The Little mermaid III -Ariel's beginning-

Down To The Sea lyrics

Ariel
You are my world, my darling
What a wonderful world I see
You are the song I'm 歌う
You're my beautiful Melody

Eric
Darling, we better be going

Ariel
Look at her, isn't she glowing?

Eric
She looks divine, and あなた look exquisite
But look at the time

Ariel
Couldn't be, is it?

Grimsby
The crew is awaiting your orders

Captain
We're sailing away from our borders

Sailor 1
Steady, oh, steady

Sailor 2
Ahoy there, they're coming!

Grimsby
Trumpeters ready, drummers start drumming

Ariel
Down to the sea we go
Down to a world I know
There's never been, not ever before
A child...

The little Mermaid was released on November 17 1989 and is largely accredited with being the film that heralded the beginning of the ディズニー Renaissance. With the average production time of an animated ディズニー film being 6 years this film was developed in the height of the 80’s.


The assignment of designing the heroine Ariel was left to animator Glen Keane who would go on to animate other ディズニー characters such as the Beast, アラジン and Tarzan. He wanted the heroine to be reminiscent of the traditional ディズニー Princesses while at the same time being relatable to the ‘modern...