Original Broadway Cast of Into the Woods — I Wish

[NARRATOR] Once upon a time In the distant past In a far-off kingdom In a wide green valley Lay a little a village At the edge of the woods And everybody in it Was busy And cheerful and thriving and full of contentment And yet [ALL] I wish [NARRATOR] Beset [MAN] I wish [WOMAN] I wish [NARRATOR] With unfulfilled longing [WOMAN] I wish my house was made of gold [NARRATOR] Or, as some would say, dreams [MAN] I wish my well was filled with beer [MAN] I wish [WOMAN] I wish my feet were not so cold [JACK] I wish my cow were not so old [WOMAN] I wish my son-in-law would disappear [MAN] I wish I had more hair [WOMAN] I wish [MAN] I wish [WOMAN] I wish I'd something nice to wear [MAN] I wish [JACK] I wish my cow could go with me to school [JACK'S MOTHER] I wish my son was not a fool [CINDERELLA] I wish I had a family that really liked me [WOMAN] I wish [MAN] I wish [WOMAN & MAN] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] Now, in this village at the edge of the woods, there lived a baker... [BAKER] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] And his wife... [BAKER'S WIFE] I wish [NARRATOR, spoken] And what they wished for, more than anything... [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] I wish [NARRATOR] Was... [BAKER] I wish we had a baby [BAKER'S WIFE] I want to have a child [BAKER] A pink and shiny baby [BAKER'S WIFE] A tiny baby [BAKER] A little whiny baby [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] Who only lives to drive its parents wild I wish we had a baby [BAKER] Who gurgled and who smiled [BAKER'S WIFE] A pink and twinkly baby [BAKER] A crinkly baby [BAKER'S WIFE] A little wrinkly baby [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] A source of light [BAKER'S WIFE] Who cries all night [BAKER] Whose eyes grow bright The minute that they see me [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] I wish we had a creamy [BAKER] Screamy [BAKER'S WIFE] Dreamy [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] Baby [MAN] I wish my wife were not my wife [WOMAN] I wish I looked like her [MAN] I wish [WOMAN] I wish my life were not my life [MAN] I wish [WOMAN] I wish I were as smart as her [WOMAN] I wish these shoes were not so tight [MAN] I wish my parents wouldn't fight [WOMAN] I wish I were younger [WOMAN] I wish I had a daughter [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] I wish we had a baby [WOMAN] I wish my husband had a job [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] Who gurgled and beguiled A pink and twinkly baby A crinkly baby A little nibbly baby [CINDERELLA] I wish I could go to the Festival [BAKER & BAKER'S WIFE] A dribbly, bubbly, cuddly, giggly, teensy-weensy, bouncy A squishy little baby [MAN] I wish I were a... [WOMAN] I wish I knew a... [WOMAN] I wish I had a... [ALL] I wish