Brave and Bold Sir Robin -- his song

Transcribed, expressly for the python collection at BBoard@Yalevm
from the memory of Malcolm  Dickinson 4/6/86
Corrections by Bret  Shefter 2/6/87
Transcript #9 from the film.
Continued from transcript #8, FRENCH PYTHON
or from transcript #8A, STORY PYTHON.

So, each of the knights went their separate ways. Sir Robin rode north, through the dark forest of Ewing, accompanied by his favorite minstrels.

Minstrel: song:

Bravely bold Sir Robin Brought forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, Oh, brave Sir Robin! He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave Sir Robin.

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp. Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken! To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Robin.

His head smashed in and his heart cut out, And his liver removed and his bowls unplugged, And his nostrils raked and his bottom burnt off, And his peni--

Robin: That's...That's, uh... That's enough music for now, lads. It looks like there's dirty work afoot.

As mysterious music comes up, Robin and his minstrels pass Dennis, from the PEASANT sketch, and his wife.

Dennis: Anarcho-syndicism is a way of *preserving* freedom! His Wife: Oh, Dennis, *forget* about freedom! We 'aven't got enough mud!

They also pass three signs that read:

               _________________      _______________________
              (____ CAMELOT 43 )    ( CERTAIN DEATH 1 ______)
                  ( CAMELOT 43 )    ( CERTAIN DEATH 1 )
                  ( CAMELOT 43 )    ( CERTAIN DEATH 1 )
                  (____________)    (_________________)

A little further on, he passes on the far side of a tree, on which, on the near side, three knights are impaled on a single lance.

Suddenly, just as Sir Robin is at his most nervous:

-------- at this point, the movie and album go their separate ways: -----------

in the movie

Three headed knight: HALT!!!  WHO ART THOU???
Minstrel:            He is brave Sir Robin, brave Sir Robin,
                     Who--
Robin:               Shut up!!! (to the knight)  Um, n-n-nobody, really, I-I-I-
                     J-Just, um, j-just  passing through.
Three headed knight: WHAT DO YOU WANT???
Minstrel:            To fight, and--
Robin:               SHUT UP!!!  Um, ooh, n-nothing, nothing, really, I-I-I,
                     j-just, just to, um, just to...  p-p-pass through, good
                     sir knight?
Three headed knight: I'M AFRAID NOT!!!
Robin:               Ah. (pause) Well, actually, I...I am a knight of the
                     round table....
Three-headed knight: You're a knight of the Round Table???
Robin:               I am.

Three-headed knight:

Left:    In that case I shall have to kill you.
Middle:  Shall I?
Right:   Oh, I don't think so.
Middle:  Well what do I think?
Left:    I think, kill it!
Right:   Oh, Let's be nice to him.
Left:    Oh, shut up!
Middle:  Perhaps...
Left:    And you!  Quick, get the sword out, I want to cut 'is head off!
Right:   Oh, cut your own head off.
Middle:  Yes, do us all a favor!
Left:    What?!!
Right:   Yappin' on, all the time...
Middle:  You're lucky; you're not next to him!
Left:    What d'you mean??
Middle:  You SNORE!
Left:    Ooh, I don't!  Anyway, you've got bad breath!
Middle:  Well it's only 'cause you don't brush my teeth!
Right:   Oh, stop bitching and let's go and have tea!
Left:    All right, all right, all right.  We'll kill him first, and then have
         tea and biscuits.
Middle:  Yes.
Right:   Oh, Not biscuits.
Left:    All right, all right, not biscuits, but let's KILL HIM ANYWAY.
All:     RIGHT.
(pause: the three look around.  No one is there.)

on the album

Voice over:  YES!!  It was the dreaded Three Headed Knight, the fiercest
             creature for *yards* around!
             For second....  after second..., Robin held his own, but the
             onslaught proved too much for the brave knight.  Scarcely was
             his armor damp, when Robin suddenly, dramatically, changed his
             tactics!

record and film in agreement again

Left: 'E's backed off!
Right: So 'e has, 'e's scarfed!

Minstrel:	    								Robin:

Brave Sir Robin ran away.               No!
Bravely ran away away....               I didn't!
When Danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled     No!!
Yes brave Sir Robin turned about        I didn't!
And gallantly chickened out..

Bravely taking to his feet              I never did!
He beat a very brave retreat            All lies!
Brave as ??-??, brave Sir Robin!        I never!

Voice over from the album:  Meanwhile, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere, not more
                            than a swallow's flight away, had discovered
                            something.