So I watched the latest Muppet Movie with my family this weekend and it go me thinking: who would I cast for a Muppet Version of the Princess Bride?
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Swamped
Tyrone you are an artist of the ultimate degree
Your work I say if the truth be told
Is awesome, terrible a marvel to behold
Unfortunately I haven’t even one half hour free
So much to do but yet so little time
trying to plan all of the festivities
the country of Florin’s anniversary
Ensuring the wedding will just be devine
I can’t do everything I want
I’m Swamped
In the parade all the nobles will march
and if Duke follows baron the unrest will spread
And all these decisions will fall on my head
Which villain to hang from the victory arch
Everybody has something they want
I’m Swamped
Then theres the seating inside of the church
Ensuring we have the right food for the feast
Who will get Salmon or Chicken or Beef
None of the Nobles can be left in the lurch
Seating my Uncle Near my Aunt
I’m swamped
Rugen:
It certainly is hard waiting to be king
If I might be so bold as to suggest
set aside some time to get sufficient rest
If your’ve not your health you don’t have anything
You look just a little gaunt
You’re swamped
Inigo’s Tale
(Flamenco)
Inigo:
The city of Toledo
gathered much acclaim
known for great sword makers
The best in all of Spain
The finest was Domingo
His sword were straight and true
His family name: Montoya
That is my last name too.
One day we had a visit
From a most important man
He needed a custom foil
For his six fingered right hand
My father loved the challenge
and said he’d forge it right
for weeks he worked unstopping
from dawn to late at night
The six-fingered man demanded the saber
at one tenth the price agreed on at the start
my father refused and the six-fingered man
slashed my father right through the heart.
I loved my father dearly
he raised me to be true
though I was but eleven
I challenged him to a duel
The man he left me bleeding
with the marks you see here
That’s the last time I saw him
It has been twenty years
Twenty years of training
to duel as best I can
Twenty years of searching
For the Six Fingered man
I will find my father’s murderer
I will look him in the eye and say
Hello my name is Inigo Montoya
You Killed my Father
Prepare to Die.
Brawns, Brain, and Steel
This one is a minor I-IV-II-V number based on a melody I wrote a long time ago. It is acappella until Fezzik starts.
Brawn, Brains and Steel
Vizzini: I was wondering if you’d help us
We’re performers from the circus
Lady up there on your horse
Can you help us find our course
How far to the closest town
Buttercup: There is none for miles around
Vizzini:There is no one near this scene
so nobody will hear you scream
Fezzik: If you want a job done right
bring along a man of might
Inigo: To bring the plan into accord
get yourself a hired sword.
Vizzini: For a plan thats circumspect
needs a cunning intellect
For proper execution you’d best combine
Fezzik:My strength
Inigo: My Sword
Vizzini: My mind
First of all you need a plan
Vizzini he is your man
If you have some heavy work
You get Fezzik, the might Turk
To protect your gotten gain
Inigo the sword from Spain
The only way to close the deal
You need brawn and brains and steel.
If you’ve a mission coming on
you need steel and brains and brawn
As You Wish – Lead Sheet
The Princess Bride Song
Second Scene, where Humperdinck Proposes. This expands on the movie, using some details from the book.
The Princess Bride
Buttercup, far I have traveled
I’ve ranged this domain I command
Seeking a suitable Princess
To become the Queen of the Land
In the far corner of Florin
I heard the tale of a Girl
Possessing spectacular beauty
Unrivaled in all of the world
It may be that your birth is common
But by the most noble of Arts
I see the majestic potential
Encased in you delicate Heart
Buttercup hear my decision
It took not long to decide
The law of the land shall support me
Buttercup shall be my Bride
Hear me now People of Florin
one month from this moment here
Our Country will have been founded
Exactly 500 years
At sundown of that very evening
A Lady will stand at my side
Florin will have a new Princess
And I shall take her as my bride
Not long ago she was common
In A farm house she was seen
Now you will find she’s is Noble
And Regal as befits your Queen
Would you now like to behold her
The Joy overflows from my cup
The Princess that soon I will Marry
Behold Princess Buttercup
Buttercup your heart is empty
Consumed as it were by a flame
that burnt away all your ambition
and left you with nothing but pain
I know you claim not to love me
I hope that will alter with time
Someday your pain will diminish
One day you will cease to pine
Perhaps the fault lies in this castle
solid stone walls that surround
your home was open and verdant
You may crave to travel the open ground
A breath of fresh are will revive you
Comfort will find you outside
You’ll find your horse has been saddled
Buttercup please take a ride
As You Wish
This is my take on the Princess Bride as a Musical. I’ve written it as a light Opera: all scenes will be sung. I have melody lines and chords for most songs. I’ll post each number individually.
Act One, Scene One:
As you Wish
(Narrator)
Buttercup was a beauty
With but two things to enjoy
Going horseback riding
And tormenting her Farm Boy.
Buttercup: Farm boy I require
More wood for the Fire
And then my horses saddle you will polish
Give it such a sheen
My face can be seen
And all you say is simply “As you wish.â€
As the seasons pass
I more gently ask
Farmboy, would you please fetch me that dish.
And as I watch your eyes
I begin to realize
There may be something in that “As you wish.â€
As you wish is all you say
But your eyes give you away
And my last bit of resistance seem to vanish
While you silently subserve
I can finally observe
What you really mean when you say “As you wish.â€
This trip you must take
You’re fortune for to make
“I’ll always come for youâ€, I hear you say
And though you say its so
I ask you how you know
“True love doesn’t happen every day.â€
“As you wish†I hear you say
As I watch you sail away
The horizon makes your vessel vanish
Once your gone I will abide
Know that I will hold inside
The echo of you saying “As you wish.â€
Pirates Roberts took your ship
No survivors left of it
Condemning me to live on in anguish
For my love has passed away
I will never hear you say
Your quiet phase of loving
“As you wish.â€