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The Abduction of Margaret Lyrics
And all the while whispering arbors
Provide cover
What previous witnessed ardor
Of our lovers
Our heroine here falls prey to
Her abductor
All a gallop with Margaret slung rude
Cross withers
Having clamped her innocent fingers
In fetters
This villain must calculate crossing
The wild river
Provide cover
Of our lovers
Her abductor
Cross withers
In fetters
The wild river
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Submitted by
marcellionheart On Mar 09, 2009
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[original narrator lover-boy]
The thick branches and vines form the bed (that Margaret still sleeps in, beast-guy off on the town) the same bed that once held the warmth of the two "lovers" Margaret gets abducted by the Rake
The Rake runs away with Margaret thrown over his shoulder but only after tying up her fingers (hands) The Rake has to formulate a plan for crossing a wild river to get away successfully
[Can he get away with Margaret? Will she bear another "love" child and stay with a new abusive man/beast for no reason? Onto the next song!...]
Actually, wanderingaloud, Margaret isn't thrown across the Rake's shoulder, she's thrown over the backside of a horse (I know withers are some part of a horse). Also 'a-gallop' was sort of a giveaway. And plus, it's much more efficient to abduct someone with the use of a horse than on foot. :)
Not the backside of a horse. The withers of a horse are the lumpy area at the base of the cervical spine (neck region) which is in front of the saddle. Clearly she has been thrown across the front of the saddle/shoulders of the horse and is hanging on for dear life: "innocent fingers in fetters" fetters being the restraints he is using upon her.
Not the backside of a horse. The withers of a horse are the lumpy area at the base of the cervical spine (neck region) which is in front of the saddle. Clearly she has been thrown across the front of the saddle/shoulders of the horse and is hanging on for dear life: "innocent fingers in fetters" fetters being the restraints he is using upon her.
Why does this song sound exactly like A Bower Scene? I can't decide if this is cheap, or if they use this melody every time someone is facing a challenge/there is danger in general (Margaret going into the taiga, the Rake crossing the river after abducting Margaret)? Agh. Any thoughts??
It's probably a motif for whenever Margaret is in trouble.
It's probably a motif for whenever Margaret is in trouble.
Here's what I think. I say The Hazards of Love is sort of like a musical or an opera of sorts. You know how in some musicals, they'll have different tunes that reoccur throughout the whole thing? (I would say it's an overture, but I really think that the overture from The Hazards of Love is the title track.) I think that when Colin Meloy wrote The Hazards of Love he had that idea in mind and thusly styled it as such. I personally like it because it gives the songs some common musical themes. That's what I think.
Here's what I think. I say The Hazards of Love is sort of like a musical or an opera of sorts. You know how in some musicals, they'll have different tunes that reoccur throughout the whole thing? (I would say it's an overture, but I really think that the overture from The Hazards of Love is the title track.) I think that when Colin Meloy wrote The Hazards of Love he had that idea in mind and thusly styled it as such. I personally like it because it gives the songs some common musical themes. That's what I think.
also... 1) she wasn't raped 2) the baby hasn't been born yet, it dies at the beggining of the drowned...
also... 1) she wasn't raped 2) the baby hasn't been born yet, it dies at the beggining of the drowned...
How do you know that the rake abducts her?
amongst other things than the rake song being necessary preceding this song to introduce the rake to the story there is also evidence in The Queen's Rebuke/ Crossing, Annan Water, and Margaret in Captivity that the rake has margaret and the beast is seeking to get her back
amongst other things than the rake song being necessary preceding this song to introduce the rake to the story there is also evidence in The Queen's Rebuke/ Crossing, Annan Water, and Margaret in Captivity that the rake has margaret and the beast is seeking to get her back
Margret was taken by Rake and he bound her hands, throwing her across the back of a horse. He then crosses the river.