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The Little Girl Who’s Not a Beggar
From the musical A
Little Princess (Lyrics in bold are part of the abbreviated
recording)
Music by Richard Link
Lyrics by Tegan McLane
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DONALD
Isn’t it funny—
About people and money
Both have two sides
No telling which it will be
No telling which you will see
Plain and simple, like letter P
Or a regal face like her majesty
Isn’t it strange—
How coins become change
At least I hoped
In giving my sixpence away
In giving I would make her day
Thin and shabby, like the face of a stray
What’s changed is my idea of her, I dare say
Isn’t it nonsense—
For want of a sixpence
Or wanting to want
Who’s missing something of value
Who’s missing someone with value
Small and shabby, yes, that is true
But her manners and heart shine right through
She looked like a beggar to me
But now, if I look, what I see is
SIBLINGS
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
DONALD & SIBLINGS
Who on Earth could she be?
SIBLINGS
Isn’t it thrilling–
With just a half a shilling
DONALD
I met a girl
SIBLINGS
Who’s secretly just like we
Who’s secretly a mystery
Plain and simple, like letter P
With a regal face like her majesty
DONALD
She looked like a beggar to me
SIBLINGS
But now, if we look, what we see is
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
The little-girl-who’s-not-a-beggar
DONALD
Who on Earth could she be?
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Copyright © 2002 Children’s Musical Theater
San Jose.
Music by Richard Link, Lyrics by Tegan McLane.
Performed by:
Rachelle Abbey, Donald
Ernestine Balisi, Haley Steele, and Tiffany Tanquary, ensemble
Richard Link, piano
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