![]() ![]() I sang the last bit for my wife, and she said, “what’s the bit with the paper bag?” I couldn’t believe it! How had she never heard of the Paper Bag Princess and Elizabeth’s disregard for societal norms? She asked me if the kids would get this subtle and obscure reference to a forty-year old picture book.Īnd that’s exactly why I’m going to leave the lyric as is. WHAT’S THE USE OF WISHING WHEN THE WELLS ARE ALL DRY? They sing a cheery song about how they’ve lost all hope of being rescued: An excerpt: The main character gets thrown in the dungeon of a giant’s castle, and meets several fairy tale characters who also got caught, including Goldilocks, the Gingerbread Man and Snow White. The Paper Bag Princess resurfaced itself from the depths of my memory while I was working on a song lyric for a musical I am writing. ![]()
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