I am a Prince

I am a Prince and I must find
a Princess who is true and kind
Through hills and dales I'll search the land
until I take my true love's hand

A conservative estimate of the number of times the Missus and I have heard this song would reach into the hundreds of thousands. I am not exaggerating.

The twins have these little plastic toys called "ride-ons." Tessa has the princess version. It's the version that plays that song, over and over.

Adam has a fireman version of a ride-on, but I can't remember the song that it plays as well as I am a Prince....

The other day, the kids had brought their toys out onto the patio and rode them around and around the patio table. The ride-ons were left outside and got rained on. It must have short-circuited something in them because at about two in the morning, the song started playing, loudly: "I am a Prince and I must find..." over and over. Did I mention that it was loud?

The Missus and I ran downstairs and out into the backyard. I grabbed the toy and brought it into the house, but I couldn't get the music to stop. Finally I had to unscrew the battery compartment and take out the batteries before blessed silence.

The problem is I can't get the song out of my head! At work today, I was humming it all day long. Someone asked me what the tune was. "Just ask my neighbors," I said.