From: Joe.Bethancourt@p0.f17.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Bethancourt)
Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
Subject: More Fishsongs: Cripple's Shield-wall
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 19:18:14 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/17.0 - Answering Mach, Phoenix AZ

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            THE CRIPPLE'S SHIELD-WALL 
                        -Leslie Fish 
          (c) copyright 1991 Leslie Fish 
 
 Consider the plight of the one-legged knight 
 As he braces his crutch with his shield 
 He'll stand still and wait 'til you come for the bait 
 Then you'll find that the bastard won't yield! 
         Do you knock his one leg down, there's still no relief 
         He'll crawl down the field with his sword in his teeth 
         And the reach of his sword-arm defies all belief 
         When he fights in the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
 Beware the old dame who's arthritic and lame 
 So knee-sprung she barely can stand 
 For her hands and her eye are still steady and spry 
 She's the best crossbow shot in the land! 
         With a repeating crossbow and war-arrow blade 
         She can pierce any armor that's ever been made 
         Be glad she's not drawn to the highwayman's trade! 
         She just fights in the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
 No profit you'll find from the knight who is blind 
 He can hear you twelve paces away 
 He'll listen off-hand 'til he's sure where you stand 
 Then his bill-hook reaps far more then hay! 
         He can fight in the forest, the river, the plain 
         With his hearing unhampered by dark, fog or rain 
         He must know his ground, but he'll sure bring you pain 
         As he fights in the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
 Pray do not go near the knight who can't hear 
 Though he can't tell command-calls at all 
 He reads signs from his friends, and his post he defends 
 With a lightning fast seven foot maul! 
         They say when it's whirling, it raises a breeze 
         And the head on its' chain has been known to break trees 
         So when he starts swinging, the prudent man flees 
         Where he fights in the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
 Watch out in the fight for the cripple-armed knight 
 Whose hand can't swing up --- only down 
 For he'll watch thru the dance 'til he spies a good chance 
 Then his downstroke will cost you your crown! 
         His shield-arm will raise up his sword-arm and then 
         He'll watch for his chance with his downstroke again 
         You know that he'll strike -- but you never know when 
         And he fights in the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
 Beware, I implore, all you masters of war 
 Who prefer to draft healthy young boys 
 For the blind and the lame can be good at this game 
 When well-placed, defending the toys 
         They've learned their art well, and they strike hard and true 
         If they've something to prove, then they'll prove it on you! 
         The last line on Earth that you'd want to drive thru 
         You can swear is the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
         Beware of the Cripple's Shield-Wall! 
 
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Joe Bethancourt
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