Category Archives: Music

Come Again Sweet Love…the Parental Version

A contrafact by Aneleda with apologies to John Dowland Come again, sweet love – hey that’s enough! You’ll fall off it again! I think, thank God you’re tough! I sit, I sigh, I weep, I’m sure, you’ll die In deadly pain before your next birthday! Come away! No! Do not touch that thing! No stove, stairs or shelves… Let go … …more, please!

Ever Comes the Sun

A lullaby for a hard day. http://mbouchard.com/misc/Ever-Comes-the-Sun.mp3* Fear not my sweeting for the the day is o’er through dire trials many sleep you now secure. For all the people and kindness they have shown never will leave you to face the dark alone. Though there is darkness ever comes the sun pulled up from the ocean deep by these blessed … …more, please!

The Tale of Adolphus the Devourer

Once upon a time, in the spring of the year as the mud thaw ground gave way to greening, a kingdom was beset with a plague that distended bellies and left all affected exhausted, longing but to lay down for many hours at a spell. The bearers of this affliction were a nation of hardy, olive-skinned ones, who came in … …more, please!

River-bone Warrior – a Song for Talen

Odin grant me one more battle that I may die on warriors ground Guide my soul to meet the Æsir, You whom sacrifice has bound.   The Idis gave me fearful fortune – raise battle-light and turn to stone. Yet I shall cast into the striving though norns have named me river-bone   My life is yet an uncut thread! … …more, please!

I Fight for You

The Queen’s Meadhall in Carolingia was where this song was first publicly performed. It was written after a conversation with Aneleda’s noble cousin and friend Gryffyn Dunham, who was on the unbelted team at the time, about what inspires us do do what we do on the field (and elsewhere.) Since I had no song that really fit that theme, … …more, please!

In Hadrian’s Town

For the dear people of Hadchester – my friends and companions – this is yours. Click here to listen to an mp3 of the song: http://www.mbouchard.com/misc/Hadrians-Town.mp3 See Hadrian’s town down by the sea Hi lily hey lily hi lo. If you are a- looking for fine company To the Hadchester coast you should go. If by longship you land, or … …more, please!

Last Saw You In June

Thinking of Armistice Day and Veteran’s Day got me thinking to songs about loving and missing people. And this song came and told me that she was thinking the same thing. So she wrote herself by my hand. It was recorded at the kitchen table straight onto the laptop, which is exactly where I’d imagine myself singing this song if … …more, please!

Leafy Greens & Mutton Song Lists

The Leafy Greens & Mutton were a small, enthusiastic ensemble of folks who really like to sing, play and perform medieval music. Coming together in the fall of 2004, LG&M was a nameless bunch of merrymakers – so merry that they took some mis-sung lyrics as their very name! By the spring of 2005, we were a real group – … …more, please!

Music for Yule

A few years back I was in a great group called Leafy Greens & Mutton, and we did mostly period music. We had a nice setlist of Yule pieces which I researched for our flyers and concert programs, and before Geocities really does go dark, I thought I’d add it here: __________________________________________________________ A Carol Bringing In the Boar’s Heed Lyrics … …more, please!

Reynardine’s Lady

This song was started some years ago, and forgotten, until I found a fragment of it on paper tonight and at last finished the tale I began. It still has no tune, but it will come. I’d consider this an early draft, despite the length in years it has taken to write it. There’s a shade of “The Cardinal Ordained” … …more, please!