"The Cinderella Work Song" is a deleted song from the film Cinderella, that was written as part of a deleted sequence in which after being told by Lady Tremaine that she could only go to the ball if she completed all her chores, Cinderella dreamed of what it would be like if she could duplicate herself in order to have someone to help her with her work.
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Cinderella: I'm up with the sun
to do whatever must be done
The house is falling apart
I really don't know where to start
It's work, work, work there is so much work
I'm lost before I start
There is just one of me
Might as well be none of me
Don't know where one begins
If I had a wish to wish,
I'd wish that I were twins
There's so much to do
So very, very much to do
Before I go to the Ball
It's gonna be a lovely ball
If I don't do what I have to do
I won't get there at all
Cinderella/Imaginary Cinderella: There are just two of us
Two is just a few of us
We should be many more
If we had a wish to wish,
we'd wish that we were four
Cinderella: The Ball, the Ball, the Ball the Ball
It will be a lovely ball
The Ball, the Ball, the Ball the Ball
Such a lovely ball
Lady Tremaine/Anastasia/Drizella (offscreen): Cinderella! Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella!
Cinderella: There's so little time
So very, very little time
And I must fashion a dress
I'd love to have a lovely dress
I'm so afraid that the plans I've made
will end up in a mess
Cinderella/Imaginary Cinderellas: There are just four of us
We could use much more of us
Time is short and it's late
If we had a wish to wish,
we'd wish that we were eight
Cinderella: A dress, a dress, a dress, a dress
Have to have a lovely dress
A dress, a dress, a dress, a dress
Such a lovely dress
Lady Tremaine/Anastasia/Drizella (offscreen): Cinderella! Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella!
Cinderella: There's too much to do
I'll never get my day's work through
Before I go to the Dance
It's gonna be a lovely dance
I'm in a fix, in an awful fix
and I don't have a chance
Cinderella/Imaginary Cinderellas: There are just eight of us
How we hate the fate of us
All day long our backs are bent
If we had a wish to wish,
we'd be a regiment
Cinderella: A dress for the Ball, a dress for the Ball
Have to have a dress for the Ball
A dress for the Ball, a dress for the Ball
Need a dress for the Ball
Lady Tremaine/Anastasia/Drizella (offscreen): Cinderella! Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella, Cinderella!
Cinderella: How grand it would be
if really, there were more of me
But when it's all said and done
the fact remains you're only one
