The Bards of Bedlam Filk Library

A Squire's Life For Me

Lyrics by Colin MacLear, with Aelf of King’s Crossing, Darja Spraze, and Branwen Crookthegn

(To the Tune of: A Pirate’s Life For Me)

Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
We polish their armor, long hours we spend		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Do dishes, break camp, hear their tales without end		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
They dress us in Germans and silly striped hose		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
They gift us with red belts that bleed on our clothes		Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
We’re marked with their arms, for our faults they atone		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
The ladies we love they may take as their own		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
For wisdom and training we begged on a knee		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
The pells we must be for the whole chivalry		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
Alone in the night-time they wail and they weep		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
They send us to Darkwood to steal them a sheep		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!
And then, just to taunt us in our misery		[Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
They constantly tell us “Someday, you’ll be me”		Drink up me hearties, yo ho!]
Yo Ho, Yo Ho a squire’s life for me!

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