sing sweet nightingale
Sing sweet nightingale
High...
You clumsy! You did it on purpose.
- Be still, you! - You're always--
- Girls, girls!- It's her fault, Mother.
Above all...
self-control.
Yes!
Cinderella!
I've warned you never to interrupt while--
But this just arrived from the palace.
From the palace!
- Give it here!- Let me have it!
- No, it's mine! - No--
I'll read it.
Well...
- There's to be a ball.- A ball!
In honour of His Highness, the Prince!
Oh, the Prince!
And by royal command,
every eligible maiden is to attend.
- Why, that's us! - And I'm so eligible!
Why, that means I can go too!
Ha! Her, dancing with the Prince!
I'd be honoured, Your Highness.
Would you mind holding my broom?
Well, why not?
After all, I'm still a member of the family.
And it says, "By royal command...
every eligible maiden is to attend."
Yes... So it does.
Well, I see no reason why you can't go...
if you get all your work done.
Oh, I will! I promise.
And if you can find something...
suitable to wear.
I'm sure I can!
Oh, thank you, Stepmother.
Mother! Do you realize what you just said?
Of course.
I said, "If..."
Oh, "If..."
Isn't it lovely? It was my mother's.
It's pretty-pretty, but it’s old.
Well, maybe it is a little old-fashioned, but...
oh, I'll fix that.
H-H-How you do that, huh?
Wait a minute.
There ought to be...
some good ideas in here.
Uh-huh.
This one.
- Oh, very nice-nice. - Like it!
- We can do it.- It'll be R-easy.
I'll have to shorten the sleeves... I'll need a sash...
a ruffle... and something for a collar.
- And then I'll-- - Cinderella!
Oh, now what do they want?
- Cinderella! - Cinderella!
Oh, well, guess my dress will just have to wait.
- Cinderella! - Cinderella!
All right, all right! I'm coming.
Poor Cinderelly.
Every time she find a minute,
that's the time when they begin it!
- Cinderelly, Cinderelly-- - Cinderella!
Cinderelly, Cinderelly
Night and day it's Cinderelly
Make the fire, fix the breakfast
Wash the dishes, do the mopping
And the sweeping and the dusting
They always keep her hoppin'
She go around in circles
'Til she's very, very dizzy
Still they holler
Keep-a busy, Cinderelly
Yeah...Keep-a busy.
You know what?
Cinderelly's not go to the ball.
What?
- Not go? - What did you say?
You'll see. They fix her.
Work, work, work.
She'll never get her dress done.
P-p-poor Cinderelly.
Hey! We can do it!
We can do it we can do it
We can help our Cinderelly
We can make the dress so pretty
There’s nothing to it, really
We'll tie a sash around it
Put a ribbon through it
When dancing at the ball
She'll be more beautiful than all
In the lovely dress we'll make for Cinderelly
Hurry, hurry hurry, hurry
Gonna help our Cinderelly
Got no time to dillydally
We got to get a-goin'
I'll cut it with the scissors
And I can do the sewing
Leave the sewing to the women
You go get some trimmin'
And we'll make a lovely dress for Cinderelly
We'll make a lovely dress for Cinderelly
Follow me, Gus-Gus. I know where to go.
Find a pretty-pretty if we can.
Ho-ho-ho. Cinderelly needs help.
Surprise, surprise! Pretty surprise for Cinderelly!
- And this too, Cinderella, my slippers. Now don't forget-
- Cinderella, take my dress! - Here, mend the buttonholes.
Press my skirt too, and mind the ruffle. You're always--
- And, Cinderella... - Yes?
When you're through, and before you begin your regular chores,
I have a few little things.
- Very well. - Mother I don't see why...
everybody else seems to have such nice things to wear...
and I always end up in these old rags.
This sash!
Why, I wouldn’t be seen dead in it!
You should talk! These beads! I'm sick of looking at them!
- Trash! Oh, I hate-- - I don't see why I can't have-
Come on! Now, be carefee.
Duh... uh... yes-yes-yes, real carefee.
Oh-ho-ho! We can use that, Gus-Gus!
Uh... pretty-pretty pretty-pretty--
Shhh! Look-it!
R-ucifee!
Uh... duh... duh... look.
Oh, beads! Oh-ho-ho-ho!
Very pretty beads! Oh-ho-ho!
Shhh!
A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
The dream that you wish will come true
Okay. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.
Whatever you wish for you keep.
All right.
Heave-ho, heave-ho!
Heave-ho.
Mmmm mm mm believing
The dream that you wish will come...
Will come true...