A Name For Our Prince

Once upon a time In a land far away A Baby was born On a bright winter’s day He was a happy baby His laughter quite the treat He was perfect from his head To the bottom of his feet He was born a Prince So they wanted a regal name The Queen called on her subjects “Please come join in our games.” “The winner will choose our young Prince’s name. To be spoken throughout the land to bring the Prince fame.” They brought their lances Their armour and swords In their search for Glory and to win big awards But the greatest prize to select the Baby’s name The winner so honoured would gain great acclaim They fought upon horses In matches on the street All manners of combat Many foes to defeat At the end of the week One winner was proclaimed The public all cheered him For the Prince would be named The winner was a man Who, had not a name He’d lived all his life carrying that shame So he thought for many hours What name might be best He searched all manner of books So the Prince would be blessed Alexander or Richard Maybe Demetrius or Hobbs Perhaps Matthew or Vincent Or something simple like Bob After hours of research His choice was revealed Written on a Silver Scroll The name was unsealed Queen Harleen was ecstatic Dressed in a gown of gold The Baby Prince in her arms She did affectionately hold King Matthew took the Prince Introduced him to the crowd “His name is Benjamin Of him we’re all proud.” Dedicated to our son Matthew, our daughter in-law Harleen and of course the star of the Tall Tale, our new Grandson Benjamin.