Cat Faber's Songs in ABC notation

Only the first verse (and chorus if applicable) is available here; check http://www.sff.net/people/julia.west/filking.html for the rest of the lyrics to these songs.

These are only a very few of the songs Cat Faber has written.

X: 1
T:Acres and Acres
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:140
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1991
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:Filk
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 Julia West
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:When I was a young girl I went to the hill,
W:To seek huckleberries, my basket to fill.
W:They hung on the branches like grapes on the vine. . .
W:Acres and acres, and all of it mine!
K:G
D|B2 c B2 A-|A3 D2 D|E2 G A2 B-|B3 z2 D|B2 c B2 A-A3 D2 D|E2 G A2 G-|G3
z2 D|B2 c B2 A-|A3 D2 D|E2 G A2 B-|B3 z3|1 B2 c B2 A-|A3 D2 D| E2 G A2 G
-|G3 z2:|3 B2 c2 B2| A2 D3 D|E2 G A2 G-|G4 z2||

X: 2
T:Black Molly
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:180
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1991
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:Now Molly was brown as a berry,
W:Her hair like the shadow at noon,
W:And her merry brown eyes could flash a surprise,
W:So the young men all danced to her tune.
W:But Molly is gone from the water,
W:No more with the lads for to talk;
W:She was drowned, she was drowned,
W:And she never was found,
W:Where the black water slaps at the rock.
K:G
B,2|E E3 E2|E4 F G|F E-E4-|E2 z2 B,2| E4 E E| E F3 G2| A6-|A2 z2 G A|
B A3 G2|A4 F2|G2 F E3|F4 F F |G2 G G3| F2 E D3|E6-|E2 z2 B,|E E3 E2|
E4 F G|F E-E4-|E2 z2 B,2|E4 E E|E2 F2 G2|A6|z4 G A|B4 A G| F4 F F|
E D3 C|B,4 A, A,|B,4 B, B,|E4 G G|E6||

X: 3
T:The Hero of Stony Tor
M:2/2
L:1/8
Q:160
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1990
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:Filk
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:Once he was just Vanyel-lad, In gift and grief ensnared,
W:Few the folk that knew of him
W:And fewer still that cared.
W:No one, even he, knew what the future had in store--
W:Shadowstalker, Demon's Bane
W:The Hero of Stony Tor.
K:C
D2 D2 D2 D2|F2 F2 F2 F2| G2 G2 F2 G2|A8|A3 A G2 F2|G F2 E3 E2|
D D3 E2 F2|E8|
D2 D2 D2 D F-|F2 F2 F2 F G-|G2 G2 F2 G2|A8|D2 D2 D2 D2|A2 A2 A3 A|
A G F2 E2 F2|D8||

X: 4
T:How It Is Applied
M:2/2
L:1/8
Q:200
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1990
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West
N:Inspired by Lois McMaster Bujold's "The Borders of Infinity"
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:In Ryoval's darkened basement Naismith paced and laid his plans.
W:Survive, escape, do damage; great! with what, our empty hands?
W:But when I voiced the doubts I had, the Admiral he cried,
W:"It isn't how much force you use, it's how it is applied!"
K:G
z2 G2 B2 B2|B2 c2 B2 A2|G2 G2 A2 A2|G2 F2 G4| z2 B2 c3 c|c2 d2 e d3|
c3 c B2 z A| G2 B2 d4|z2 B2 c2 c2|c2 d2 e2 d2|c2 c2 B2 A G-|G2 B2 A4|
z2 D2 G2 D2|B,2 D2 G2 B2|d2 c2 B2 B2|A2 A2 G4||

