For Raymond of the Two Baronies

Snaps and snails and dragons' tails and banners white and red,
These are the pieces of the dreams that dance about my head
Tra-la, that dance about my head.

My father is a gallant Knight, as everyone must see
With armour bright and belt of white and a helm as big as me.
And I shall be my father's squire; my hobby-horse I'll ride.
With father's sword in both my hands I'll stand proud by his side.

Snaps and snails and dragons' tails...

My mother is a Lady fine, as surely all agree,
With visage fair and raven hair and arms for holding me.
I'll buckle on my squire's red belt and ride forth on a quest:
I'll rescue her from danger foul before my morning rest.

Snaps and snails and dragons' tails...

Our castle does seem very big; the neighbours' seem big too.
Five days a week my parents go and do what parents do
But then there is the weekend with their gowns and armour bright
And both my parents look the way they do in my dreams each night.

Snaps and snails and dragons' tails...

My eyelids are so heavy now, my mother's at my side,
I think I'll take a little nap and off to dreamland glide,
Where I will mount my hobby-horse to save my mother fair
And stand beside my father and watch dragons in the air.

Snaps and snails and dragons' tails and banners white and red,
These are the pieces of the dreams that dance about my head
Tra-la, that dance about my head.