[Bards] Crown Tournament (a filk, first draft)

[Jane Sitton]

Submitted for your enjoyment or consternation.

(With apologies to Larry Bastian, who wrote the song
Garth Brooks made famous, and to Sir Galen of Bristol,
whose idea I shamelessly swiped.)


Crown Tournament by Lady Madelina de Lindesaya

His eyes are cold and restless
His wounds have almost healed
And she'd give half the Kingdom
Just to change the way he feels
She knows his love's in Stargate (or other
two-syllable location)
And she knows they’re gonna go
Well it ain't no woman flesh and blood
It's that damned Crown Tournament

Well it's blows and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a melee crowd
It's the white in his knuckles
The shiny golden crown
He'll win the next go 'round
It's boots and belts
It's bright brass hats
It's spurs and silver chains
It's the peers and the reigns
And the joy and the pain
And they call it Crown Tournament

She does her best to hold him
When his love comes to call
But his need for it controls him
And her back's against the wall
And it's “come on lady, let’s load,”
When it's time for them to go
You know she wants her lord husband
Like he wants that golden crown

Well it's blows and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a melee crowd
It's the white in his knuckles
The shiny golden crown
He'll win the next go 'round
It's boots and belts
It's bright brass hats
It's spurs and silver chains
It's the peers and the reigns
And the joy and the pain
And they call it Crown Tournament

It'll drive a fighter crazy
It'll drive a squire insane
And he'll sell off everything he owns
Just to pay to play her game
And a coronet and some faded scrolls
Is all he'll have to show
For all the years that he spent chasin'
This dream called Crown Tournament

Well it's blows and blood
It's dust and mud
It's the roar of a melee crowd
It's the white in his knuckles
The shiny golden crown
He'll win the next go 'round
It's boots and belts
It's bright brass hats
It's spurs and silver chains
It's the hope he will reign
And the joy and the pain
And they call it Crown Tournament

It's the blows and the blood
It's the bruises and mud
And they call it Crown Tournament

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