Based on the traditional song that tells the legend of the bride who, on her wedding day plays hide and seek – finding a chest in a distant room of the house to hide in, but isn’t found, and can’t get out…with unfortunate long-term results.
The song addresses some issues, and resolves a few of them. It even has a happy ending if you like revenge.
lyrics
This is my Wedding Day,
And we are having such fun,
I found a chest in the attic,
Up in the tower at Exton.
You said, “Let us play hide and seek”
We all gladly agreed,
But I’ve been hiding for hours,
And no-one is coming to find me.
Kisses or curses, just look for me now,
Oh the Bough of the Mistletoe,
How shall I keep all my wedding vows?
I heard voices not far away,
Calling, “Oh where can she be?”
It will be such a surprise when they
Open the chest and they find me.
Later, I heard my love whisper
“I know you’re hiding in there,
But I married you for your money
And you can stay
Locked up for ever.”
Kisses or curses, just look at me now,
Oh the Bough of the Mistletoe,
How shall I keep all my wedding vows?
My silver dress is now tarnished,
My beauty is over and done,
My life has long been extinguished
Locked in this coffin at Exton.
Years came and went as I waited,
Time oh so silently passed,
Then one day, when all was forgotten
My love came to me at last…
Kisses or curses…
He said, lifting the lid to see me
“Such a shame, your beauty is dead,
But I have your house and your land
And today I have married again”
He said.
Then as he turned away laughing
By mischance, by some
Strange endeavour
He fell,
Down,
Into my arms…
And the lid closed,
And we are together -
Kisses and curses, just look at us now
Oh the Bough of the Mistletoe,
Now I can keep all my wedding vows
Kisses and curses, just look at me now…
I may be withered and dead,
But welcome at last to our wedding bed.
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