Bards - May I pick your collective brains?

pubear pubear at ev1.net
Tue Jan 9 18:10:08 PST 2001


yes, this sounds like a piece by the late Master Ragnar of Bjornsborg,
called "Men of the Border".  There's a page off the bjornsborg website
dedicated to his work.

Bersi
AKA Pubear of Bjornsborg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Setze" <ksetze at ydr.com>
To: <bards at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:54 PM
Subject: Bards - May I pick your collective brains?


> If you're going to wake them up, can I ask a few questions?
>
> Years ago (maybe 15), I heard a gentleman at a Bordermarch bardic
championship
> sing a wonderful ballad about life patrolling the border. It included a
chorus
> about how they drank more and were wilder because of  dangers they faced,
and
> included a line about dancing on the edge of the sword.
> Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>
> Here's a more recent song I'm searching for. Again at Bordermarch, at a
fall
> melees just a couple of years ago (when Simon and Tessa were installed as
Vicar
> and Vicaress), a young lady sang about women warriors.
> Cydric the Fiddler said it was by a female folksong group out of Austin,
the
> name of which had something to do with ravens. Sound familiar?
>
> Any hints on either song would be much appreciated!
>
> Yseulte (a former Ansteorran bard, whose now far from home).
>
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