Melisande

Lyrics

[STARBUCK, spoken] Well— [STARBUCK] Now once upon a time, so they tell us Somewhere beneath the mountains of Mexico There dwelt a royal fella, King Hamlet Who had a turtledove and he loved her so Her name was Melisande and I tell you Oh, that lady was as pretty as she could be But Melisande was bothered So Hamlet starts to plead "Tell me what you need" And Melisande whispers "I got me a dream I've always wanted a golden fleece And I think I will die Unless it is mine" "Great God Almighty," says Hamlet, "I sympathize Great God Almighty, you take and you dry your eyes I'm gonna get you whatever you ask of me I'm gonna get you the goldenest fleece in the world!" [STARBUCK, spoken] Ha ha! Come on! Hey, you! Get over here! Come on! [STARBUCK] So he gets a bunch of fellas together And out into the ocean away they go And after they have traveled for ages They come upon the place where the ogres grow And sure enough they spy 'em a giant A-sittin' there a-guardin' that golden fleece And Hamlet says, "I warn you You best give that to me Do it peaceably My Melisande needs it "She's got her a dream She's always wanted this golden fleece And I'm ready to die For that piece of twine!" "Great God Almighty," the giant, he raves and swears "Great God Almighty, you better go say your prayers I'm gonna slice you and put you into the stew I'm gonna cook you" And both of them started to fight! [STARBUCK swordfights the GIANT. At first he is wounded in the shoulder and all seems lost. Then, with a mighty final effort, he manages to reach up high and stab the GIANT.] [STARBUCK, spoken] And when he came back, all bleedin' and torn Well, he went and laid that fleece of gold right down at her pretty feet And she took that fur piece and wrapped it around her naked shoulders And she said [STARBUCK] "I had me a dream I always wanted a golden fleece And now that it is mine I'll never be cold no more" Never be cold no more— Melisande! Melisande! [STARBUCK, spoken] Oh, what a woman! What a name!