Rapunzel

RAPUNZEL
Fair Rapunzel was locked in a tower,
Growing sadder each day by the hour.
Till one morning she found
That her hair reached the ground
From her window - a long golden shower.

A handsome prince came riding by.
He saw this gold fall from the sky.
He looked up and spied
The princess who cried
In her tower - so wretchedly high.

He heard her most mournful boo-hoo,
And quickly saw what he must do;
He said, "Ma cherie,
I'll soon have you free."
Then off of his stallion he flew.

He called up to the maiden so fair,
"You have truly magnificent hair.
Would you mind awful-ly
If I climbed up to thee
With these tresses to use as my stair?"

"Oh, Dear Prince, I do not mind at all;
I will anchor myself to the wall
With the coat-hooks thereon.
See, my nerve is not gone.
Please be careful that you do not fall."

Thus welcomed, he started to climb
Up onto those tresses sublime.
He worried at first
Quite fearing the worst;
To hurt her would be such a crime.

At last he arrived in her cell,
Her misery set to dispel.
She said, "Well, my pet,
I don't wish to fret,
But now you are up here as well."

He said, "Don't you worry, my dear;
The answer is perfectly clear.
I'll hold onto your hair
With the greatest of care,
And lower you straight down from here."

He did so with manly aplomb;
A happy lass she had become.
When she got to the ground
The big stallion she found,
Who wondered where she had come from.

The Prince called her name from the tower,
"Rapunzel, my beautiful flower,
Just throw up your hair
So lustrous and fair,
I'll be with you inside the hour."

How she laughed at that foolish Don Juan;
The Prince was a stupid mor-on.
For you cannot throw hair
Fifty feet in the air
She just mounted the horse - and was gone.