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X: 1 T:Don't Ever Love M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:70 C:Words and music by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia West) (c) 1978 S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" A:Filk B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West H:This was written for a bawdy ballads contest in the SCA back in 1978 W:Don't ever love a fighter: He'll care more for his sword. W:And while he's out there fighting you're on the sidelines, bored. W:And even when you're snuggled close and have him in your arms W:He's much too bruised and tired to appreciate your charms. K:B C|"G"F F "D7" G F/2=F/2 "G" ^F C-|C C "C" D D D C/2B,/2| "D7" C3 C "C" B,B,|B, A,/2G,/2 "G" A, C2 C| "A7" D D D C/2=C/2 "D7" ^C2-|C "G" F F =F =F| "C" D D "G" C C "C" D D| D =F/2^F/2 "D7" =F3 C| "C" D D "D7" =F =F "G" ^F C-|C C "C" D D "D7" =F D/2C/2| "G" F4 z2|| X: 2 T:Homecoming M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:100 C:Words and Music by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia West) (c) 1980 S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West D:on "A Breeze Through the CONduit" tape W:So now, my lord, you have come home from the wars, W:Seeking me here, in my lonely bed. W:After your conquests in lands so far afield W:You will return to the lady you wed. K:Ab "Em" B, B, B,|"C" E2 D/2 E/2| F "D" _G F/2 D/2| "Em" B,3| B, B, B,|"Am" =B,2 B,|"D" D E D|"Em"B,3| B, B, B,|"C" E2 D/2E/2|"D" F _G F/2 D/2|"Em" B,3| B, B, B,|"Am" =B, B, B,|"D" D4 E D|"Em" E6|| X: 3 T:Remembrance M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:100 C:Words and music by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia West) (c) 1979 S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West N:This is a woman's viewpoint of war--the side not seen in the bards' N:songs of the glories of battle. N:Owain Glyn Dwr (Glendower) was the N:Welsh Prince who, in the closing years of the fourteenth century, took N:most of Wales back from the English. Unfortunately for the Welsh N:people, the tide soon turned and by 1415 Glyn Dwr was in hiding and the N:English had taken back their former territories. D:On "A Breeze Through the CONduit" tape W:'Tis now, in the warm tender green time of spring W:I think of my brother, the songs he did sing. W:With crwth or with harp by some cold mountain stream W:Amidst the pale flowers with his music he'd dream. W:He'd sing of his love for the good things he knew-- W:Fair women, good mead, and companions so true. W:Chorus: W:He went off to fight in the late snows of spring W:For Glyn Dwr, our Prince, 'gainst the troops of the King. W:With a song on his lips he did fight--and was killed. W:And the music within him forever was stilled. K:G D/2E/2|"D" F E D|"A" E D E|"D" F E D|"A" E2 D/2E/2|"D" F E D|"A" E F G "D" A G F|"A" E2 A|"D" A F A/2G/2| F2 G/2 A/2|"G" B2 B/2 G/2|"A" E2 E| E F G|"D" F G A|"G" G G F|"A" E2 D|"G" D G B|"D" A2 G/2 F/2|"G" G G F| "A" E2 E|"D" F/2G/2 A "A" E|"D" F/2G/2 A G| F> F "A" E|"D" D2||\ K:F "Chorus" D/2E/2|"Dm" F E D|"A" E D E|"Dm" F E D| "A" E2 D/2 E/2|"Dm" F D| "A" E F G|"Dm" F> F "A" E|"Dm" D2 A/2 A/2|A F A|"A" G A B| "Dm" A2 A/2 A/2 |A2 A/2 G/2|F E D|F E D|"A" E3|F2 E|"Dm" D3|| X: 4 T:Wonderful Thing M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:200 C:Words and music by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia West) (c) 1978 S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West N:This was written for an SCA bawdy ballads contest in 1978. W:He isn't the handsomest lad in the world, W:And he's not as rich as a king, W:But it doesn't matter because he is good W:At one very wonderful thing. K:Ab D | "G" _G G G G F E | D E D B,2 D | _G G G G F _G | "D" A4-A _G | "D7" F F F F E F | "G" _G F E D2 D | "C" E _G "D7" E F A F | "G" _G4 z|| X: 5 T:Neville T:Or, the Ensorcelled Son M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:200 C:Words and music by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia Howarth West) S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" B:A Breeze Through the CONduit N:Robert and Leah de Spencer were baron and baroness of Salt Lake City's N:local barony of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Loch Salann, for N:many years. This song was written before the Kingdom of Atenveldt N:split and Caerthe (Denver, Colorado) became part of the Kingdom of the N:Outlands. This story, of course, is apocryphal (or is it. . . ?). W:Oh, Robert de Spencer had a son W:Sing hey a way a way oh, W:A lad of four; a lively boy, W:His father's pride and his mother's joy, W:But other folks he did annoy. W:Sing hey a way a way oh. K:F c|F2 F F2 A|G2 E F2 C|F2 B A2 G| A c4 c| d2 A A2 d| c2 =B c A| G2 A G2 F| E2 F E2 C| F2 B A2 G| A2 F F2 G| A2 F F2 E| G F4|| X: 6 T:The Sea Man M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:100 C:Words by Rhonwen y Llysieuyddes (m.k.a. Julia West); Tune: Traditional S:From "A Breeze Through the CONduit" B:A Breeze Through the CONduit, (c) 1992 by Julia West W:Young Huw and Cerys walked beside W:The seashore just at eventide. W:Said Huw, "I love you more than life; W:Pray say that you will be my wife." K:G D|D2 E F2 G|A2 G D2 G| F2 D E2 A| G2 E C2 C| D2 E F2 G| A2 G D2 D| D2 A, C2 D| E2 D D2|| % Output from ABC2Win Version 2.0 on 6/10/96
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