'Once Upon A Time' - A Nursery Rhyme [Original Undertale Lyrics]

Another little tribute to a powerful little game. I was playing around with lyrics to this song, trying to sum up the prologue, but it's such a little melody and it was virtually impossible to cram all those words in without it sounding completely terrible.

And then I remembered my headcanon that the legend of Mt Ebott turned into a creepy children's nursery rhyme over the centuries and thought OOOOHHH. I SHOULD TRY THAT.

aaand...ta-daaa!

I hope y'all like it!

artist credits:

[Dearheart]

I know this pin is way too late but *YES YOU MAY USE THIS AUDIO* for whatever trend or project you're making, *JUST PLEASE CREDIT ME and provide a link back to this video when you do!* I'm a HUGE supporter of transformative work and I love seeing everyone's creativity! but crediting artists is very important too! let's all support each other, okay? (also I'M SORRY IT ISN'T ON SPOTIFY IM TOO GAY AND BROKE TO GET A DISTRIBUTOR RIGHT NOW) 😭😭😭

wow...7-8 years and 5 gazillion-whatever views later and this fake clapping game I threw together continues to blow up in the WEIRDEST ways?? rock on zoomers and gen alpha kiddos, this millennial dinosaur loves y'all even when you terrify me lmao 🫶 thank you so much for every view and crazy comment, for every moment you shared this with your friends or used it to scare/annoy your siblings haha...I really, truly appreciate all of it.

I'm rooting for ya, kid. STAY DETERMINED. ❤

(and genuinely, give Undertale a chance if you haven't yet. underneath all the memes and the insane fandom...despite everything, it's still *Undertale.* a beautiful, heartfelt, lovingly-crafted little indie game. thank you for making it, Toby Fox.)

[roaapotato]

I can see monster/human children singing this song on the surface after years from breaking the barrier.

[xoxoriat]

I think the kids singing are the souls, or asriel and chara is also cool too

[melissaquinn]

I imagine that this is a song taught to children to remind them not to go near the mountain, got turned into this playground rhyme, and lost it’s meaning, turning into one of those rhymes children sing to time jump rope to, like Ring Around The Rosy. Just a song telling a story of a thing no one really believes anymore.

[Chickaen_Cannibal]

I like how it says “every good rhyme starts with “once upon a time’”, but it begins with “long ago, far away”. I liked that detail, looking at the story as something unfortunate.

[bin]

It's 2035. You've only recently graduated college. It's UnderTale's 20th anniversary. You go home after work, check the latest news on your phone, and find out that the UnderTale movie was just released. You go to the theater with your best friends, sit down, and see this opening.

[fjubyoc]

If someone ever makes a undertale movie this needs to be incorporated somehow

[ash-rpcs]

You're know this perfectly encapsulates how all nursery rhymes have a dark message

[Adamswings]

Lyrics:
Every good rhyme starts with
"Once Upon A Time"
Long ago, far away,
Centuries before (y)our day . . .
Humans lived, Monsters roamed.
Both shared earth and sky as home.
Yet this peace came undone.
War was waged and humans won.
Forced below, Monsters fell.
Humans trapped them with a spell.
Listen, children, to my words:
Ebott will eat you, beware the curse!
Monster teeth go clack, clack, clack . . .
If you climb the Mountain, *you won't come back!*
Human child, human child, *won't turn around.*
Human child, human child - oops, they fell down!
Human child, human child, look out below . . .
*down underground where the Monsters go.*
Oops, dropped your heart . . .
Be careful in the dark.
Someone might take It, break it apart.
Trouble on the left . . .
Trouble on the right . . .
Will you spare them, run, or fight?
Oops, dropped your heart . . .
*Be careful in the dark.*
*Someone might take It, break it apart.*
*Trouble* on the left . . .
*Trouble* on the right . . .
*Will you SPARE* them, *run, or FIGHT?*

[jackin_it]

Undertale/Deltarune: Exist
Me, and the whole community: *Give it to us*

[catalyst_]

I feel like this would be sang in Frisk’s former school.

[KickUpHammyDude]

This sounds like one of those childhood Nursery Rhyme
that has an in depth history behind it…

Which it is! (I mean the history is pretty obvious in the verses)

[_._.Ainoo._._]

Am ⟟ the only one who (BADLY) wants this on Spotify so ⟟ can easily listen to it on repeat for hours

[catloof]

this feels like if an Undertale movie was made, it would start with a bunch of kids playing jump-rope while singing this

[ram]

Me after hearing this:

News:
Local girl found dead at the peak of the "Haunted" mountain. Her parents say that before she left she said she was "Looking to befriend a bunch of caring, adorable monsters with a tragic history." Experts are still baffled by she could have meant. Parents have payed for cryptographers to see if it was some kind of code, no results thus far.

[__-tffx]

Welp, time to write the lyrics down on a book because now I’m obsessed with the song

[Yeet_Lord]

“The small rhyme fills you with _determination_ “

[waldofound]

Bravery: oops dropped your heart
Justice: be careful in the dark
Patience: someone might take it
Perseverance: break it apart
Integrity: Trouble on the left
Kindness: Trouble on the right
Determination: will you spare them
All: run, or *_FIGHT_*

[_xiris_]

How to teach you little brother/sister what undertale is

[DJ_SODA]

The “will u spare them run or fight” at the end literally gave me goosebumps