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Princess Long Ago

Why not read and sing along to the story, you could choose which character you want to be and play your own Princess Long Ago game. You could also dress up as the characters!

There was a Princess long-ago
Long-ago, long-ago
There was a Princess long-ago
Long, long-a-go!

And she lived in a big high tower
A big high tower, a big high tower
And she lived in a big high tower
Long, long-a-go!

THE FAIRY SNEAKS UP TO THE PRINCESS

THE FAIRY
The naughty fairy waved her wand
Waved her wand, waved her wand
The naughty fairy waved her wand
Long, long-a-go!

THE FAIRY WAVES HER WAND
THE PRINCESS FALLS ASLEEP

THE FAIRY
The Princess slept for a hundred years
A hundred years, a hundred years
The Princess slept for a hundred years
Long, long-a-go!

THE PRINCE
A great big forest grew around
Grew around, grew around
A great big forest grew around
Long, long-a-go!

THE PRINCE PASSES BY RIDING A HORSE

THE PRINCE
A handsome Prince came riding by
Riding by, riding by
A handsome Prince came riding by
Long, long-a-go!

He took his sword and cut it down
Cut it down, cut it down
He took his sword and cut it down
Long, long-a-go!

THE PRINCE (SPEAKING) Time to wake up princess

He kissed her hand to wake her up
Wake her up, wake her up
He kissed her hand to wake her up
Long, long-a-go!

THE PRINCE KISSES THE PRINCESS’S HAND

THE PRINCESS & THE PRINCE
So everybody's happy now
Happy now, happy now
So everybody's happy now
Ha-ppy now!

THE PRINCESS
And the Prince and Princess lived happily ever after.