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Scene Three: Castle Birth
Song: Song of the Castle.
Tempo increases as the tension accelerates.
Fool: 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, and counting.
Groundskeeper and Hunter: All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Milk! I need fresh milk! For the biscuits.
Social Secretary delivers a note from The Queen to the Spinner.
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Waiting on the Queen!
All the pacing, no one’s sleeping, we’re all waiting…
One Voice: On the Queen!
Spinner: The Queen is having a lovely day,
Savoring this sweet time, this sweet time
She’s asked for booties, a bobble-hat,
Soft blankets for the bassinet…
And...she thinks it might be any moment now...
King: today? Right away?
But we’re not completely ready…
Spinner: Everything is fine,
relax and let it happen…
King: What an extraordinary thought!
Not my strong suit, really,
Not my strong suit...
Spinner & Groundskeeper: Babies come when _they are ready...
King: I don't think _I am ready!
Ladies Chorus: All the pacing, no one's sleeping, we're all waiting!
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) The queen’s in labor.
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: And fresh cream for the butter!
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Waiting on the Queen!
Social Secretary: Where is my list? There is so much left to do!
Fool: Relativity!
When you're waiting like this
Everything is relative
Time is like taffy
stretched out quite thin
Ladies Chorus: (1/2 step mod down) Waiting. Waiting...Ooooh
(1/2 step mod up) Waiting. Waiting...Ahhhh
Spinner: Sweet time. She’s taking her sweet time.
Ladies Chorus: (1/2 step mod down) Waiting. Waiting...Ooooh
(1/2 step mod up) Waiting. Waiting...Ahhhh
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Boil some water.
King: Is everything all right? (begins pacing)
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Homemade Biscuits!
Social Secretary: May I get you anything, your majesty.
King: (yells at him) No! I’m fine!.
(catchs himself) No! ...I'm a thundering blunderbuss, I do apologize...
(sings) I'm besotted
by my daughter
And I haven't even met her...
Fool: Normally he has the situation
Monitored, controlled and well in hand
King: This complexity of feeling, curious and unexpected
Curious, and... curious
Fool: But with all the excitement,
It's his very first child...
Men's Chorus: Finally, they've been waiting!
Ladies Chorus: Finally, we've been waiting!
Cook: Biscuits in the oven.
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) (yawns)
King: Is this normal?. What’s taking so long?
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Smell those biscuits baking?
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Ooohhhh....
Fool: You can't punish the clock
for dragging along…
no matter how much you might want to!
Ladies: Waiting, waiting, waiting on the Queen...
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Is there a doctor in the house?
King: What? This doesn't sound very perfect to me!
Ladies Chorus: All the pacing, no one's sleeping...
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Hot biscuits with fresh butter. (She offers them around
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Any moment now…
King: (cries out in frustration)
Ladies Chorus: Any moment now, any moment now
Guy Chorus: Courage, your majesty!
take a deep breath!
Fool:
He's lost his firm foundation
His last shred of reserve
Spinner: Babies come when they're ready
Only when they're ready...
Ladies Chorus: Any moment now, any moment now...
King: (keep it) Under control, (got it) under control...
Ladies Chorus: (F) Finally, we've been waiting..
(mod up to G) Waiting, waiting, ohhhhhhhh
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: More biscuits anyone? (She offers them around)
All: 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 13 hours
Waiting, we're waiting, we're waiting on the Queen!
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus 2: And waiting
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus 2: And waiting
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus: And waiting
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) It’s a girl!!!
King collapses as Fool holds him up.
Gong. Castle exits, collapses, moves off.
Spinner: And so the perfect kingdom is truly complete . . . (sees something uncertain in the spinning wheel)
Song: Song of the Castle.
Tempo increases as the tension accelerates.
Fool: 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours, and counting.
Groundskeeper and Hunter: All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Milk! I need fresh milk! For the biscuits.
Social Secretary delivers a note from The Queen to the Spinner.
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Waiting on the Queen!
All the pacing, no one’s sleeping, we’re all waiting…
One Voice: On the Queen!
Spinner: The Queen is having a lovely day,
Savoring this sweet time, this sweet time
She’s asked for booties, a bobble-hat,
Soft blankets for the bassinet…
And...she thinks it might be any moment now...
King: today? Right away?
But we’re not completely ready…
Spinner: Everything is fine,
relax and let it happen…
King: What an extraordinary thought!
Not my strong suit, really,
Not my strong suit...
Spinner & Groundskeeper: Babies come when _they are ready...
King: I don't think _I am ready!
Ladies Chorus: All the pacing, no one's sleeping, we're all waiting!
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) The queen’s in labor.
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: And fresh cream for the butter!
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Waiting on the Queen!
Social Secretary: Where is my list? There is so much left to do!
Fool: Relativity!
When you're waiting like this
Everything is relative
Time is like taffy
stretched out quite thin
Ladies Chorus: (1/2 step mod down) Waiting. Waiting...Ooooh
(1/2 step mod up) Waiting. Waiting...Ahhhh
Spinner: Sweet time. She’s taking her sweet time.
Ladies Chorus: (1/2 step mod down) Waiting. Waiting...Ooooh
(1/2 step mod up) Waiting. Waiting...Ahhhh
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Boil some water.
King: Is everything all right? (begins pacing)
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Homemade Biscuits!
Social Secretary: May I get you anything, your majesty.
King: (yells at him) No! I’m fine!.
(catchs himself) No! ...I'm a thundering blunderbuss, I do apologize...
(sings) I'm besotted
by my daughter
And I haven't even met her...
Fool: Normally he has the situation
Monitored, controlled and well in hand
King: This complexity of feeling, curious and unexpected
Curious, and... curious
Fool: But with all the excitement,
It's his very first child...
Men's Chorus: Finally, they've been waiting!
Ladies Chorus: Finally, we've been waiting!
Cook: Biscuits in the oven.
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) (yawns)
King: Is this normal?. What’s taking so long?
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Smell those biscuits baking?
Ladies Chorus: Waiting. Waiting. Ooohhhh....
Fool: You can't punish the clock
for dragging along…
no matter how much you might want to!
Ladies: Waiting, waiting, waiting on the Queen...
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Is there a doctor in the house?
King: What? This doesn't sound very perfect to me!
Ladies Chorus: All the pacing, no one's sleeping...
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: Hot biscuits with fresh butter. (She offers them around
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) Any moment now…
King: (cries out in frustration)
Ladies Chorus: Any moment now, any moment now
Guy Chorus: Courage, your majesty!
take a deep breath!
Fool:
He's lost his firm foundation
His last shred of reserve
Spinner: Babies come when they're ready
Only when they're ready...
Ladies Chorus: Any moment now, any moment now...
King: (keep it) Under control, (got it) under control...
Ladies Chorus: (F) Finally, we've been waiting..
(mod up to G) Waiting, waiting, ohhhhhhhh
Groundskeeper and Hunter: (double time) All clear. Area secure. Ready and able. (gesture)
Cook: More biscuits anyone? (She offers them around)
All: 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 13 hours
Waiting, we're waiting, we're waiting on the Queen!
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus 2: And waiting
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus 2: And waiting
Chorus 1: And counting
Chorus: And waiting
Aunt Argie: (rings bell) It’s a girl!!!
King collapses as Fool holds him up.
Gong. Castle exits, collapses, moves off.
Spinner: And so the perfect kingdom is truly complete . . . (sees something uncertain in the spinning wheel)