X: 5
T:John the Balladeer
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:160
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1991
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:Filk
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 Julia West
N:Inspired by the "Silver John" books by Manley Wade Wellman
D:on the tape "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:Often in the mountains I have heard the people say,
W:"You needn't fear the dark my child, since John has passed this way."
W:And when I press for details of this person who is gone,
W:They tell another story of the wanderer called John.
W:Chorus:
W:Singing John, walking John, John who does not fear,
W:Silver John, Honest John, John the Balladeer.
K:C
"freely" E2 E2 F2 G A-|A2 G2 F2 F2|E3 D C C3|D4 z2 G|
E2 E2 F2 G A-|A2 G2 F2 F2|E3 E D D3|C4 z2 E2|
E D2 C3 E2|F2 F2 G2 F2|E2 G2 G E3|D4 z2 G2|
E2 D C3 E2|F F3 G2 F2|E2 E D3 D|C6 z2|
"Chorus" G E2 C-C4|A G2 F-F4|E3 D C C3|D6 z2|
G2 E C-C4|A G2 F-F4|E3 E D D3|C4 z4||

X: 6
T:Mad in White Linen
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:210
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1990
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:Filk
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West
N:About this one, Cat says, "This phrase kept cropping up in the books I
N:was reading.  I'd never seen it before--and that doesn't happen to me
N:very much nowadays.  It means extra-specially mad, as in 'So-and-so is
N:mad in white linen.'  I thought, 'Gee, that's a very evocative
N:phrase.'"
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:She's mad in white linen, her form fairly glows,
W:Clad in her shift, down the hallways she goes
W:Singing, she laughs through the tears that she cries,
W:Staring right through you with unseeing eyes.
W:Those eyes hold a grief that no joy can dispell.
W:They saw her babes slaughtered when Highcastle fell.
W:Their murderer, seeking a throne in the strife,
W:He took him the woman he'd widowed to wife.
K:F
"freely" z4 D2|D3 E D2|C D4 E| F2 F2 E2|D4 z2|A3 B A2|G4 F E|
F2 G3 F| E4 z2|
A B3 A2|G4 F E|F2 F E3|C4 z2|F G3 A2|G2 F2 C2|D2 F E3|
E4 "Verse" D2|D3 D2 D|
C2 D E3|F2 F2 E2|D4 D2|D2 E F3|E F3 G2|F2 G A3|E4 E2|
F2 G A3|G F3 E2|D4 C D|
E4 A2|A D4 D|DC A,2 A,2|A, F3 E2|D4 z2||

X: 7
T:To Hunt the Butterfly
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:200
C:Words and music by Myfanwy ferch Tangwystl (m.k.a. Catherine Faber)
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:SCA
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West
W:Early in the morning, I saw the fighters pass
W:Shining in their armor, leaping o'er the grass
W:The hunting horns were sounding, I watched them pounding by
W:Early in the morning, to hunt the butterfly
W:Early in the morning, to hunt the butterfly.
K:C
A2 A A2 A|_A3 E2 E|c2 c B2 A|B4 z2|c2 c c2 c|B3 G3|c2 c d2 B|A4 z E|
A2 A A2 A|_A3 E2 E|c2 c B2 A|B4 z2|c2 c c2 c|B3 G2 G|c2 c d B2|A4 z2|
c2 c c2 c|B3 G2 G|c2 c d B2|A4 z2||

X: 8
T:Where Are You Going?
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:110
C:Words and music by Catherine Faber, (c) 1990
S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
A:Filk
B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West
D:on the tape, "A Breeze Through the CONduit"
W:Where are you going, steel-wearer, prince-rider?
W:What are you knowing, cool-carer, bane bider?
W:Your brother at hand and a sword by your side,
W:Through this blasted land, tell me, where do you ride?
K:G
B B B|BD E/2F/2 G|A3 Z|
A B A G/2F/2|G A G F|E F E/2 D/2-D A,3 A|
A>B A F|G A B B|A A G F|E3 A,|
D D E E| FG|F F E C|D4|
C C C>C|C D E E|F D D C|D3 D|
C C C C|C D E E|F>D F G|A3 A,|
A B A F|G>A B B|AE|FA G2|F2 E>C|D4||

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