Sample Songs (CBH)

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The following are a few sample songs to whet your appetite. If you would like to write your own songs for your bard to sing, it is suggested that you get a book of old, traditional folk songs, and replace existing words with those of your own choosing.
==Bonnie George Campbell (Scottish ballad)==
: 1. Hie upon Hielands, and laigh upon Tay,
: Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day.
: He saddled, he bridled, and gallant rode he,
: And hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he.
: 2. Out cam his mother, dear, greeting fu sair,
: And out cam his bonnie bryde, riving her hair.
: The meadow lies green, the corn is unshorn,
: But bonnie George Campbell will never return.
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: 3. Saddled and bridled and booted rode he,
: A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee.
: But toom cam his saddle, all bloody to see,
: Oh, hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he! 
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==My Gentle Harp (Irish love song)==
: 1. My gentle harp, once more I waken
: the sweetness of thy slumb'ring strain,
: In tears our last farewell was taken,
: And now in tears we meet again.
: Yet even then while peace was singing
: Her halcyon song o'er land and sea,
: Though joy and hope to others bringing,
: She only brought new tears to thee.
: 2. Then who can ask for notes of pleasure,
: My drooping harp, from chords like thine?
: Alas, the lark's gay morning measure
: As ill would suit the swan's decline.
: Or how shall I, who love, who bless thee,
: Invoke thy breath for freedom's strains,
: When e'en the wreaths in which I dress thee,
: Are sadly mixed, half flowers, half chains?
==Skye Boat Song (Scottish ballad)==
: 1. Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar
: Thunder clouds rend the air;
: Baffled our foe's stand on the shore,
: Follow they will not dare.
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: 2. Though the waves leap, soft shall ye sleep,
: Ocean's a royal bed;
: Rock'd in the deep, Flora will keep
: watch by your weary head.
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: 3. Many's the lad fought on that day,
: Well the claymore could wield
: When the night came, silently lay
: Dead on Culloden's field.
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: 4. Burn'd our homes, exile and death
: Scatter the loyal men;
: Yet, e'er the sword cool in the sheath,
: Charlie will come again.
: Chorus:
: Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
: "Onward!" the sailors cry.
: "Carry the lad that's born to be king
: Over the sea to Skye!"
==The Minstrel Boy (Irish song of valor)==
: 1. The minstrel boy to the war is gone,
: In the ranks of death you'll find him;
: His father's sword he has girded on,
: And his wild harp slung behind him.
: "Land of song!" said the warrior bard,
: "Though all the world betrays thee,
: One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
: One faithful harp shall praise thee."
: 2. The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain
: Could not bring that proud soul under;
: The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
: For he tore its chords a sunder;
: And said, "No chain shall sully thee,
: Thou soul of love and bravery
: Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
: They shall never sound in slavery."