[Bards] The Ultimate Cymry and Western Song
Robert Atwood
rob at mummersguild.com
Mon Nov 23 10:56:53 PST 2009
A hit! A palpable hit!
-Robert o' the Faire
On Nov 23, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Catrin ferch Maelgwn wrote:
> And for those of you who want the full experience (poor souls)...
>
>
> It was all that I could do to keep from screamin.
> But I knew it would be useless to protest,
> 'Cause the herald who announced me in the tourney
> Never had to take pronunciation tests
>
> You don't have to call me Edward Longshanks,
> And you don't have to call me Charlemagne
> You don't have to call me King Alfred, anymore.
> Even when I'm fightin' with the Danes—
>
> And you'll run this list as long as they will let you,
> And you don't mind that we're standin' in the rain
> You don't have to call me by my title—
> You never even called me by my name.
>
> Well I've heard my name at court, when it's been butchered,
> And I've heard it shouted over a few hay bales
> But the only time, I know, I’ll hear Catrin ferch Madog Maelgwn ap Llewellyn
> Is when I'm Queen, and all the heralds are from Wales!
>
> And you'll run this list as long as they will let you,
> And you don't mind that we're standin' in the rain
> You don't have to call me by my title--
> You never even called me
> (Why don't you ever call me?)
> You never even called me by my naaaaaaame.
>
>
> -Catrin
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Peter Schorn <peterschorn at pdq.net> wrote:
>> I heard my good friend Catrin ferch Maelgwyn perform a lovely song at
>> Bordermarch Melees this year.
>>
>> And many people said it was the Ultimate Cymry and Western song.
>>
>> But upon reflection I concluded that it was not the Ultimate Cymry and
>> Western song.
>>
>> Because it had nothing in it about:
>>
>> Drinking mead
>> Or your liege-lord
>> Or fighting the Saxons
>> Or the size of your retinue
>> Or the Hounds of Annwn
>>
>> So after due consideration I decided to rectify these omissions.
>>
>> And with the addition of this final verse, I believe that it is now, indeed,
>> the Ultimate Cymry and Western song:
>>
>> I'uz drinkin' mead
>> The day my liege-lord
>> Took on the Saxons,
>> So I went
>> To meet with him
>> At the front;
>> But before I could get
>> To the battle
>> With my re-ti-nue,
>> He got swept up
>> By the Wild Hunt...
>>
>> So I'll stand around as long as you will let me,
>> And I never minded singin' in the rain:
>> No you don't have to call me Cadfan ap Morgan
>> Godrudd
>> Y'never even called me by my naaaaaammmme!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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