Aidan was having an off morning with his basketball routine, only hitting 20% of his 15-footers instead of his normal 80%. So I started playing guitar and singing a made-up song to try to encourage him not to get frustrated when he missed his shots. While doing so, I was reminded of a song I composed and sang to Gavin when he was just a baby. Here are the lyrics.

The Ballad of Gavin and Rapunzel
by: C. Michael Pilato, December 10, 2003

It was a late hour
When Gavin approached the castle with a flower.
It was a late hour
When he tried to save Rapunzel from the tower.
But a witch was waiting there
When he climbed that rope of hair.
And she warned Prince Gavin his vision would fade
And that she’d banished fair Rapunzel far away.

It was a dark minute
When Gavin’s flight the witch tried to inhibit.
It was a dark minute
When he toppled toward the thornbush and fell down in it.
As the witch had prophesied,
The thorns tore into his eyes.
And so in blindness Prince Gavin did roam
Miles and miles away from his princely home.

It was a grand second in their lives
When Gavin’s face Rapunzel thought she recognized.
It was a grand second in their lives
When stumbling through the desert he heard her beckon through her cries.
And all of those painful years
Washed away in Rapunzel’s tears.
Then all of their sorrows turned to laughter again
And they lived happily ever after. The End.

I admit the subject matter is a little advanced for a six-month-old. We haven’t made a habit of exposing our boys to graphic storytelling or anything.

Oh, wait. That’s not true. We do read them the Bible…

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