Alice in Wonderland1951

[ALICE in WONDERLAND In adaptation of LEWIS CARROL'S The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass COLOR BY TECHNICOLOR]

Chorus:
Alice in Wonderland

Male Chorus:
How do you get to Wonderland?

Female Chorus:
Over the hill or Underland

or just behind the tree

When clouds go rolling by

Male Chorus:
They roll away and leave the sky

Female Chorus:
Where is the land beyond the eye

That people cannot see?

Where can it be?

Male Chorus:
Where do stars go

Where is the crescent moon?

Female Chorus:
They must be somewhere in the sunny afternoon

Chorus:
Alice in Wonderland

Female Chorus:
Where is the path to Wonderland?

Chorus:
Over the hill or here or there?

I wonder where...

[The Song's main title theme]

[First Lines]

Alice's sister:
[reading from a history book] "... leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to usurpation and conquest. Edwin and Morcar, the Earls of Mercia and Northumbria, declared for him: and even Stigand..." Alice? [camera zooms out to show Alice sitting in a tree, playing with Dinah and making a chain of daisies]

Alice:
Hmm? Oh, I'm listening.

Alice's sister:
"And even Stigand, the archbishop of Canterbury, agreed to meet with William and offer him the crown. William's conduct at first was moderate." [Alice laughs as her daisy crown falls on her sister's face]

Alice's Sister:
Alice? Will you kindly pay attention to your history lesson?

Alice:
I'm sorry, but how can one possibly pay attention to a book with no pictures in it?

Alice's Sister:
My dear child, there are a great many good books in this world without pictures.

Alice:
In this world, perhaps, but in my world, the books would be nothing but pictures.

Alice's Sister:
Your world? Huh! What nonsense.

Alice:
[getting inspiration] Nonsense?

Alice's Sister:
Once more, from the beginning.

Alice:
[to her cat] That's it, Dinah. If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrariwise, what it is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be it would. You see? [Dinah meows to her, shaking her head] In my world, you wouldn't say "meow". You'd say, "Yes, Miss Alice". [Dinah meows] Oh, but you would. You'd be just like people, Dinah. And all the other animals too. Why, in my world... Cats and rabbits / would reside in fancy little houses, / and be dressed in shoes and hats and trousers. / In a world of my own... / All the flowers / would have very extra special powers. / They would sit and talk to me for hours / when I'm lonely in a world of my own. / There'd be new birds, / lots of nice and friendly how-de-do birds. / Everyone would have a dozen bluebirds / within that world of my own. / I could listen to a babbling brook and hear a song that I could understand. / I keep wishing it could be that way / because my world would be a Wonderland.