Minstrel/Dreamers don't joust. But if you do joust, I'll be happy to sing about it.

Karen the Guest Took the Ribbon
by Minstrel/Dreamer Alex "The Mousethief" Riggle

Now listen good people, I'll sing you a song
It's really quite short, it won't take very long
About that great joust, before that great throng
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

She came into the lists to a fanfare and gong
She was wearing the latest 12th-century thong
She was lovely and agile and remarkably strong
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

The dreamers and minstrels were singing a song
The benevolent monarchs all looked along
The shepherds and peasants made up the great throng
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

The fanfare was sounded, a hush filled the crowd
The White Knight named Lyndi-Loo shouted aloud
And the horses' hoofs thundered, their heads high and proud
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

Their lances were leveled, their beavers were down
(And let no lewd puns from the pundits resound!)
And the mighty war horses' hooves tore up the ground
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

Then lances met shields with a deafening crack!
And Lyndi-Loo (sorry!) was flung on her back
And Karen the winner took one lap 'round the track
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

Now listen up, children, the moral I'll tell:
Be ruthless and cunning and practice like hell
Then you can win too like that day in the dell
When Karen the Guest took the riiii-bon!

©2001 Alex Riggle. All Rights Reserved.

PS yes, I know that charging horses don't hold their heads high. Shut up.