Very Soft Shoes

Very Soft Shoes - David Hibbard/David Jennings/Once Upon a Mattress Ensemble (1996)

So indulge me as I pause to raise my chalice

To a quaint and charming dance they used to do

In the days when my dear father played the palace

Back in 1392

My dad was debonair and quite as light as air

In his very soft shoes

How he could dip and glide

And skip and slip and slide

In his very soft shoes

I used to stand and watch him everyday

He was always smooth and cool

I used to love to hear the people say

He's a regular dancing fool

He barely touched the ground

And never made a sound

But I've noticed in all his reviews

That when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown

The crowd went crazy and the house came down

When daddy wore his very soft shoes

And when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown

The crowd went crazy and the house came down

When daddy daddy wore his wore his very very soft shoes