"Saddlebred Mare / Canticle"
...a song parody by Actaeon 

(Sung to the tune of "Scarborough Fair" by Simon & Garfunkel. Posted December 25, 1996.)

Are you going, my saddlebred mare?
Hardly seems we had enough time
I'll love you always, though I am not there
You are still a true love of mine

Give her some carrots, alfalfa and hay
   (How could you do this, how did we fail?)
Let me know if she needs a ride
   (What did we do that would make you like this?)
I'll help you out any time, any way
   (You know you can't keep her, you know it's not right)
She is still a true love of mine
   (Let's find a home for her, where she'll be safe)

I sneak out to see her, one night after dark
   (No, I won't tell you her new owner's name)
Footsteps crisp in frosting of rime.
   (You'll try to see her and cause a big scene)
Her owners are ready; their dogs start to bark
   (Best to forget her, and find a nice girl)
I must leave a true love of mine

Early next morning, I learn from the vet
   (They aren't like people, they don't express love)
On a road, a truck crushed her spine
   (Nothing you feel for her makes any sense)
She'd crashed through her fence the night we'd re-met
   (Humans and animals: it's just not the way)
I have killed a true love of mine

She has left me, my saddlebred mare
Rainbow Bridge, here's one more equine
I will join her as soon as I dare
Then she'll be a true love of mine