The Crescent-shaped Royal Ransom
Revenge across the Centuries
Wikipedia
The Lionheart King Richard won and lost
The Holy Land but on his way back to
Misgoverned England he was caught and tossed
Inside a donjon by a kangaroo
Middle European greedy duke
Demanding a staggering ransom
From Eleanor of Aquitaine. The fluke
Came centuries later. The hugely handsome
Amount paid out for Richard built a wall
Around Vienna. When the Turk attack
Came later, Muslim fighters had to fall
Away. Islamic victory went slack.
The Turks slunk back to their defeated hole . . .
And this inspired Vienna’s croissant roll.
[Well, it’s a tasty legend at the very least, Ja?]