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The Princess Tare
Part 1: Initials G & B
Once upon a time, as all good stories begin
Where damsels are always rescued, where the heroes always win
There was a young, handsome Tare who lived on a farm
Named Ginji-cup who was never lacking in charm
Ginji-cup liked horses, he had a horse named Horse
Who was rather annoyed at so being endorsed
And he lived with his parents who fought all the time
But despite their bickering, they were really quite kind
And then there was the farm hand, addressed as "farm-boy"
To whom Ginji-cup was quite cruel to, it gave him great joy
The farm boy was handsome, with eyes like the sea
He was certainly as handsome as a farm-boy could be
When Ginji-cup would command: "Farm-boy, go fetch me that dish."
He would reply rather calmly: "As you wish"
When Ginji-cup would demand: "Farm-boy, go catch me a fish."
He would reply rather sweetly: "As you wish."
"As you wish," was his way of hiding the feelings he had that were true
What he was really trying to say was, "Ginji-cup, I love you."
And days went by, when an elegant caravan stopped
It startled Teshimine-mama so much, the plate (s)he was holding dropped
And out of a coach carved with livery and gold
Who should step but Count Fuudo and the Countess Hevn (who was really quite
old)
"Ah, Ginji-cup!" The count exclaimed
"You're as beautiful as the rumors have claimed!"
And a nervous Ginji-cup flushed with joy
But what really had him red was the Countess and her moves on the farm-boy
"Oh how pretty she is," Ginji-cup thought with alarm
"With her died blonde hair, synthetic breasts, and clothes made to charm,"
He heaved a great sigh as the royalty left
"I couldn't compare to that, not ever at best."
And in horror, Ginji-cup's head shot up
"What in the world are you thinking, you fool, Ginji-cup?
He's naught but a farm-boy, a fool, and a dope who came to us out of the
blue!"
But the Tare was already on his feet, running to the farm-boy to say "I
love you!"
The door slammed in his face!
He was put in his place!
All those years of torment and orders
It seemed like Ginji-cup had put his toe over the border
"Oh farm boy!" Ginji-cup wailed in his room
His parents were downstairs, well aware of his gloom
There was a knock at his door, a soft rat-tat-tap-tap
"Oh, go away!" a sorrowful Ginji-cup rasped
The door opened and in stepped the farm-boy
Ginji-cup sat up
"Oh, farm-boy, I must apologize for my little joke, my foolish ploy."
"I'm leaving,' said the farm-boy his voice like ice
"Where are you going?" Ginji-cup never had to ask twice
"To America, I'll seek my fortune there."
"Oh please!" Ginji-cup cried "Don't go anywhere!"
"You've mistaken my meaning, you've got it all wrong,
I'm off to make money so our wedding won't be off long!"
Ginji-cup could hardly believe his ears
"Oh farm-boy," he said through happy tears
"My name," said the farm-boy "Is Midou Ban."
"Ban-chan, oh Ban-chan, our wedding is on!"
Midou Ban turned on his heel to leave
And already Ginji-cup was starting to grieve
"Ginji-cup, you're the only person here I'll sorely miss..."
"Are you going already? Without one little kiss?"
And they kissed, and they kissed, and they did not stop
Until the sun rose up over the tree tops
When they awoke, Ban began to explain
A thought that had been going through his brain
"Ginji-cup, I have an idea. Let's do this instead.
We'll start a retrieval service when I get back
So we'll be together until we are dead."
Ginji-cup exclaimed, "That sounds like a plan!
But what will we call ourselves, oh dearest Ban-chan?"
"Our initials are G and B and our job is to 'get back'
We'll be the Get Backers, how about that?"
"That's a marvelous idea! You are oh so smart!
It's so sad that soon we must part..."
"Don't worry about that," said Ban with a smile
"I know I'll be gone for a pretty long while,
But when I go off by myself, on my own,
Remember this
The 'S' in Get Backers means we're never alone!"
End of Part 1
The Princess Tare
Part 1: Initials G & B
Once upon a time, as all good stories begin
Where damsels are always rescued, where the heroes always win
There was a young, handsome Tare who lived on a farm
Named Ginji-cup who was never lacking in charm
Ginji-cup liked horses, he had a horse named Horse
Who was rather annoyed at so being endorsed
And he lived with his parents who fought all the time
But despite their bickering, they were really quite kind
And then there was the farm hand, addressed as "farm-boy"
To whom Ginji-cup was quite cruel to, it gave him great joy
The farm boy was handsome, with eyes like the sea
He was certainly as handsome as a farm-boy could be
When Ginji-cup would command: "Farm-boy, go fetch me that dish."
He would reply rather calmly: "As you wish"
When Ginji-cup would demand: "Farm-boy, go catch me a fish."
He would reply rather sweetly: "As you wish."
"As you wish," was his way of hiding the feelings he had that were true
What he was really trying to say was, "Ginji-cup, I love you."
And days went by, when an elegant caravan stopped
It startled Teshimine-mama so much, the plate (s)he was holding dropped
And out of a coach carved with livery and gold
Who should step but Count Fuudo and the Countess Hevn (who was really quite
old)
"Ah, Ginji-cup!" The count exclaimed
"You're as beautiful as the rumors have claimed!"
And a nervous Ginji-cup flushed with joy
But what really had him red was the Countess and her moves on the farm-boy
"Oh how pretty she is," Ginji-cup thought with alarm
"With her died blonde hair, synthetic breasts, and clothes made to charm,"
He heaved a great sigh as the royalty left
"I couldn't compare to that, not ever at best."
And in horror, Ginji-cup's head shot up
"What in the world are you thinking, you fool, Ginji-cup?
He's naught but a farm-boy, a fool, and a dope who came to us out of the
blue!"
But the Tare was already on his feet, running to the farm-boy to say "I
love you!"
The door slammed in his face!
He was put in his place!
All those years of torment and orders
It seemed like Ginji-cup had put his toe over the border
"Oh farm boy!" Ginji-cup wailed in his room
His parents were downstairs, well aware of his gloom
There was a knock at his door, a soft rat-tat-tap-tap
"Oh, go away!" a sorrowful Ginji-cup rasped
The door opened and in stepped the farm-boy
Ginji-cup sat up
"Oh, farm-boy, I must apologize for my little joke, my foolish ploy."
"I'm leaving,' said the farm-boy his voice like ice
"Where are you going?" Ginji-cup never had to ask twice
"To America, I'll seek my fortune there."
"Oh please!" Ginji-cup cried "Don't go anywhere!"
"You've mistaken my meaning, you've got it all wrong,
I'm off to make money so our wedding won't be off long!"
Ginji-cup could hardly believe his ears
"Oh farm-boy," he said through happy tears
"My name," said the farm-boy "Is Midou Ban."
"Ban-chan, oh Ban-chan, our wedding is on!"
Midou Ban turned on his heel to leave
And already Ginji-cup was starting to grieve
"Ginji-cup, you're the only person here I'll sorely miss..."
"Are you going already? Without one little kiss?"
And they kissed, and they kissed, and they did not stop
Until the sun rose up over the tree tops
When they awoke, Ban began to explain
A thought that had been going through his brain
"Ginji-cup, I have an idea. Let's do this instead.
We'll start a retrieval service when I get back
So we'll be together until we are dead."
Ginji-cup exclaimed, "That sounds like a plan!
But what will we call ourselves, oh dearest Ban-chan?"
"Our initials are G and B and our job is to 'get back'
We'll be the Get Backers, how about that?"
"That's a marvelous idea! You are oh so smart!
It's so sad that soon we must part..."
"Don't worry about that," said Ban with a smile
"I know I'll be gone for a pretty long while,
But when I go off by myself, on my own,
Remember this
The 'S' in Get Backers means we're never alone!"
End of Part 1