The Scop's Gift - Revision history

Jude at 07:54, 27 August 2012

2012-08-27T07:54:58Z

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	A black-cloaked Scop at the door came knocking		A black-cloaked Scop at the door came knocking
	From out of the dark where the ghosts were walking		From out of the dark where the ghosts were walking
	He ~~stilled~~ their mirth and silenced their talking		He muted their mirth and silenced their talking

	Then spoke the Thane in his cloak of sable		Then spoke the Thane in his cloak of sable

Jude at 18:55, 26 August 2012

2012-08-26T18:55:38Z

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	He stilled their mirth and silenced their talking		He stilled their mirth and silenced their talking

	Up spoke the Thane in his cloak of sable		Then spoke the Thane in his cloak of sable
	'What gift do you bring me, to eat at my table?		'What gift do you bring me, to eat at my table?
	To feast by my fire and to sleep in the stable?'		To feast by my fire and to sleep in the stable?'
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	And the Scop sang soft and he strummed his lyre		And the Scop sang soft and he strummed his lyre

	The Thane drank ~~long~~ till the dawn was breaking		The Thane drank deep till the dawn was breaking
	His ~~kinsmen drowsed~~ as the crows were waking		His swordsmen snored as the crows were waking
	But he drank with a thirst that there was no slaking		But he drank with a thirst that there was no slaking

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	A year gone past since the great Thane's falling		A year gone past since the great Thane's falling
	And his hall's a ~~ruin~~ where the rats come crawling		And his hall's a ruin where the rats come crawling
	Lost to the ~~frost~~, and the grey gulls' calling		Lost to the snow, and the grey gulls' calling

	</song>		</song>

Jude at 18:47, 26 August 2012

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			Words and music by Jude

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2012-08-26T18:44:31Z

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<song>

A year since the Thane last strode to battle
Since last his axe and armour rattled
When he slaughtered the settlers and stole their cattle

That night they drank in the Thane's mead hall
While the shadows stretched outside the wall
And the land turned white from the swift snowfall

A black-cloaked Scop at the door came knocking
From out of the dark where the ghosts were walking
He stilled their mirth and silenced their talking

Up spoke the Thane in his cloak of sable
'What gift do you bring me, to eat at my table?
To feast by my fire and to sleep in the stable?'

'Here is the gift that I trade for your favour-
A pouch of salt I bring you to savour
That your bread rises well and your meat has flavour'

The thane bade him sit by the blazing fire
And eat and drink all he could desire
And the Scop sang soft and he strummed his lyre

The Thane drank long till the dawn was breaking
His kinsmen drowsed as the crows were waking
But he drank with a thirst that there was no slaking

Then up rose the Scop from the hearthstone, crying:
'There on the field you left me lying
Down in the dirt with the dead and dying

'Hear now the song I come to play you
A curse of salt I bring to slay you
For you killed my kin and I will repay you

'Salt for a thirst that's never slowing
Salt for the earth that will brook no growing
Till the winter wind over your bones is blowing'

A year gone past since the great Thane's falling
And his hall's a ruin where the rats come crawling
Lost to the frost, and the grey gulls' calling

</song>

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