[Ansteorra] Question 01/14/04 Ansteorra's Greatest Hits

[Paul DeLisle]

> My must haves...

***SNIP***

> I'm stunned no one has mentioned "The Rising of the Star,"
> originally written
> by Bathazar of Endor and added to by a whole host of Ansteorrans.  The
> version I'd suggest would be sung by Count Finn Kelley O'Donnell
> with accompaniment
> by a choir of Ansteorran warriors - the same way I first heard it when
> Ansteorra marched to war at Pennsic XX.

Unfortunately, I think this one has fallen into the "Ohghod, not *that*
again" by about half the Kingdom...It seems that a lot of people's opinion
of it is pretty much summed up by this verse:
Oh, the Bards of Ansteorra strive for Authenticity
So they'll sing you Irish drinking songs, of the 19th Century
They're fun to sing, and clever, but they've gone too bloody far
When the Risin' o'the Moon becomes The Risin' o'the Star!

Alden
(also guilty of adding a verse or two, in my time)