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Non-Renaissance Songs That Would Make Great Faire Songs

Started by Lady Nicolette, October 23, 2008, 09:34:58 AM

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Lady Renee Buchanan

Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer


He had white Horses
And ladies by the score
All dressed in satin
And waiting by the door

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

White lace and feathers
They made up his bed
A gold covered mattress
On which he was laid

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

He went to fight wars
For his country and his king
Of his honor and his glory
The people would sing

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he died

Ooooh, what a lucky man he was
Ooooh, what a lucky man he was

A real Surf Diva
Landshark who loves water
Chieftesse Surf'n Penny of Clan O'Siodhachain,
Irish Penny Brigade
Giver of Big Hugs 
Member since the beginning of RF
All will be well. St. Julian of Norwich

Morgan Dreadlocke

The Doors

Grampa was a sailor  who sailed the frozen sea
His grandad was the whaler and he took me on his knee
He said Son I'm going crazy from living on the land
Got to find my shipmates and walk on foreign sands
 
This old man was graceful  with silver in his smile
He smoked a briar pipe and He walked for country miles
Singing songs of shady sisters and old time liberty
Songs of love and songs of death And songs to set men free

I've got three ships and sixty man
A course for ports unread
I'll stand at mast, let north wind blows
Till half of us are dead

LAND HO!
My intentions are to commandeer a venue, sail to Tortuga, then pick, strum and otherwise play me weasily black guts out.

Poldugarian Warrior

Stone Free by Jimi Hendrix, but just slow it down a bit make it acoustic and keep the same lyrics. Heard this one on the way home from work last night.

uncletimcobleigh

How about this one from Roger McGuinn:

The sun come up on the Spanish sea
Our homeland far behind us
Being hunted by the King's Navy
But sure he'd never find us

Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose
And hoist the Jolly Roger

We brought her into the loorward wind
And made for the Caribbean
For thoughts of what it might have been
Destroys a human bein'

But thoughts about the Spaniard's gold
And learning to desire it
Can make a man so brash and bold
He'll soon become a pirate

Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose
And hoist the Jolly Roger

Now a gleam come into the Captain's eyes
As he spied an English clipper
She looks the perfect shape and size
Let's all aboard and strip her

We fired a shot across her bow
And eased ourselves beside her
With our keels as close as she'd allow
We swung from the deck to ride her

Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose
And hoist the Jolly Roger

Up she tumbles and starts to pitch
And signals for assistance
We tightened our hold another hitch
And ended her resistance

Now there's many a day on the Spanish sea
I served aboard that raider
But we never did nothing more beautifully
Than the way that we belayed her

Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose
And hoist the Jolly Roger

Her hold was as hot as St. Elmo's fire
Her chests were filled with treasure
We took as much as we'd require
Then took more for our pleasure

Many a day on the Spanish Main
I have none I hold so dear
As the happy day I first became
A scurvy buccaneer

Pull away me lads of the Cardiff Rose
And hoist the Jolly Roger

Poldugarian Warrior

That sounds like a good pirate tune. I'd drink,  and make merry, and go to battle with that song playin in my head.

DonaCatalina

The Mummer's Dance
Artist: Loreena McKennitt
Album: The Book Of Secrets


When in the springtime of the year
When the trees are crowned with leaves
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair.

When owls call the breathless moon
in the blue veil of the night
When shadows of the trees appear
amidst the lantern('s) light.

We've been rambling all the night
and sometime of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay.

Who will go down to those shady groves
and summon the shadows there
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
in the springtime of the year.

The sounds of birds seem to fill the wood
and when the fiddler plays
All their voices can be heard
long past their woodland days.

We've been rambling all the night
and sometime of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay.

And so they linked their hands and danced
'round in circles and in rows
And so the journey of the night descends
when all the shades are gone.

A garland gay we bring you here
And at your door we stand
Here's a sprout, well budded out
The work of our Lord's hand.

We've been rambling all the night
and sometime of this day
Now returning back again
we bring a garland gay.

