A song, I helped to write :)

My good friend kaoru, our friend JP and I sat down on Saturday with the task of writing a filk song to be performed in less than 7 hours (or so we thought, the delay of feast extended that time a bit) in honor of the outgoing Baron and Baroness. This is what we came up with, I'm quite proud of it, and the lyrics are below the photo of us performing!

Baronial Bands

(To the tune of “Black Velvet Band”)

In a great barony called An Crosaire, they traveled from over the land

And many a gentle did gather, every one a proud Trimarian

Then good fortune it did befall me, walking near me like two Seraphim

Close at hand with a shimmering smile, good Rurik and fair Ceridwen

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And their eyes they shone like the diamond

You’d think they were lords of the land

With their swords and coronets shining

They’d pass the baronial bands

It was still quite cold in the morning, too cold for our blue southern blood

When heralds announced that the court had begun, I perked like a new flower bud

Well I watched as they stood in the court hall, bright minstrel and lovely maiden

Their hearts filled with pride in An Crosaire, good Rurik and fair Ceridwen

[Chorus]

A number of prizes were given, each one was presented with care

Takematsu decided to sleep in late, when he walk up his feet were still bare

Two ladies were Chivalry’s champion, The applause was a wonderful din

With tears in their eyes, they presented the prize, good Rurik and fair Ceridwen

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The king took their coronets gently, reluctant to lose such a pair

Who guided so well in An Crosaire, with kindness and chivalry rare

As they walked from the thrones of An Crosaire, promptly greeted by five shots of sin

He downed one and  all and they walked away tall, good Rurik and fair Ceridwen

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