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Lyr Add: The Assassin Song.
| The Fooles Troupe | 25 May 03 - 12:06 AM | |
| GUEST | 25 May 03 - 03:29 AM | |
| The Fooles Troupe | 26 May 03 - 11:00 AM | |
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Lyr Add: The Assassin Song.
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Subject: Lyr Add: The Assassin Song. From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 25 May 03 - 12:06 AM The Assassin Song. Robin Hayes This be a new song to that well known tune of Scarborough Fair. Verily, I hath a story to tell thee all. It be a sad story; it be a happy story; it be a song of laughter and destruction; It be a dark and stormy night... ...deep within the bowels of the castle set high on the rocky hill. In the light from a flickering candle... ...in deep distress doth stand a fair young maiden, greatly endowed with long blonde hair and many acres of land. She hath been most fouly jilted by an ungrateful lover. She turneth to a cloaked figure, lurking deep in the shadows, and doth begin. Assassin, assassin, please kill me a man, For he be a false lover of mine. Kill him O please, as quick as thou can, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Assassin, assassin, please buckets of blood, For he be a false lover of mine. Better still yet, we may poison his food, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Assassin, assassin, O please roast him slow, For he be a false lover of mine. A small charcoal fire be the way to go, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Assassin, assassin, till a small plot of ground, For he be a false lover of mine. Plant the bastard somewhere he may never be found, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Assassin, assassin, use a small rusty knife, For he be a false lover of mine. Find a good way to shorten his ... life, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Assassin, assassin, off a cliff see he falls, For he be a false lover of mine. Better still yet, I shall cut off his ... elbows, But naught be too good for that foul rotten swine. Song First Published in: September 1989. Song Edited and Republished on: Tuesday, 21 January 1997 Routine First Published: Tuesday, 21 January 1997 This version: Copyright © 1999: Robin Hayes Performance version by The Fooles Troupe© (on the web somewhere!) All Rights Reserved Robin Hayes |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Assassin Song. From: GUEST Date: 25 May 03 - 03:29 AM suggestion...get rid of the thees and thous...awkward for singing |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Assassin Song. From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 26 May 03 - 11:00 AM Thanks for the suggestion Anonymous Guest, but I did write this first in the format you suggested - then it was transposed to "pseudo-medieval' language. You can translate it yourself if you prefer to not have the thees and thous. The way it was preferred was the way I put it here. It's certainly not awkward - if you are used to it. Robin Author of The Fooles Troupe The Virtual Fooles Troupe |
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