Disney - Bring Honor To Us All (Mulan) Lyrics

This is what you give me to work with?

Well, honey, I've seen worse.

We're gonna turn this sow's ear

Into a silk purse.



We'll have you washed and dried

Primped and polished till you glow with pride

Trust my recipe for instant bride

You'll bring honor to us all.



Wait and see, when we're through

Boys will gladly go to war for you.

With good fortune (and a great hair-do)

You'll bring honor to us all.



A girl can bring her family

Great honor in one way.

By striking a good match

And this could be the day.



Men want girls with good taste, calm, obedient.

Who work fast-paced.

With good breeding and a tiny waste,

You'll bring honor to us all.



We all must serve our emperor

Who gaurds us from the huns.

The men by bearing arms,

A girl by bearing sons.



When we're through, you can't fail

Like a lotus blossom soft and pale

How could any fellow say no sale?

You'll bring honor to us all.



[grandma]

An apple for serenity, a pendant for balance.

Beads of jade for beauty,

You must proudly show it.

Now, add a cricket just for luck

And even you can't blow it!



[mulan]

Ancestors, hear my plea

Help me not to make a fool of me

And to not uproot my family tree

Keep my father standing tall.

Scarier than the undertaker

We are meeting our matchmaker!



[townspeople]

Destiny, guard our girls

And our future as it fast unfurls

Please look kindly on these cultured pearls

Each a perfect porcelian doll.



[girls]

Please bring honor to us,

Please bring honor to us,

Please bring honor to us,

Please bring honor to us,

Please bring honor to us all!