Stretching the limits of artistic licence

I’ve been helping out at a concert at church this evening, featuring a local adult choir, primary school choir and a fantastic trombone player from the RAF. The choirs weren’t too bad (the adult choir would have been very good had it not been for one particularly dominant singer) although there were a couple of interesting duets. One in particular made me chuckle inwardly – a rather mature couple singing “You Are Love” from Showboat – hearing a portly middle-aged balding man described in song as “You are spring, bud of romance unfurled” was a bit optimistic even allowing for artistic licence!