For space is wide and good friends are too few.
“Rimini,” a marching song for the Roman legions, words by Rudyard Kipling, tune by Leslie Fish.
I spent a while messing with Riffstation to try and figure out the chords for this, and it worked…alright. What I came up with may not be exact, but it works. Try substituting fifths and nearby minor chords if anything doesn’t sound right to you. I believe Fish has it capoed up four frets; anyway, this is the easiest key I found.
Lyrics and chords here
I used to write and sing filks for a group in Israel, but I haven’t been involved in the community for many years. The songs I’ve written since then have languished without an audience; this one in particular, based on Order of the Stick, is the one I most regret never having had the chance to perform.
Submitted by Daniel Sterman
The Darkness Soon
My friend bids me come and see
the ravens in the library
setting quiet pages free.
“Ravens in the Library,” by S. J. Tucker. It’s just about what it says on the tin, but what it says on the tin is pretty neat.
Lyrics and chords available here
But please come, join, dance in the circle,
The voices will make your heart yearn–
To please come, join, dance in the circle,
But know that you’ll never return–
“Dance In The Circle,” a fairy song by Heather Alexander
Lyrics available here
And can you keep your head, your backbone, or your heart?
We all found out the answer on the day it fell apart.
“The Day It Fell Apart,” by Leslie Fish.
A small apocalypse story. Lyrics available here.
The Morrigan sows and reaps at will
The Morrigan stands behind your skill
The Morrigan shows your shifting face
and The Morrigan knows your time and place
“The Morrigan,” by Heather Dale
Lyrics available here
This song is a pantoum! How cool is that!
Raw footage from my concert slot at BayCon 2015.
Mark
Thanks so much for the submission, and I recommend everyone check out Mark’s YouTube channel for more (some of his songs and a few by Fish)
Sun up, sun down the shadows hide me down in
Wonderland, Wonderland, nobody knows the way,
but if you find it in your dreams, you can
find it at your dayjob
somewhere south of Hell
“Cheshire Kitten (We’re all mad here),” by S. J. Tucker
Lyrics and chords available here.
For one had come from Germany, and one from here in Spain,
And one from near the Bosporus where Constantine had reigned.
From every land they sallied forth, then ventured home again,
And found a road worth walking,
They found this road worth walking,
For all agreed their roads were much the same.
“The Road to Santiago” by Heather Dale. I’ve been to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Didn’t do the pilgrimage; I was in Spain with a youth orchestra and we were just being tourists. But it’s a very nice cathedral.
Anyway, good song. Very nice tune. Lyrics available here.
A babe was all she asked for, and their promises they’d kept
A fairy story from Heather Dale.
Lyrics available here