The Saga of Sir Ilem of Wajn

[Pelinore]

http://chogall.ath.cx/sir_ilem_of_wajn.mp3

This ballad tells of the voyages of Sir Ilem and his attractive sidekick Septina; of when they set forth from our noble lands unto heathen territory.

'Tis me playing stuff/singing - I first posted a version of the lyrics on the Templar boards aaages ago, though the subject was slightly different and has been changed here to fit recent developments. Note the pronunciation of Emain is kind of weird and I'm not sure entirely accurate - it's meant to be something like Avviin. The tune comes from a Martin Carthy song, though he believes it to be originally 18th century East Anglian. Be warned, this is what might be described as folk. If you find yourself tending to sing nasally with a finger in your ear, seek help.

Thanks and cuddles to Septina for hosting it. ;DDD

 

[Ilum]

THIS BELONGS IN THE CReATIVE SECTION MEIGHTER BUT i*LL FORGIVE YOU THIS TIME

(oh and song rocks! its a must, #1 on the billboard folk list for last 3 months)

 

[Tomtefan]

Amagad sexeh!11

Smellinore r0xX0rZ j00R b0xX0rZ!!111

No seriously, it does sound quite well even though he's welsh <3

 

[Pelinore]

It may be creative, but the subject matter is Prydwen rvr!

Some people asked for ze lyrics since they couldn't tell wtf I was singing sometimes, so:

I once knew a fellow called Ilem of Wajn
And his pleasure was pwning down in the Emain,
A-walking a-talking and taking his time
When the weather was pleasant and charming.

So gay and so gallant he went on his tramp,
He met with a Swede at the amg ramp
Where the bonny little Hiblets around them did camp
With their rowdy-dow-dow in the morning.

"What ho, me brave kinsman," Sir Ilem now cried,
"For Arthur and realmpoints," Septina replied,
They set forth together to trample the tide
Of fat lecherous elves in the morning.

They slaughtered about them with honour and grace,
But the Hibs were now closing around them with pace,
And they sat on Septina with merciless haste,
'Ere he could breathe out the morning.

"Nerf!" cried Sir Ilem, and "why did we die?
"The lifetap is with us!" he said with a sigh,
"But if you'll come with me, one thing we could try
Is rerolling to Hib in the morning."

Oh Ilem of Wajn is now Roqu the Gaul,
And his pleasure is pwning in Hadrian's Wall,
Where he mezzes the Albs and then outskills them all
With his lagstrafing haxx in the morning.

 

[stupeh]

more pls.

 

[CedrikWayfarer]

10 / 10 points!

 

[Elendar]

awesome singing :d
love it

 

[Septina]

\o/ <o/ \o> <o> Ivor ftw wub you :wub: =)

 

[Arethir]

Nice

 

[MaditioN]

roxor one :} should include lyrics with song in zipfile or smt imo :> kinda boring listening else :E

 

[Orenthal]

leet song ;P

 

[Huntingtons]

didn't know he haxxed ;(

 

[SoulFly]

You've completely outdone yourself Ivor!

 

[Dreami]

Ace 8]

 

[Niko]

hahaha sweet

 

[bigchief]

rox

and all true :<

 

[Aoln]

quality

 

[Overdriven]

Awesome. Totally Kick-Ass. Is it you playing the guitar by the way mate? (Send me teh ch0rds so I can get my mate to play it )

 

[Straef]

Really nice

 

[Eva]

Sweet Ivor.

Now talk on vent >;(

 

[Pelinore]

Thanks everyone

And yes, it's me playing the guitar, though not so easy to tell you the chords:

Using a guitar tuned down to BFBBFB, with thick enough strings and a double fourth string, at capo 6. The chords are just drones on the open strings left around the single notes of the melody, with the occasional addition of B flat on the fourth or sixth string. I can write your friend a tab for it if you really want, but you'd quite frankly have to be a weirdo to restring+tune your guitar to that. However, playing F mostly, with E flat on the final bar of the second line and second bar of the fourth line should sound alright. And I hope that doesn't make me sound pompous. x<

 

[Saggy]

Brilliant!

 

[Profion]

GJ :worthy:

 

[Kudro]

haha nr1 :]

 

[Niroth]

As sexy as your msn avatar! Shame it's a guy ;'(

 

[Jjuraa]

i was expecting it to be just a joke song.. but that was actually amazing AND funny.. going in my playlist imo XD

whoever heard of a talented welshman XD

 

[Belomar]

Wow, nice song!

 

[toxii]

certainly brought a smile in my face ^^
well done ;DD

 

[Silverbirch]

Hey, I work for EMI and I'd love you to come down to the studio sometime... and make tea

Serioulsy though that's class, loved it Very remisicent of something 'Yes' or 'Jethro Tull' might have done in their pomp

When's the album out?

 

[Straef]

Thanks everyone

And yes, it's me playing the guitar, though not so easy to tell you the chords:

Using a guitar tuned down to BFBBFB, with thick enough strings and a double fourth string, at capo 6. The chords are just drones on the open strings left around the single notes of the melody, with the occasional addition of B flat on the fourth or sixth string. I can write your friend a tab for it if you really want, but you'd quite frankly have to be a weirdo to restring+tune your guitar to that. However, playing F mostly, with E flat on the final bar of the second line and second bar of the fourth line should sound alright. And I hope that doesn't make me sound pompous. x<

Sounds like Chinese to me :<