Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Original Broadway Cast) Historian's Introduction to Act II Lyrics

Historian]
Defeat, at the castle in Act I, seems to have utterly disheartened King Arthur.
The ferocity of the French taunting took him completely by surprise.
King Arthur and his knights fled for their lives,
and were instantly scattered and lost in a dark and very expensive forest...

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