The Ballad of Scolai & Caemyl
"The Ballad of Scolai & Caemyl"
music and lyrics by Lord Kenneniah and Lady Amnara of The Bards of KeyPoynt
Written for Scolai McClure and Caemyl Glas of the Towne of KeyPoynt
There was a shady merchant
Three daughters did he have
The oldest was a beauty
Who was courted by the lads
The youngest was a charmer
Finding men around the port
But the middle was Caemyl
And not the charming, courting sort
She followed 'round her father
Merchanting from port to port
Her father sought her suitors
But they never came to court
Her father, he exclaimed
With a heavy hearted sigh
"I suppose I will be with you
Until the day I die."
One night while playing poker
With a very wealthy man
The father bet it all
For he'd been dealt a lucky hand
The rich man called his bet
And he raised him even more
The father said, "Let's bet Caemyl
To even out the score!"
The rich man took his offer
With a poker-faced hush
The father had a full house
But not a royal flush
The rich man took Caemyl
And they went along their way
The father had to tell his wife
What happened there that day
The rich man took Caemyl
And set her straight to work
To cook and clean the ship
While his crew did leer and lurk
But then, there was Scolai
A charmer with appeal
Who had his favor set upon
The maiden named Caemyl
Scolai and Caemyl
Are the strangest of cohorts
She's not the marrying kind
And he's not the courting sort
They keep each other's secrets
Swearing they will never squeal
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
One night on open seas
As they did sail along
The rich man drank himself
Into the great beyond
They rifled through his pockets
Taking all that had been his
Scolai said, "He won't need it
Considering where he is."
Now, all the crew was sleeping
So who was there to know
When Scolai and Caemyl
Gave his body the heave-ho?
Caemyl answered questions with
"He sleepwalks, so I heard."
She was the only wench
So they took her at her word
Scolai and Caemyl
Are the strangest of cohorts
She's not the marrying kind
And he's not the courting sort
They keep each other's secrets
Swearing they will never squeal
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
The ship took port, the pair took flight
And ne'er did look behind
With much now in their pockets
And nothing much in mind
They found a town and settled down
Or relatively near
No one asks, so they don't tell
Just how they both got here
Well, that was many years ago
In another place and time
The sailors are all gone now
They've sailed for the last time
But Scolai and Caemyl
They still wander hand in heart
I suppose they will just live in sin
Until death do them part
Scolai and Caemyl
Are the strangest of cohorts
She's not the marrying kind
And he's not the courting sort
They keep each other's secrets
Swearing they will never squeal
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
Scolai and Caemyl
Are the strangest of cohorts
She's not the marrying kind
And he's not the courting sort
They keep each other's secrets
Swearing they will never squeal
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
They travel on like vagabonds
Scolai and Caemyl
To hear this original song as performed by The Bards of KeyPoynt, please follow this link: [1]. "The Ballad of Scolai & Caemyl" is available for purchase on the Bards' album Once a Bard...