This song is featured in the 1987 movie The Princess Bride, and was written by Willy DeVille. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
The trio version below was recorded live at a wedding ceremony.
This piece can be played on pedal harp or lever harp.
Harp, Violin, & Cello trio
Lyrics
Come my love I'll tell you a tale,
Of a boy and girl
And their love story.
And how he loved her oh so much,
and all the charms she did possess
Now this did happen once upon a time,
When things were not so complex.
And how he worshiped the ground she walked,
And when he looked he became obsessed.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
His love was stronger than the power so dark,
A prince could have within his keeping.
His spells to weave and steal her heart,
Within her heart but only sleeping.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
And he said:
"Don't you know I love you oh, so much,
and lay my heart at the foot of your dress."
And she said:
"Don't you know that storybook loves,
Always have a happy ending."
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stallion they rode away.
My love is like a storybook story,
But it's as real as the feelings I feel.
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