[MR] Song of the Free (We Stand)

[JBRMM266 at aol.com]

This is the song, along with the message that explains it.

I have devised a tune for it, which those who have heard it have liked.  If anyone can explain to me how I can make a recording that I can send to the author, I'd like to try.  I just got a new computer at home which seems to have some interesting capabilities, but it's literally just out of the box last night, so I'm not completely up on it.

Your servant aye,
Donal

  Greetings, all, from Michael Alewright.  AEthelmearc's Coronation is this
weekend, and it occurred to me last night that the mood of those in
attendance will be somewhat darkened by the multiple tragedies we are now
facing.  I tried to give my own current thoughts and feelings a voice
appropriate to a Society context, somewhat allegorized, and the song below
is the result.  I am posting it here in case anyone else will find it
useful.  I can't transmit the tune (and I'm musically illiterate, anyway),
but if you decide you want to perform it, feel free to create your own, or
contact me and I can arrange to sing it over the telephone.
   Although I am not submitting it for critique, per se, feel free if the
spirit moves you.  Caveat: This piece is an example of what I call
"peri-oid," given that it is intended to complement and facilitate the
culture and atmosphere of the Society without attempting to recreate a
period style or voice.

Regards,
Michael

SONG OF THE FREE

Unwelcome and armed you come--
Your minions invade our land;
And cold grow our hearts when the killing starts,
But whatever should come, we stand

You see plunder ripe for taking,
And think to reach out your hand;
But beware of the prey that you hunt today,
For tomorrow will come; we stand.

        We stand, we stand
        Unbowed by your demand.
        You will come to see that we still live free,
        And despite your sword, we stand.

Our souls feel the chill of winter
Through the flames your anger fanned.
Our houses burned but our lesson learned,
In the hills and woods we stand.

You've killed us by the thousands,
And wrecked what once was grand.
Commit your crime, we will bide our time
When the moment comes, we stand.

        We stand, we stand,
        And refuse to be unmanned.
        Let the hours creep as you try to sleep,
        For there in the dark, we stand.

Let your eyes be filled with terror,
Ere your mouth be filled with sand.
Let your flesh be meat for the crows to eat;
Let revenge begin--we stand.

Let crops grow where they've fallen,
Who moved by your command.
Let their widows fear when we march from here,
And outside your door we stand.

        We stand, we stand
        For the doom of all you planned.
        When the sight of me is the last you see,
        Let your last thought be. we stand.