Sarah Binks, A Musical Tribute - Library2

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MATHILDA: THE COLOUR RED, AND GREEN, AND WHITE,
AND I'LL BE CHICK, I'LL BE PETITE,
OH, THAT'S THE DRESS FOR ME!
CLEAR."
THEY SAY THAT MAN WANTS LITTLE HERE,
NOR WANTS THAT LITTLE LONG -- NOR DEAR,
AND SO I SAY
ON WEDDING DAY
A DRESS THAT'S SHORT, AND CUTE, AND GAY,
AND LIGHT ENOUGH FOR THE BREEZE TO PLAY,
AND A SPECIAL PRICE – SARAH: "TO
THOUGH AFTER WEDDING DAY WE FIND
IT'S SHORT IN FRONT AND LONG BEHIND,
AND WINDS ON HEATH
GET UNDERNEATH,
AND RATTLE BONES, AND RIBS, AND TEETH,
FOR WEDDING DAY WITH WEDDING WREATH
I WANT TO LOOK REFINED.
HIEBERT: The joy of matrimony was denied this modern-day Heloise and
Abelard, however. Some circumstance caused a postponement of their union,
possibly the unconfined joy which Stem found in his beloved potato champagne,
possibly the need to construct a bridal palace. In evidence, we have Sarah's
short fragment,
SARAH (to the tune of “Ode to Joy”):
SOON OLD STEVE WILL HAVE TO BUILD A
TWO-ROOM SHANTY FOR MATHILDA....
HIEBERT: The holograph was located on an outbuilding of the Binks's farm. It
has never been fully authenticated as Sarah's work and is often ascribed to one
of Mathilda’s Schwantzhacker siblings. That Mathilda and Stem were wed at all
seems confirmed by one of Sarah's later poems, "Lullaby," now recognized as
the final movement in the magnificent Grizzlykick Symphony.
SARAH: It came out in my first book publication, British Lullabies Since
1900. Here's what Lord Inchworm said in his preface:
LORD INCHWORM: "The British Empire has produced very sweet lullabies
in its day, but for sheer opiate and saccharine quality few have excelled that of
the Canadian poetess Sarah Bonks. I have never yet succeeded in reading it
through; the last time I started, I fell asleep and slept like a child for hours."
MUSIC I:28 “LULLABY”
HIEBERT:
A great tribute, to a great poem. "Lullaby."