In My Own Little Corner [Reprise] [Finnish translation]

[ELLA]

I am in the Royal Palace of all places

When I meet the finest prince you’ve ever seen

And the color on my two stepsister’s faces

Is a queer sort of sour apple green

I am coy and flirtatious

When alone with the Prince—

(short interlude)

I’m the belle of the ball

In my own little corner

All alone

In my own

Little (chair)

[MARIE]

Fol-de-rol and fiddledy-dee

Fiddledy faddledy foddle

All the wishes in the world

Are poppycock and twaddle!

[ELLA]

Oh Crazy Marie. Are you mocking me with your gibberish?

[MARIE]

Fol de rol and fiddledy dee

Fiddledy faddledy foodle

All the dreamers in all the world

Are dizzy in the noodle

[ELLA]

So what if I do have a dream to see the Prince again? And tell him what life in his kingdom is really like? And what it could be

[MARIE]

Exactly. And then to have him fall in love with you

[ELLA]

No one will fall in love with me. Why do you come to visit me tonight?

[MARIE]

I just knew I would find you

In the same little chair

In the pale pink mist of a foolish dream

[ELLA]

I am being foolish

[MARIE]

Then be foolish with me. What would you dream of?

[ELLA]

An invitation to the ball, I guess

[MARIE]

Right here. There’s an invitation

[ELLA]

But it’s torn

[MARIE]

Don’t wait for everything to be perfect, just go! Now, what else would you dream of?

[ELLA]

Oh a white gown, I imagine. A beautiful white gown sewn up with pearls. And jewels. And a tiara of diamonds

[MARIE]

And on your feet?

[ELLA]

The most beautiful grosgrain pumps, I’d imagine

[MARIE]

No. Better. The Venetian glass that your stepmother so loves in her trinkets and baubles. An entire pair of shoes made only of Venetian glass

[ELLA]

Oh how silly. I’d be the envy of all. But how would I get to the ball?

[MARIE]

Well this pumpkin over here?

[ELLA]

Yes?

[MARIE]

I’ll turn it into a golden carriage

[ELLA]

And horses?

[MARIE]

Those mice. Trapped in this cage

[ELLA]

And a fox as a footman and a raccoon as a driver. Oh you are crazy, Marie. Why, in order to do that, you would have to be a fairy godmother

[ELLA]

Marie! Are you really my fairy godmother?

[MARIE]

But of course, my child. Actually, I’m everyone’s fairy godmother. But you’re the only one who’s given me charity. Generosity. And kindness. And now, I must make all the dreams we joked about come true

[ELLA]

But that’s so improbable. Implausible

• Artist:Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Musical)
• Album:Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Original Broadway Cast Recording)