Okay, this is a song called
"The Summer of 1353."

With Nigel

The New Zealand Symphony
Orchestra, on cello

Hold on. I forgot it

'Twas the summer of 1353

And I sat beneath a willow tree

I decided upon that day I would be

A-wooing a lady

I went to the florist
And I said to she

"I need a flower
For today I will be

"A-woo-woo-woo, a-wooing
"A lady

"I'll hold this flower
Beneath her nose

It should smell as sweet as a rose"

Both: "For this," she
Said, "I'd recommend

"A rose

"For a rose-like scent
I'd probably go

With a rose"

Then I went to the tailor

For to buy some clothing
Of the latest style

Which at that time

Was tights and pointed boots
I got the very tightest tights

And the pointiest of boots

Then I said to the hairdresser

"Cut my hair"

"I'll cut it like the page boys wear

"Just a straight line
Across the brow

"I'll get a ruler and some scissors

"And do it for you now

"It's a very hot look

If you're trying to woo a lady"

Then I needed a horse

So I went to the stables

Said, "Stable Man, would I be able
To hire a horse from
Which to woo milady?"

"Sire, there are two things
That I must see

One florin and
One form of picture ID"

"Alas, I have no ID on me

Who even carries ID?
It's 1353"

"I maketh not the rules"

Quoth he

I had a very unflattering
Tapestry made of me

Then from a hilltop
A lady, I did view

And I knew exactly what I must do

The time had come
For me to woo this lady

So I said

Both:
"Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo

"Woo-hoo, lady, I am wooing you

Woo-hoo, woo-ooh-hoo
I woo you, lady"

This lady then said unto me

"You can't woo me so easily

It takes more than going
'Woo-ooh-ooh-ooh' to a lady"

But, lady, look, beneath your nose

It is a rose-scented flower
Which I call a rose

I have a very large horse

And the tightest clothes

All of these things I do to woo you

Lady

The horse is big

The tights are fun

But the hairdo's a little 1351

In fact, it makes
You look a little like

A lady

He-Man has this very same haircut

He-Man, double masculine

He-Man

I'm to be married to the king

We are to be wed

This coming spring

If you want my heart
You have to challenge him

To the thing they do

With the long pointy thing

The thing where they run
At one another on horseback

With a very long pointy thing

Puncture your lung

Oh

Is that the time?
I should be on my way

I think I'm coming down with
A little bit of the plague

If it matters not to you

I will just away

And claim that I wooed you anyway

I'll tell all my friends
In the village

That I wooed a lady

-By going
-Both: Woo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo

Woo-hoo, lady, I have just wooed you

Woo-hoo-hoo, woo-hoo

I wooed

You

Milady

Thank you