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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A little word-fame is definitely in order
here. Alden sang his first song (and first first song) for us last night at the
Stargate/Loch fighter practice. One word to describe both songs?
Outstanding! Being a bard myself, though, I can’t stop with only one
word. So, original, funny, well-sung, great tunes, and highly entertaining! </span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Cheers to Alden!</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Andrew Scarhart</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
bards-bounces+scarhart=chivalry.com@ansteorra.org
[mailto:bards-bounces+scarhart=chivalry.com@ansteorra.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Cathy Polakoff<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 14, 2004 11:23
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Ansteorran Bardic list<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bards] Alden's first
song</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>That's cute. I'd love to hear it!<br>
<br>
Anna bat Chaim<br>
<br>
At 07:13 AM 6/14/2004 -0700, you wrote:<br>
<br>
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ok - Eleanor pointed out that this is really my
*second* song (see The Husbands' Retort on my bardic page at bard.ansteorra.org),
but it's the first song I wrote with original music.<br>
<br>
At Westgate Winter Collegium this weekend (yes - Winter in June), we were
performing some bardic pieces, and a song that I sang at Gulf War a couple
years ago came up in discussion, but it was NOT a song to be sung in polite
company, so I wasn't going to sing it that night. It prompted me to
comment "That's a song right there - A song about a song that I'm not
going to sing." So I am happy to say that I put the idea down on
paper and have come up with the following song. I wrote three verses, but
more can easily be added.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Alden Drake<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>A Song About A Song<?xml:namespace prefix
= o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><br>
</span></b><br>
<br>
<br>
You call on me to sing a song<br>
<br>
Because you heard it said,<br>
<br>
That I’ve a song to make you gasp<br>
<br>
And turn your face bright red.<br>
<br>
But surely this is not the time,<br>
<br>
Nor place for such a song,<br>
<br>
The baroness is listening<br>
<br>
And that would just be wrong.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
So this is my song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song that I am not going to sing.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
You heard a rumor from a friend<br>
<br>
About a dreadful tune,<br>
<br>
Sung by a fair and dashing bard<br>
<br>
One night beneath the moon.<br>
<br>
Oh yes my friends that bard is me;<br>
<br>
I don’t deny the fame,<br>
<br>
(But) The baroness still listens<br>
<br>
And I think she knows my name.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
So this is my song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song that I am not going to sing.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The baroness’s champion,<br>
<br>
He keeps his eye on me.<br>
<br>
In case I dare to sing my song<br>
<br>
Before her company.<br>
<br>
But I am not some reckless cad,<br>
<br>
No, that would not be right,<br>
<br>
But I will sing it after she<br>
<br>
Retires for the night.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
So this is my song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song that I am not going to sing.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Yes this is my song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song,<br>
<br>
A song about a song that I am not going to sing.<br>
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