Name: Song of Chivalry
Duration: P00H03M29S
Description: Talking of the Song of Chivalry, here's a version of the song using for an introduction the tune often associated with the ballad 'The Holy Well' (Roud 1697). 'The Sheepstealer' uses a variation on the same tune. The words to the song were published twice as a poem before the main tune finally turned up.

Song of Chivalry

from In a Folkier Vein by David A. Harley

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Talking of the Song of Chivalry, here's a version of the song using for an introduction the tune often associated with the ballad 'The Holy Well' (Roud 1697). 'The Sheepstealer' uses a variation on the same tune. The words to the song were published twice as a poem before the main tune finally turned up.

lyrics

When M’Lord returned
To his sheets of silk
And his gentle lady
Of musk and milk

The minstrels sang
In the gallery
Their songs of slaughter
And chivalry

The rafters roared
With laughter and boasting
Beakers were raised and drained
In toasting

The heroes of Crécy
And Agincourt
Or the madness
Of some holy war

The hawk is at rest
On the glove once more
Savage of eye
And bloody of claw

Famine and fever
Are all the yield
Of the burnt-out barns
And wasted fields

The sun grins coldly
Through the trees
The children shiver
The widows grieve

And beg their bread
At the monastery door
Tell me then
Who won the war?

credits

from In a Folkier Vein, released August 13, 2023
Words and original music by David Harley. 'The Holy Well' tune used in the intro is traditional, arranged and adapted by David Harley. Acoustic guitar and vocal by David Harley.

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David A. Harley England, UK

David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com