[Ansteorra] Fw: Bardic Challenge! Diamond Wars! Bardic Challenge! Diamond Wars!!

[David Backlin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mal" <mlaf at sbcglobal.net>
>
> Bardic Challenge!!!
>
> Come you bards and composers!   Lord Pete the Bosun, of the Good Ship 
> Briar
> Rose, and THL Melandra of the Woods have a challenge for you!
>   Lord Peter has written the following words.   We challenge one and all 
> to
> find an original tune for it that he likes better than he likes the one 
> THL
> Melandra has written for it...  If you are going to Diamond Wars, then 
> bring
> your tune to the Briar Rose Bardic on Friday night, or to the Bardic 
> Circle
> on Saturday.
>
> Words by Lord Peter the Crusader, also known as Pete the Bos'n
>
> Verse 1:
> Th' sigh o' th' wind
> Green waves heavin' high
> Salt water sprayin'
> Th' gull's lonely cry
>
> Chorus:
> Can you imagine a place in th' world
> More fit for princes and kings?
> I'll give you twelve castles
> An' diamond filled caves
> Fer a ship on th' waves
> An' th' joy that it brings
>
> Verse 2:
> The clap of a sail
> As th' prow dips 'n' rises
> A sky full o' stars
> Sunsets 'n' moonrises
>
> Chorus
>
> Verse 3:
> Bright colors a-flyin'
> Black stormclouds a-risin'
> Th' view from th' masthead
> Of far blue horizons
>
> Chorus
>
> Verse 4:
> Th' shantyman's song
> Ringin' o'er the foam
> Good shipmates laughin'
> As we anchor at home
>
> Chorus
>