Tragic Rabbit Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 No, Father, I shall not marry Shall have no bride Here at my side For I am sworn to love Harry Oh, Mother, plan no wedding day No girl in white No bridal night For I promised my soul away When we were two, I gave my heart Ribbons of blue Promises, too, That nothing could tear us apart When we were ten, he gave a ring Silver in hue With promises true Mine, no matter what time would bring No grandchild will be begotten Mother, don?t cry He did not lie I know he has not forgotten Mother, do not weep so forlorn My heart is true And despite you, Mother, I will not be forsworn So let not the churchman tarry No wedding chime I have not time For I wait alone for Harry No, Father, I shall not marry No wedding cake No vows will take For I am sworn to love Harry Version with visuals: http://www.tragicrabbit.org/poems/Sworn%20...m%20by%20TR.htm Quote Link to comment
JamesSavik Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Lucky Harry! Quote Link to comment
Codey Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 beautifully done and amazing Joey Quote Link to comment
blue Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 I'll refrain from breaking into the refrain of "wild about Harry." -- Lucky Harry. Do hope he's not Dirty and Hairy, though. Quote Link to comment
Graeme Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Very nice, but I have to disagree with the sentiment. I'd like to see the narrator marry Harry one day, even if it is not possible today. Graeme Quote Link to comment
dude Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 When I read Sworn To Love Harry the first time through, an old tune I have loved since childhood began to play in my mind... without apparent reason. Did anyone else have a similar experience? Quote Link to comment
Tragic Rabbit Posted April 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Very nice, but I have to disagree with the sentiment.I'd like to see the narrator marry Harry one day, even if it is not possible today. Graeme But I thought the sentiment was pro-marriage. Despite what he says, he's more promised than any wedding could make him, yes? Its just the word itself, the technicality, that he's telling his parents he will not do with someone else. Because he's already given himself to Harry. Sort of as if he has some contempt for the trappings of marriage when, as he keeps saying, he's already sworn. Yes? No? The view from the inside is always different, though. There is no right way to feel about a poem, even if you are the author. Kisses... TR Quote Link to comment
blue Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Call it whatever you like, it seems to me that it's only binding if the two people mean it... even if there never is a ceremony. However, I'd prefer the chance to marry. (Part of that time in the closet was spent thinking I'd never marry or have kids. It's refreshing to realize I was being dumb.) I'm just wild about Harry. Harry's just wild about me. Yeah, go Harry! Wait, I guess they'd be wild hares, right? Quote Link to comment
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