The Champion ~ Viscount Sir Edward Zifran

The Champion he is brave, and the Champion he is bold.
He fights for the Lady's honor, and never for the gold.
He asks not the Lady for her hand for he could not be so bold.
That's not the way of a Champion, or so I have been told.

The Champion fights for the Lady, for that's his only way.
He asks not for the Lady's love, just that she smile his way.
But deep inside his lonely heart he prays on day by day.
That the Lady loves him as he loves she, and bids the Champion stay.

But the Champion knows as he turns to grey, there will be a younger man.
Who'll enter in the Lady's life and ask her for her hand.
She'll ask  the Champion, "My friend, would you mind if I wed this man?"
He'll avert his eyes, and say, "Your happiness is all that I demand."

So the Champion stands off to the side, and never says a word.
And though inside he loves her so, his heart is never heard.
So the Champion resigns himself to a love that can't be cured.