Happily Ever After
The couple is happily leaving the chapel eternally tied
As the curtain descends there is nothing but loving and laughter
When the fairy tale ends the heroine’s always a bride
Ella the girl of the cinders
Did the wash and the walls and the winders
But she landed a prince who was brawny and blue eyed and blond
Still I honestly doubt that she could ever have done it without that
Crazy lady with the wand—Cinderella had outside help
I have no one but me
Fairy godmother, godmother, godmother where can you be?
Snow White was so pretty they tell us
That the queen was insulted and jealous
When the mirror declared that Snow White was the fairest of all
She was dumped on the border
But was saved by some men who adored her
Oh I grant you they were small
I’m alone in the night
by myself not a dwarf not an elf not a goblin in sight
She lived happily happily happily ever after
A magical kiss counteracted the apple eventually
Though I know I’m not clever I’ll do what they tell me I hafta
I want some happily ever after to happen to me
Has one simple human desire
Oh I ask for no more that two shoes on the floor next to mine
Oh someone to fly and to float with
To swim in the marsh and the moat with
As for this one well, he’d be fine
(But now it’s all up to me!)
And I’m burning to bring it about
If I don’t I’ll be stuck with goodbye and good luck and get out
(I don’t want to get out I want to get in!)
I wanna get into some happily happily ever after
I want to walk happily out of the chapel eternally tied
For I know I’ll never live happily ever after till after i’m a bride
And then I’ll be happily happy
Yes happily happy
And thoroughly satisfied
There are several reasons why I like this song. The primary reason is because I was in the pit orchestra when my old high school performed this musical. Secondly, it’s got a really catchy rhythm. Finally, it’s an interesting perspective of that whole “must get married” bug that people who graduate college seem to catch. Obviously, getting married or obtaining anything or finding anyone other than Christ isn’t going to give us lasting happiness, but yet we still wander our lives searching for those other things nonetheless. Why is that?
Marshall Barer and Mary Rodgers
© 1948