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Lord Jornibret's Last Dance<br>
(Traditional)<br>
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Women's Verse I:<br>
Every winter season,<br>
Except for the reason<br>
Of one war or another<br>
(Really quite a bother),<br>
The Queen of Rimmen and her consort<br>
Request their vassals come and cavort.<br>
On each and every ball,<br>
The first man at the Hall<br>
Is Lord Ogin Jornibret of Gaer,<br>
The Curse of all the Maidens Fair.<br>
<br>
Women's Refrain:<br>
Oh, dear ladies, beware.<br>
Dearest, dearest ladies, take care.<br>
Though he's a very handsome man,<br>
If you dare to take his handsome hand,<br>
The nasty little spell will be cast<br>
And your first dance with him will be the last.<br>
<br>
Men's Verse I:<br>
At this social event<br>
Everyone who went<br>
Knew the bows and stances<br>
And steps to all the dances.<br>
The Queen of Rimmen and her consort<br>
Would order a trumpet's wild report,<br>
And there could be no indecision<br>
As the revelers took position.<br>
The first dance only ladies, separate<br>
Away from such men as Lord Jornibret.<br>
<br>
Men's Refrain:<br>
Oh, dear fellows, explain.<br>
Brothers, can you help make it plain:<br>
The man's been doing this for years,<br>
Leaving maidens fair in tears<br>
Before the final tune's been blast.<br>
And her first dance with him will be the last.<br>
<br>
Women's Verse II:<br>
Lord Ogin Jornibret of Gaer<br>
Watched the ladies dance on air<br>
The loveliest in the realm.<br>
A fellow in a ursine-hide helm<br>
Said, "The Queen of Rimmen and her consort<br>
Have put together quite a sport.<br>
Which lady fair do you prefer?"<br>
Lord Jornibret pointed, "Her.<br>
See that bosom bob and weave.<br>
Well-suited for me to love and leave."<br>
<br>
Women's Refrain.<br>
<br>
Men's Verse II:<br>
The man in the mask of a bear<br>
Had left the Lord of Gaer<br>
Before the ladies' dance was ending.<br>
Then a trumpet sounded, portending<br>
That the Queen of Rimmen and her consort<br>
Called for the men to come to court.<br>
Disdainful, passing over all the rest,<br>
Ogin approached she of bobbing breast.<br>
She was rejected, saved a life of woe,<br>
For a new maiden as fair as snow.<br>
<br>
Men's Refrain.<br>
<br>
Women's Verse III:<br>
At the first note of the band,<br>
The beauty took Ogin's hand.<br>
She complimented his stately carriage<br>
Dancing to the tune about the marriage<br>
Of the Queen of Rimmen and her consort.<br>
It is very difficult indeed to comport<br>
With grace, neither falling nor flailing,<br>
Wearing ornate hide and leather mailing,<br>
Dancing light as the sweetest of dreams<br>
Without a single squeak of the seams.<br>
<br>
Women's Refrain.<br>
<br>
<br>
Men's Verse III:<br>
The rhythms rose and fell<br>
No one dancing could excel<br>
With masculine grace and syncopation,<br>
Lord Jornibret even drew admiration<br>
From the Queen of Rimmen and her consort.<br>
Like a beauteous vessel pulling into port,<br>
He silently slid, belying the leather's weight.<br>
She whispered girlishly, "The hour is late,<br>
But I've never seen such grace in hide armor."<br>
It 'twas a pity he knew he had to harm her.<br>
<br>
Men's Refrain<br>
<br>
Women's Verse IV<br>
The tune beat was furious<br>
He began to be curious<br>
Where had the maiden been sequest'ed.<br>
"Before this dance was requested<br>
By the consort and his Queen of Rimmen<br>
I didn't see you dance with the women."<br>
"My dress was torn as I came to the dance,"<br>
She said smiling in a voice deep as a man's,<br>
"My maids worked quickly to repair,<br>
While I wore a suit of hide, a helm of a bear."<br>
<br>
Women's Refrain.<br>
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-- End<br>
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