"A Very Nice Prince" is the 9th song of act I of Into The Woods. It is the 6th song in the Original Broadway Cast Recording, paired with First Midnight and Giants In The Sky.
- important for Cinderella & Baker's Wife characters
- sondheim comment
Lyrics[]
[CINDERELLA]
He's a very nice prince
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
And—?
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
And—
(sung)
It's a very nice ball
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
And—?
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
And—
(sung)
When I entered, they trumpeted
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
And—?
The Prince—?
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Oh, the Prince...
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Yes, the Prince!
[CINDERELLA]
Well, he's tall
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Is that all?
(spoken)
Did you dance?
Is he charming?
They say that he's charming.
[CINDERELLA]
We did nothing but dance
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Yes—?
And—?
[CINDERELLA]
And it made a nice change
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
No, the Prince!
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Oh, the Prince?…
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Yes, the Prince.
[CINDERELLA]
He has charm for a Prince, I guess…
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Guess?
[CINDERELLA]
I don't meet a wide range
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Did he bow?
Was he cold and polite?
[CINDERELLA]
And it's all very strange
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
Did you speak?
Did he flirt?
Could you tell right away he was royalty?
(sung)
Is he sensitive
Clever
Well-mannered
Considerate
Passionate
Charming
As kind as he's handsome
As wise as he's rich
Is he everything you've ever wanted?
[CINDERELLA]
Would I know?
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Well, I know!
[CINDERELLA]
But how can you know what you want
Till you get what you want
And you see if you like it?
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Would I know?
[CINDERELLA]
All I know is—
[BAKER'S WIFE]
I never wish—
[CINDERELLA]
What I want most of all—
[BAKER'S WIFE]
Just within reason
[CINDERELLA]
—Is to know what I want
[BAKER'S WIFE]
When you know you can't have what you want
Where's the profit in wishing?
[CINDERELLA & BAKER'S WIFE]
He's a very nice prince
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
What I wouldn't give to be in your shoes.
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
Will you look over there? An enormous beanstalk growing next to that little cottage!
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
I mean slippers as pure as gold!
[CINDERELLA, spoken]
I must get home!
[BAKER'S WIFE, spoken]
I need your shoe!
[MILKY-WHITE moos and the runs off the stage.]
Wait!
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