A bit of history. In September 2022, Lord Thibault won the Spring Crown Tourney for his consort, Lord/Lady Jayne Hunter. Jayne is genderqueer (I assume AFAB, but I’m not a doctor) and has decided to go by Prince and then King when they reign. So Leif Magnusson, Baron Stormhold, suggested I could filk the Spin Doctors song, Two Princes. And look: usually, I don’t do that sort of commission, because what some random person thinks is filkable is almost never really filkable, so most such attempts fall at the first chorus. But this one came together. Which is why you’re reading it now.
September 2022
One, two princes won the Tourney
That’s pretty cool now
Princes, so get down onto your knee
They’re gonna rule now
One is the father of two daughters
Aren’t they sweet now
One is of a somewhat different sort, as
They’re pretty neat now
Yeah–
This one, he took a ride to Pennsic,
He won some praise now
That one, can make you healthy when sick
They know the ways how
In Innilgard, his audience admired him,
They knew the stakes now
In Innilgard, his consort so inspired him
That’s what it takes, now
Pretty quick and pretty cool
Pretty much the perfect team to scoop the pool
They ain’t got no peerage or hat with jewels
But they know how a pair of princes ought to rule
They know how a pair of princes ought to rule
So if you see hist’ry in the making
They’re gonna rule now
And if you are quivering and quaking
They’re gonna rule now
And if you are tripping over pronouns
They’re gonna rule now
It’s all cool, don’t have a nervous breakdown
They’re gonna rule now
[Electric lute solo]
Said one, two princes won the Tourney
That’s pretty new now
Princes, so get down onto your knee
And we will too now
Both will be leader of our nation
It’s what I mean now
Both are the greatest inspiration
We’ve ever seen now
Pretty quick and pretty cool
Pretty much the perfect team to scoop the pool
They ain’t got no peerage or hat with jewels
But they know how a pair of princes ought to rule
They know how a pair of princes ought to rule
So if you see hist’ry in the making
They’re gonna rule now
And if you are quivering and quaking
They’re gonna rule now
And if you are tripping over pronouns
They’re gonna rule now
It’s all cool, don’t have a nervous breakdown
They’re gonna rule now
[repeat and fade]