Seto And Ynes Engagement Song (Sold His Daughter For Some
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Title: Seto & Ynes Engagement Song
(Subtitled: Sold His Daughter For Some Pancakes) Lyrics: Carlos Vigil © 04/06/2017 (SCA: T(Wa)HM Dahrien Cordell) Music: Carlos Vigil © 04/06/2017 (SCA: T(Wa)HM Dahrien Cordell) Seto & Ynes Engagement Song (Subtitled: Sold His Daughter For Some Pancakes) Idea Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G57p4Ik0Wc0 T'was a legendary story, / The love of Seto and Ynes, Yet I struggled for a rhyme here, / Till I recalled what Ynes says! (Chorus): Sold your daughter for some pancakes, / Are you so hungry Master John? Yes, you have to fill your belly! / Who can e'er say you did wrong? He, a dark man from far Nippon, / She was a fair maid Español -- a!, Loving, living far apart, they, / Till by her father she was sold! Good Prince Savaric sought betrothal, / With chest of jewelry, Seto came; Put off by first-offered bride price, / John Inchingham secured this fame! (Chorus): Lochinvar has naught on this man, / If Master's research is proved true. When John spoke of Cradle-robbing, / He called Ynes a Babe, woo-woooooo! Still, they'll earn a steady living, / From all their cradles sold in town -- That is, IF, as John suggested, / That Seto's wares were freely found! (Chorus): One last thing I have not told you; / I beg you, be not quick to scold. Roundly, John always contends, "MY / Pancakes are worth their weight in gold!" That's the story of our Seto, / And of his brilliant bride Ynes. Yet I struggled for a rhyme here, / Till I recalled what Ynes says! (Final Chorus): Sold your daughter for some pancakes, / Oh, you crafty Master John! Let Ynes have her own True Love! / And your "trading" did no wrong! {NOTE: USE THE AIR QUOTES ON "TRADING"!} (Spoken Outro:) "She look'd down to sigh, Ynes scrunched up to laugh,
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