Happily Ever After

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"Happily Ever After" is a standout comic ballad from the musical "Once Upon a Mattress," known for its witty, subversive take on traditional fairy-tale endings.

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Happily Ever After canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
basedOnMotif fairy-tale happy ending
composer Mary Rodgers
contrastsWith conventional fairy-tale love songs
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Once Upon a Mattress
surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (original production)
genre comic ballad
hasSubject disillusionment with fairy-tale romance
expectations of marriage
hasThematicFocus realistic view of marriage
skepticism about romantic idealism
subversion of traditional fairy-tale endings
intendedForPerformanceBy female vocalist
isStandoutNumberOf Once Upon a Mattress
surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
language English
lyricalQuality satirical commentary
witty wordplay
lyricist Marshall Barer
medium stage musical
narrativePerspective first-person
partOf Once Upon a Mattress
surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
performedByCharacterIn Once Upon a Mattress
surface form: Once Upon a Mattress (musical)
periodOfOrigin 20th century
style comic ballad
title Happily Ever After self-linksurface differs
tone cynical
ironic
witty
workType musical theatre song

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Once Upon a Mattress notableSong Happily Ever After
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone notableSong Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After title Happily Ever After self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Happily Ever After (song)