Thanks. I had thought of "regal laws" as an alternative, but as you say, that doesn't really work, either. Anyway, do you think it's possible Lerner didn't realize what a howling redundancy "legal laws" is, or was that an attempt at humor? I guess we'll never know....
And that's very interesting what you wrote about "bold cavalier." The full version of that section of the lyrics in the score and then on the cast album are as follows:
"Out the room, down the hall,
Through the yard, to the wall,
Slashing fiercely, left and right,
Lance escaped them and took flight."
"Oh, they found Guenevere
With her bold cavalier,
And as swords rang through the hall,
Lance escaped them, one and all."
I suppose the latter version is clearer out of context, when heard on a cast album, because in the score version, we're not actually told what he's escaping from. Whatever, I do like the "bold cavalier" version must better. |
