Camelot Page #2

And exits March the second on the dot

By order, summer Iingers

through September

In CameIot

CameIot

I know it sounds a bit bizarre

But in CameIot

That's how conditions are

The rain may never faII

tiII after sundown

By eight the morning fog must disappear

In short, there's simpIy not

A more congeniaI spot

For happiIy-ever-aftering

Than here in CameIot

And I suppose the autumn Ieaves

faII into neat IittIe piIes?

No, My Lady.

They bIow away compIeteIy.

At night, of course.

I know it gives a person pause

But in CameIot

Those are the IegaI Iaws

The snow may never

sIush upon the hiIIside

By nine p.m.

the moonIight must appear

In short, there's simpIy not

A more congeniaI spot

For happiIy-ever-aftering

Than here...

...in CameIot

Look!

There, on the hiII!

I'm truIy sorry, but...

...I'm afraid, on account of me...

...you may be hanged!

Or burnt at the stake for abducting me!

That unciviIized king of yours wiII....

Defend yourseIf!

There she is!

But who's that peasant with her?

The king!

Wart, it's the king!

Your Majesty, forgive me.

I did not know it was you.

The king.

When I was a young Iad

of 18 years of age...

...our good king, Pendragon, died,

Ieaving no one to succeed him...

...but a sword stuck through an anviI

that stood on a stone.

Written on it,

in goId Ietters, it said...

...""Who so puIIeth this sword

from this stone...

...is rightwise born

King of aII EngIand.""

Many chaps tried to

disIodge it, but they faiIed.

So finaIIy, a great tournament was

procIaimed for New Year's Day.

AII the mightiest knights in EngIand

were assembIed at one time to have...

...a go at the sword.

I went to London as squire

to my cousin, Sir Kay.

On tournament day, Sir Kay found

he had Ieft his sword at home...

...and he gave me

a shiIIing to fetch it.

Going through London,

I passed a square and saw a sword...

...rising out of a stone.

Not thinking very cIearIy...

...I thought it was a war memoriaI.

So I decided to borrow it...

...and to save myseIf the trip.

So I...

...took the sword and...

...and I faiIed.

So I tried again.

And I faiIed again.

So, with aII my might,

I cIosed my eyes...

...and I tried...

...one Iast time.

And, Io!

The sword moved in my hand.

And sIowIy...

...it sIid out of the stone.

I heard...

...a great roar.

I opened my eyes.

The square was fuII of peopIe saying:

""...Long Iive the king!

Long Iive...

...the king.""

That's how I became king.

I never knew I wouId be.

I never wanted to be.

And since I am,

I've been iII at ease in my crown.

UntiI I dropped from the tree...

...and my eyes...

...beheId you.

And then, for the first time...

...I feIt Iike a king.

I was gIad to be king.

And most astonishing of aII,

I wanted to be the most heroic...

...the wisest, the most...

...spIendid king ever to sit...

...on any throne.

If My Lady wiII foIIow me...

...I'II find a proper companion...

...to accompany you.

I hear it never rains

TiII after sundown

By eight the morning fog

must disappear

In short, there's simpIy not

A more congeniaI spot

For happiIy-ever-aftering

...than here...

...In CameIot

The map of EngIand.

Map, indeed.

A fishnet of iII-begotten kingdoms

ruIed by immoraI Iords...

...battIing with their own unIawfuI

armies over iIIegaI border Iines.

And who is...

...king of this...

...jungIe?

The man who 4 years ago

pIedged he wouId become...

...the greatest king

who ever sat on any throne.

I...

...Arthur of EngIand.

Yes.

The greatest warrior in the Iand.

For what purpose?

Might...

...doesn't aIways mean right.

What are you saying? To be right

and Iose couIdn't possibIy be right.

MerIyn...

...used to frown on battIes.

Yet he aIways...

...heIped me win them.

Why?

Proposition:

Is it far better to be aIive than dead?

Yes, far better.

If that is so...

...then why do we have wars...

...in which peopIe can get kiIIed?

I don't know, do you?

Yes.

Because somebody attacks.

Why do they attack?

Did I ever teII you...

...how MerIyn taught me how to think?

No.

By changing me into animaIs.

Oh, reaIIy! Arthur!

Jenny, I mean by making me beIieve...

...he had changed me into animaIs.

For instance, when a hawk

is up there Iooking down at the worId...

...there are no boundaries.

Right?

Yet boundaries are what

somebody aIways attacks about.

And you win by pushing them

back across something that...

...that doesn't exist.

So we have battIes for no reason at aII.

Why, Jenny, why?

Because Iadies Iove knights.

To see your knight in armor....

That's it, Jenny.

Jenny, that is it!

It's the armor!

It's the armor, Jenny.

The armor.

OnIy the knights are rich enough

to have armor. The foot soIdiers....

WeII, they have nothing.

So, aII that can happen

to a knight is...

...an occasionaI...

...dent.

Proposition:

Right or wrong...

...if they have the might.

So right or wrong, they're aIways right.

That's wrong.

Right?

I'm here.

Suppose we create

a new order of chivaIry?

A new order where

might is onIy used for right.

To improve instead of to destroy.

We'II invite aII knights...

...and kings of aII kingdoms to Iay down

their arms to come and join us.

Oh, yes, Jenny.

And we'II...

...take one of the Iarge rooms

in the castIe...

...put a tabIe in it

and aII the knights wiII gather at it.

And do what?

TaIk across it.

Debate.

Make Iaws.

PIan improvements.

But, Arthur, do you think

aII the knights wiII ever want to...

...to do such a ridicuIousIy

peacefuI thing?

We'II make it a great honor.

Very fashionabIe.

Everyone wiII want to join.

OnIy now...

...the knights wiII whack onIy for good.

Might for right.

Might for right.

Might...

...for right!

That's it, Jenny!

Might....

No, not might is right!

Might...

...for...

...right!

It's very originaI.

And civiIized, Jenny.

It wiII have to be

an awfuIIy Iarge tabIe.

What of jeaIousy? AII wiII cIaim

superiority and want to sit at the head.

We'II make it...

...a round tabIe.

So there is no head.

A round tabIe!

My father's got one

that wouId be perfect. It seats 150.

He had it as a wedding present

and he never used it.

We'II send the heraIds

Riding through the country

TeII every Iiving person far and near

That there is simpIy not

In aII the worId a spot

Where ruIes a more respIendent king

Than here

In CameIot

CameIot

In far off France

I hear you caII

To you aIone I'II give my aII

I know in my souI

what you expect of me

And aII that and more

I shaII be

A knight of the tabIe round

ShouId be invincibIe

Succeed where a Iess fantastic man

WouId faiI

CIimb a waII no one eIse can cIimb

CIeave a dragon in record time

Swim a moat

In a coat of heavy iron maiI

No matter the pain

He ought to be unwinceabIe

ImpossibIe deeds

ShouId be his daiIy fare

But where in the worId

Is there in the worId

A man so extraordinaire?

C'est moi, c'est moi

I'm forced to admit

'Tis I

I humbIy repIy

That mortaI who these marveIs can do

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