Long Ago Lyrics

Long Ago Text

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Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: David Zippel
Premiere: 1997

NARRATOR:
Long ago, in the far away land of ancient Greece
there was a golden age of powerful gods extraordinary heroes
and greatest and strongest of all these Heroes was the mighty
Hercules.
But what is the measure of a true hero? Now, that is what our
story ...

MUSES:
Will you listen to him?
He's making the story sound like some Greek tragedy.
Lighten up, dude.
We'll take it from here, darling.

NARRATOR:
You go, girls ...

MUSES:

We are the muses.
Goddesses of the arts
and proclaimers of heroes.
Heroes like Hercules.
Honey, you mean Hunkules!
I'd like to make some sweet music of it
Our story actually begins long before Hercules
Many Aeons ago ...