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Ok Alden. This one may be just dark enough, even for Truly.<br><br>We missed you at war. Saturday night as we sat round the fire we really needed to hear Dolphin Boy. I tried to get someone to call you on their cell but, since it was well after midnight, I got over-ruled. Sigh. <g><br><br>I look forward to hearing you perform this one. May you bring the bloody countess as much fame as you've brought Dolphin Boy. ;-7<br><br>Melody<br><br>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:16:53 -0700<br>> From: alden_drake@sbcglobal.net<br>> To: pbardic@minstrel.com; bards@lists.ansteorra.org<br>> Subject: [Bards] A new song<br>> <br>> Greetings fellow bards,<br>> So my dearest teacher charged me to write a "death, doom, and gloom" type song. I don't sing to many of these, so it has been quite a challenge. Some time before she gave me this task, a group in Ansteorra held an event themed "Bad Girls of History". Mea and I began looking up historic bad girls for their bardic competition (she went, I didn't), and we came across Elizabeth Bathory (the Bloody Countess). We both went, "OOOOH!" and kinda filed that name away. So when Eleanor charged me to write "death, doom, and gloom", I pulled that name back out of the file. I haven't arranged the music yet, so these lyrics may change a bit more, but I wanted to share with y'all my first pass. The chorus is meant to be a bit of audience participation - young ladies present at the venue should be encouraged to follow the instructions.<br>> <br>> Oh, I'll warn those of you with delicate sensibilities...it might be a bit graphic for your taste.<br>> <br>> Cheers,<br>> Alden<br>> <br>> <br>> THE BLOODY COUNTESS<br>> By Alden Drake<br>> <br>> Come gather around me, young ladies so fair<br>> And listen and learn from this song that I share,<br>> For if you would grow to be ladies refined,<br>> This lesson, I charge you, keep well in your mind.<br>> <br>> In far off Carpathia, high in the hills,<br>> The Lady of Cachtice (CHAK-tee-tsay), known for her skills,<br>> Trains noble young women on how to comport;<br>> A Countess is she, and so well versed in Court.<br>> <br>> C: So stand up as straight as an arrow<br>> And curtsey with grace and with poise<br>> Then sit ye back down as I tell you<br>> The method the Countess employs.<br>> <br>> To start, she will teach you to stand and to glide,<br>> And light up a room with a delicate stride;<br>> A lady must dance like a leaf on the breeze;<br>> These basics she trusts you to learn with great ease.<br>> <br>> Barefooted you˘ll walk on an iron spiked bed <br>> Til you get it right she will force you to tread.<br>> Now, up and down, up and down, back and again,<br>> She coldly commands as you cry out in pain.<br>> <br>> Chorus<br>> <br>> A lady must speak with a delicate tongue,<br>> To sound in one˘s ear like a bell gently rung,<br>> And sing like an angel in heavens so blue;<br>> Such lessons the Countess will fair teach to you.<br>> <br>> With a pear she will open your mouth ˇtil it˘s wide<br>> And seek out thy tongue where it wants to abide.<br>> She˘ll sever it clean with a sinister grin,<br>> While blood pours out freely down over your chin<br>> <br>> Chorus<br>> <br>> A proper young woman must be finely groomed<br>> Well bath-ed and combed and then gently perfumed.<br>> Like a delicate rose she shall blossom so grand,<br>> As the Countess will show with a personal hand.<br>> <br>> O˘er a fine bathing tub she will force you to swing<br>> As her dagger bites into your flesh with a sting<br>> And as the blood drips down your lily white feet<br>> She bathes with delight for your training˘s complete.<br>> <br>> Chorus<br>> <br>> So if you have yet to learn well of my tale,<br>> And grace and fine manners have yet to prevail,<br>> Then unto the mothers and fathers hereby,<br>> For a crown and your daughter, the Countess will try.<br>> <br>> To Cachtice Castle this night shall I ride,<br>> With young noble ladies who failed to abide<br>> To the words of this story that you heard this night<br>> And the Countess shall punish them all with delight.<br>> <br>> Chorus<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Bards mailing list<br>> Bards@lists.ansteorra.org<br>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/bards-ansteorra.org<br></body>
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