ANST - (Fwd) Re: Dark age bards meet Pink Floyd

[Dennis and/or Dory Grace]

Salut, Cozyns,

Lyonel aisai.

Got this from a friend in Artemisia.  Us old farts can actually *hear* the
tune.

Enjoy.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>(You may remember this number from the "rock opera" that took an
>unflinching and highly personal look at the isolation, bitterness, and,
>frankly, the "grim corpse-hunger" that is the price of being a
>darkness-walking fiend from hell. It met with mixed reviews. Critics
>disliked its overwrought symbolism, such as the recurring theme of "The
>Hall.")
>
>-----
>(Grendel's) Mother
>
> 	(from "The Hall." Columbia Records, c. 750 AD. Out of print.)
>
>Mother, I'd like to eat some Scylds.
>Mother, will I have to pay wergild?
>Mother, I can't stand their merriment at all
>	Mother, should I storm the Hall?
>Mother, couldn't they have offered me some mead?
>Mother, I'm off to find Hrothgar's friends and feed.
>Mother, how'd ya get involved with a guy like Cain?
>	Mother, they'd never let me be a thane!
>   
>CHORUS: Hush now Grendel, Grendel, dont you cry.
>Mother's gonna let you rampage from the swamp
>Mother's gonna let you take your deadly corpse-romp,
>Mother knows teen ogres can have a hard time,
>they naturally have these grim feuds with mankind.
>Mama will keep Grendel sinewey-strong,
>Ooooh Grendel, ooooh Grendel, oooooh Grendel,
>Of course you should perturb the Hall.
>   
>Mother I'm back from Danish turf
>Mother did ya think of Beowulf?
>Mother, he just ripped your little troll apart!
>	Ooooh, Mother, did I have to ransack Heorot?
>
>Hush now baby, baby, dont you cry.
>Mama's gonna go invade the hall for you
>Mama won't let ordinary swords get through (etc.)
>
>Ooooh Grendel, oooh Grendel oooh Grendel,
>You'll always be Grendel to me.
> 
>(grandiose lute solo)
> 
>Mother, have you seen my arm? (sudden ending)
>

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lo vostre por vos servir
Sir Lyonel Oliver Grace
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Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Recovering Medievalist
mailto:amazing at mail.utexas.edu

Micel yfel deth se unwritere.
                           AElfric of York
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