Although me ma says being a bard is no true profession, it sure is hard work. Wandering around, learning songs, writing some yerself, always having the lute ready fer a performance. I love it, though. And here is a song about it!
One of the very first songs I wrote near two years back, this is best sung to Spirit of the Sea by them favourites Blackmore's Night. The melody line in the midi I used fer me ABC is a little bit different than the lovely Candice's singing, so me verses don't match the video performance all the time. Still, this is one of the songs I love ter play the most, often late at night in Michel Delving.
Songs and Dances From The Past
I wander all across the Shire Looking for the tunes of old The songs and dances from our past I write down all the ones I know
All of our hamlets have their own songs With local stories, tales and names But as you travel through our lands You find the music is the same
Life goes on and hobbits come and go The years they pass and seasons change But our music stays the same Songs and dances from the past
A wizened gaffer tends his ale His body aches and yearns for rest But when I ask him what he hums He smiles at me and sings his best
The songs you whisper to your children The ones you sing as work begins As day gives way to dusk and darkness You sing them loudly at the inns
A merry tune of Tookland fiddlers A bouncy dance that makes hearts race A mournful ditty from the Greenfields A waltz for young lovers to embrace
Life goes on and hobbits come and go The years they pass and seasons change But our music stays the same Songs and dances from the past
They are what bind us all together They give us hope when wild things roam They ease our life when times are tough They tell us of our home sweet home
So I wander all across the Shire I stop and hail you as you pass I play you all the ones I know The songs and dances from the past The songs and dances from the past Songs and dances from the past Songs and dances from the past