For space is wide and good friends are too few.
Oh the werewolf, oh the werewolf comes stepping along
He don’t even break the branches where he’s been gone
Oh the werewolf, oh the werewolf comes travelin along
He don’t even crush the leaves where he’s been gone
Sometimes you’re listening to folk music on Pandora and you come across something you very much never expected.
“The Werewolf,” by Michael Hurley, performed by Barry Dransfield
Like a princess in a castle
Like a queen without a king
Like a present wrapped in ribbons
Or a bird with broken wings
She is waiting to be rescued
She is waiting to be free
If someone could only tell her
Just who she’s supposed to be
“Princess in a Castle,” by Terence Chua
Lyrics available here
Miles Vorkosigan posted this on Facebook and called it “a revenge ballad that is maybe the most controversial thing I perform in public.” Seems like the kind of folklore we need right now.
Lyrics under the cut.
Steel and maille and gilded crossbow,
Feather of the ancient wind bird,
Wide as wonder, tall as starlight,
Lords of earth and lords of fire,
Life the love that they desire.
Lords of earth and lords of fire,
Life the love that they desire.
“Elf Glade,” by Meg Davis
Lyrics can be found here, and there are chords provided with a very odd parody by Kanef, though he doesn’t relay the alternate fingerings used in the original.
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Wolves are sleeping ‘midst the trees,
Bats all are swaying in the breeze,
But one soul lies anxious wide awake,
Fearing all manner of ghouls, hags and wraiths.
Birds are silent for the night,
Cows turn in as daylight dies,
But one soul lies anxious wide awake,
For the witcher, brave and bold, paid in coin of gold,
He’ll chop and slice you, gut and dice you, eat you up whole,
Eat you whole.
When we eat the sun will it taste like mouse?
We swear by the dust we shall soon find out!
“The Kingdom of Mice, a war song,” by S.J. Tucker
It seems like a goofy little song, but…it’s not. It’s terrifying.
Lyrics and chords available here.
Bonds of blood and bonds of steel
Bonds of god-fire and of need,
Bonds that only we to feel
Bonds of word and bonds of deed,
Bonds we took – and knew the cost
Bonds we swore without mistake
Bonds that give more than we lost,
Bonds that grant more than they take
“Oathbound,” from a novel by Mercedes Lackey, sung by Leslie Fish and Heather Alexander, with Greg Shaver on guitar
When I was a child I dreamed – but they weren’t dreams at all –
Of far-off lands, of far-off times, watching kingdoms rise and fall
“The Challenger,” by Leslie Fish
Wind’s four quarters:
Air and fire
Earth and water
Hear my desire
Grant my plea
Who stands alone
Maid and Warrior
Mother and Crone
“Wind’s Four Quarters,” by Mercedes Lackey, performed by Heather Alexander
My mother won’t come to my concerts
And she knows that she’s wasting her breath
Still she begs me return to a good honest life
Of beckoning men to their death
“Siren Song,” by Vixy & Tony, about the struggle of maintaining a music career when your voice…kills people.
Lyrics and chords available here