Act II Scene V

(Lyra, Bon Bon, and Applejack enter)

[Lyra]

What's the matter, Jester?

[Applejack]

Oh, nothing.

[Lyra]

Say something funny!

[Applejack]

Have you ever heard of my father; Sliding Theatre Jangles?

(Bon Bon starts laughing hysterically)

[Lyra]

Was that even funny?

[Bon Bon]

…I don't know.

[Lyra]

Looks like the clown is losing her touch!

(They both exit laughing)

[Applejack]

I am far from sentimental or romantic

And I like to think I'm strictly up to date

But at times the dancing gets a bit too frantic

In these hectic days of 1428

So indulge me as I pause to raise my chalice

To a quaint and charming dance they used to do

In the days when my dear father played the palace

Back in 1392

My dad was debonair and quite as light as air

In his very soft shoes

How he could dip and glide and skip and slip and slide

In his very soft shoes

I used to stand and watch him everyday

He was always smooth and cool

I used to love to hear the ponies say

He's a regular dancing fool

He barely touched the ground

And never made a sound

But I've noticed in all his reviews

That when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown

The crowd went crazy and the house came down

When Daddy wore his very soft shoes

(Musical interlude)

And when he took his bow to the crowd and the crown

The crowd went crazy and the house came down

When Daddy wore his very soft shoes