[Bards] New Piece for 25th Year

[Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain]

Doggone it, Tiggy, there you go, raising the bar again.  :)

This is a wonderful piece, and I look forward to hearing you perform it.

Padraig

antigonus bearbait said:
>
>
> Greetings unto the bards of Ansteorra --
>
> Hey, guys, it's Tiggy.
>
> Well, we have 25th Year comming up soon.  I'm working on a piece to help
> comemorate it, and thought I'd drop it to the list.  I'm kinda working on
> encouraging Ansteorran pieces here locally so that when the event comes
> we're not all just sitting around looking at each other after ANOTHER
> rendition of "The Rising of the Star."  <<grin>>
>
> Submitted (below) for your approval, this particular piece is called "We
> Sing of Fifty Crowns," sung to the tune of the christian hymn, "Crown Him
> with Many Crowns."
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Much Thanx --
> Tig
>
> We sing of fifty crowns
> Beneath a sable star,
> See how the black & gold surrounds
> The noblest that there are.
>>From out of Adenvelt
> A sable star did rise,
> Through twenty-five years shining down:
> The brightest in the skies.
>
> We sing of a sable star
> That over all doth shine,
> Whose children bear upon their brow
> The mark of royal line.
> Oh, lift your voice and sing!
> The star that shines for thee
> Still shines untarneshed by the years
> Of a quarter century.
>
> We sing of a single crown
> That no one man may own,
> And though the sword may stake a claim,
> Still beauty makes her own.
> Adieu, to Adenvelt,
> Your child shall ne'er be far.
> For with the setting of the sun
> Comes the rising of the star.
>
> We sing of the black and gold
> For five and twenty years,
> Whose standard still is lifted high
> Through laughter and through tears.
> The pillars of our land
> On bended knee did vow,
> And on their shoulders side by side
> Stands Ansteorra now.