Knight in Rusty Armour

(M. Leander - C. Mills)

(strings [2X; guitar enters 2nd time]):

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Verse 1:

Long ago in days of old

There lived a knight who wasn't quite as bold

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As a knight should be

He rode an old grey mare called Bess

Searchin' for a damsel in distress

Just to see if he

Could set her free

Chorus 1:

See the knight in rusty armour ride

To her aid

Trusty sword is hanging at his side

With a rusty blade

Verse 2:

Up the tower steps he sneaked

But as he moved his rusty armour squeaked

Such a mournful note

And all the sentries at their post

Thought it must have been the castle ghost

They jumped for their lives

In the moat

Chorus 2:

So the knight in rusty armour won

His fair maid

Had no need to draw his trusty sword

With a rusty blade

Verse 3 [partial]:

As he bent to kiss his bride

He found that he was rusted up inside

In his battle dress

And I can guess

Coda:

How they still got married and had twins

They came in tins

Every suit of armour ever made

Has a kink

Chain mail pants with a missing link

(bass drum/high hat fill; end cold on C)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers