Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders...
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Zachariah, Two-Bit and Dally were just sitting on a bench in the park, watching Jean-Claude teach Johnny to fight.
"Alright, so Buck is having a party tonight, " Dally said suddenly, " And I told him about how you and your friends play."
"Eh? Ya told him dat after hearin' me play 'Pop goes the Weasel' when there was nothing else ta do?" Zack sighed, "Whaddid he say?" he raised an eyebrow.
"He asked me to ask you if you'd play there tonight." Dally said with a bit of a shrug.
"Man, I dunno..." He thought for a moment, " Hey! Jean!" He called.
Jean-Claude stopped for a moment and looked over at Zack, " Yeah?"
"Did ya'll take your own instruments with ya's too?" He asked.
"Naturellement" Jean-Claude shrugged and turned his attention back to Johnny.
Zachariah looked back at Dally, " Does dis Buck have a piano?"
"Uh, Yeah..But its usually used as a table.."
"Good. Den dere should be no problem"
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Dally took Zachariah,The triplets, Shawn, Mac and Jean-Claude to Buck's place about 2 hours before the party to get set up. Dally knocked on the door for a few minutes before Buck actually answered the door. He raised a eyebrow as he saw the group of people behind Dally carrying instrument cases. "So, this is the group of musicians?" He looked at Zack, " What the fuck is wrong with your eyes?".
" Ain't nothin' wrong with me eyes. 'Sides, even if dere was somethin wrong, I can play dis ting blind!" Zack grinned, waving his fiddle case around.
Buck raised an eyebrow, " Is that a violin?"
"Its a fiddle,b'ye, get it da fuck straight." He pushed his way past Buck and the others just snickered and followed Zack.
Buck glared at Dally, who mearly shrugged, and said, " Don't worry about it."
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After the place started to fill up, They started to play some jigs and reels. Each of the boys stood up and did alittle step-dancing every now and again.Eventually, Mac stood up, the song changed his pace, He was going to sing..
"Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me
Well it is of the jolly butcher as you might plainly see
As he roved out one morning in search of company
He went into a tavern and a fair girl he did see
Ah come for one night, be my wife, oh come along with me
He called for liquor of the best
And he makes such fortune play
Come have a drink, it will make us think
That it is our wedding day
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me
Well he called for a candle to light their way to bed
And when he had her in the room these words to her he said,
"A sovereign I will give to you, for to embrace your charms
And all that night, that fair young maid, lied in the butchers' arms
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me
Oh, Early the next morning be sure it went his way
He looked unto that fair young maid and unto her did say,
"That sovereign that I gave to you, do not think me strange,
Well that sovereign that I gave to you will you give me back me change!"
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me
Well about a 12 months later he roved out once more
And he went into the tavern where he'd often been before
He wasn't in there very long when his fair maid he did see
And she brought forth a baby three months old and placed it on his knee
When he saw the baby, he began to curse and swear
And he said unto that fair young maid, "Why did you bring him here!"
"Well he is your own, kind sir", she said, "Do not think me strange,
Well that sovereign that you gave to me, I gives you back your change!"
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me
Oh won't you come along with me love
Come along with me!
Come for one night and be my wife
And come along with me"
People cheered. Mac took alittle bow. Music started up again and more people started to dance.
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They all cleared out around 5 am. On they way home, they seemed so full of energy. Doing cartwheels most of the way home. But as each of them had gotten to their rooms and laid down on their beds, they were out like a light.
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