A Rumor In St.Petersburg

Words and Music By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

PEOPLE IN LINE:

An Old Woman:

St. Petersburg is gloomy

A Younger Woman:

St. Petersburg is bleak!

A Shivering Man:

My underwear got frozen standing here all week!

A group:

Oh, since the revolution our lives have been so gray!

ALL:

Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day!

Hey!

Have you heard

There's a rumor in St. Petersburg?

Have you heard

What they're saying on the street?

Although the tsar did not survive,

One daughter may be still alive!

The Princess Anastasia!

Frightened Man:

But please do not repeat!

ALL:

It's a rumor

A legend

A mystery!

Something whispered in an alleyway

Or through a crack!

It's a rumor

That's part of our history.

A Babushka:
They say her royal grandmama

Will pay a royal sum.

ALL:

To someone who can bring the princess back!

Black Marketeers #1:

A ruble for this painting!

It's Romanov,

I swear!

Black Marketeers #2:

Count Yusopov's pajamas!

Comrade, buy the pair!

Black Marketeers #3:

I got this from the palace

It's lined with real fur!

Black Marketeers:

It could be worth a fortune

If it belonged to her!

Dimitri:

It's the rumor

The legend

The mystery!

It's the Princess Anastasia

Who will help us fly!

You and I friend

Will go down In history!

We'll find a girl to play the part

And teach her what to say

Dress her up and take her to Paree!

Imagine the reward her dear old Grandmama will pay!

Who else could pull it off

But you and me!

We'll be rich!

Vladimir:

We'll be rich!

Dimitri:

We'll be out!

Vladimir:

We'll be out!

Both:

And St. Petersburg

Will have some more to talk about!

ALL:

SSH!

Have you heard?

There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!

Have you heard

What they're saying on the street?

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Have you heard

There's a rumor in St. Petersburg!

Have you heard?

A Delighted Gossiper:

Comrade, what do you suppose?

ALL:

A fascinating mystery!

Dimitri:

The biggest con in history!

ALL:

The Princess Anastasia alive or dead...

The Window Washer:

Who knows!

Jonathan Dokuchitz (Dimitri), Kelsey Grammer (Vladimir) and Townspeople. Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens / Music by Stephen Flaherty. Arranged by Doublad Besterman; Orchestrated by William D. Brohn © 1996, 1997 T C F Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP). (p) 1997 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.