You were born in a palace by the sea.

A palace by the sea?
Could it be?

Yes, that's right.

You rode horseback when you were only three.

Horseback riding?
Me?

And the horse

He was white!

You made faces and terrorized the cook!

Threw him in the brook!

Was I wild?

Wrote the book!

But you'd behave when your father gave that look!

Imagine how it was!

Your long-forgotten past!

We've lots and lots to teach you and the time is going fast!

All right...I'm ready!

Now, shoulders back and stand up tall

And do not walk, but try to float.

I feel a little foolish.
Am I floating?

Like a little boat!

You give a bow.

What happens now?

Your hand receives a kiss! (lingering look)

Most of all remember this:

If I can learn to do it, you can learn to do it.
Something in you knows it
There's nothing to it!
Follow in my footsteps, shoe by shoe!
You can learn to do it too!

Now, elbows in and sit up straight

And never slurp the stroganoff.

I never cared for stroganoff!

She said that like a Romanov!

The Samovar.

The caviar.

Dessert and then goodnight?

Not until you get this right!

If I can learn to do it
If he can learn to do it

You can learn to do it!
You can learn to do it

Pull yourself together
And you'll pull through it!
Tell yourself it's easy
And it's true!
You can learn to do it too!

Next, you must memorize the names of the royalty.
Now here we have Kropotkin

Shot Potemkin

In the Botkin.

Oh!

And dear old uncle Vanya loved his vodka

Got it Anya?

No!

The Baron Pushkin

He was

Short

Count Anatoly

Had a

Wart!

Count Sergei

Wore a feathered hat.

I hear he's gotten very fat.

And I recall his yellow cat!

I don't believe we told her that.

If you can learn to do it,
I can learn to do it!

Don't know how you knew it

I simply knew it!
Suddenly I feel like someone new

Anya, you're a dream come true!

If I can learn to do it,
If I can learn to do it

You can learn to do it!
You can learn to do it.

Pull yourself together
And you'll pull through it!

Tell yourself it's easy,

And it's true

You can learn to do it,

Nothing to it!

You can learn to do it too!

Waltz Reprise:

It's one-two-three and suddenly
I see it at a glance

She's radiant
And confident and born to take this chance.

I taught her well.
I planned it all!
I just forgot
Romance!

Vlad, how could you do this?
How will we get through this?
I never should have let them dance!