Aurum peccamenes multifariam texit
Marquesa de Trives
Portrait Goddess

metalcelt

The Clansman by Iron Maiden

The Trooper if we change some of the lyrics

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Ok a whole bunch of Maiden Songs

Alphonse

The first one that came to my mind was of course "Lucky Man", good thing I looked at the other posts before putting it up, Mull of Kintyre was the next one that popped in my head.So I was forced to think on it a bit further when a old favorite nobody else had named occurred to me.It was from Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards album.

                                 The Wizard

He was the wizard of a thousand kings,
and I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine

He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of it's fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again

Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts
Cause then I know we'd find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy
Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
The peace that love can bring

So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million stars that guide me with their light

Lady Renee Buchanan

Pardon me if this has been already posted.  I didn't go back through 4 pages of songs.  For some reason, it does remind me of faire.

Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan (but this is the Jimi Hendrix version, which I prefer)

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

Hey
Oh
All along the watchtower
Hear you sing around the watch
Gotta beware gotta beware I will
Yeah
Ooh baby
All along the watchtower
A real Surf Diva
Landshark who loves water
Chieftesse Surf'n Penny of Clan O'Siodhachain,
Irish Penny Brigade
Giver of Big Hugs 
Member since the beginning of RF
All will be well. St. Julian of Norwich

Morgan Dreadlocke

Quote from: Alphonse on November 25, 2008, 01:36:20 AM

                                 The Wizard


Heh Heh Heh page 3 Alph  ;)


Lhe Left Banke turned out a fyne ditty with "Barterers and Their Wives". Can't find the lyrics online anywhere :(

"Anthem" from Jonathan Livingstone Seagull fits the bill too.
My intentions are to commandeer a venue, sail to Tortuga, then pick, strum and otherwise play me weasily black guts out.

Alphonse

Indeed, there it is, in spite of looking through the four pages of posts I managed to over look it. It appears that I will have to think even harder if I hope to come up with one...

Lady Amy of York

I'm surprise  no  one  mentioned  this  one.
  Taylor  Swift's  " Love  Story".

                 We were both young when I first saw you
I closed my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello
Little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said, "stay away from Juliet"
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you, please don't go
And I said

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story
Baby, just say yes

So, I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

Oh oh
Cause you were Romeo, I was the scarlet letter
And my daddy said, "stay away from Juliet"
But you were my everything to me
I was begging you, please don't go
And I said

Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story
Baby, just say yes

Romeo, save me
They try to tell me how I feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story
Baby, just say yes

Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town
And I said

Romeo, save me
I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you, but you never come
Is this in my head
I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said

Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad
Go pick out a white dress
It's a love story
Baby, just say yes

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh

'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

Lady Amy of York/CaptainAmy of FeistyLady pirateship
Cheiftess Feisty of Clan O' Doinn
HF:Sterling

Morgan Dreadlocke

Grand Funk Railroad- I'm your Captain/Closer to Home

Everybody, listen to me,
and return me, my ship.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
though I'm feeling mighty sick.

I've been lost now, days uncounted,
and it's months since,
I've seen home.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
or am I all alone?
If you return me,
to my home port,
I will kiss you,
mother earth.
Take me back now, take me back now,
to the port, of my birth.

Am I in my cabin dreaming,
or are you really scheming,
to take my ship away from me.
You'd better think about it,
I just can't live without it,
so please don't take my ship from me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I can feel the hand, of a stranger,
and its tightening,
around my throat.
Heaven help me, heaven help me,
take this stranger, from my boat.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
though I'm feeling mighty sick.
Everybody, listen to me,
and return me, my ship,
I'm your captain, yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm your captain, yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm your captain, yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm your captain, yeah yeah yeah yeah

I'm getting closer to my home.
(repeat this line until the crowd starts throwin' veggies ;D)

My intentions are to commandeer a venue, sail to Tortuga, then pick, strum and otherwise play me weasily black guts out.

Poldugarian Warrior

Hall of The Mountain King by Savatage

I Would Do Anything For Love by Meatloaf

Kings and Queens by Aerosmith


Sir Gawain