{"id":490,"date":"2011-08-17T22:39:34","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T22:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/?p=490"},"modified":"2011-09-14T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T16:33:04","slug":"the-favored-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbouchard.com\/aneleda\/the-favored-one","title":{"rendered":"The Favored One"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking of favors this summer, as I made one for my husband, which he wore during Pennsic. This song is about the favor given a warrior off to war, made of a slip of the singer’s dress before he leaves to fight with the king’s men. It made me think of hopeful returns, and of what those favors would mean once the battles were over.<\/em><\/p>\n

You can hear the song here: http:\/\/www.mbouchard.com\/misc\/The-Favored-One.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

My love he marched off with the King
\nSo noble and commanding
\nTo keep our lands Within our hands
\nHe went away to war.<\/p>\n

He carried only cloak and sword
\nAnd what he wore upon him
\nWith but his code Upon the road
\nHe went away to war.<\/p>\n

I had no jewel or gift to send,
\nNor woolen coat to give him
\nBut of linen frayed A favor made
\nTo take away to war.<\/p>\n

I sewed my love on every hem
\nI gave it to his keeping
\nBrown cloth of mine With green leaves fine
\nTo take away to war.<\/p>\n

Hold my favor to your chest.<\/em>
\nFeel my love through every trial.<\/em>
\nOh carry me beside your breast,<\/em>
\nOh carry me \u2018cross every mile.<\/em><\/p>\n

Months have gone past without a wordM
\nHow should I know that he is well?
\nWhen story came Of a soldier\u2019s fame
\nSo far away at war.<\/p>\n

“A man leapt in to save our king,
\nHis head struck with a mighty blow
\nWithout a sound He sank to ground
\nSo far away at war.”<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout him all the battle raged;
\nOur king\u2019s men conquered every one
\nHe was taken in As he were kin
\nHere at the end of war.\u201d<\/p>\n

“All he possessed when he was raised
\nWas one favor of linen soft
\nIt is his quest, He takes no rest,
\nHere at the end of war.”<\/p>\n

Hold my favor to your chest.<\/em>
\nFeel my love through every trial.<\/em>
\nOh carry me beside your breast,<\/em>
\nOh carry me \u2018cross every mile.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cLike brothers now they have become
\nThough he recalls not where is home.
\nHe swears love true Will bring him through
\nHe seeks that lost to war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh, is it of the softest brown?
\nWith greening leaves on every hem?
\nFor if it be Then it is me
\nHe seeks that’s lost to war.<\/p>\n

The teller of the tale did cease
\nAs with great joy he leapt away
\nTo fetch the lord Who fell to sword
\nBrought far away from war.<\/p>\n

My love he then brought to the hall
\nWhere finally he met my eyes
\nHeld in his hand, my linen band
\nBrought far away from war.<\/p>\n

Hold my favor to your chest.<\/em>
\nFeel my love through every trial.<\/em>
\nOh carry me beside your breast,<\/em>
\nOh carry me \u2018cross every mile.<\/em><\/p>\n

That tattered scrap of linen now
\nLay in a box of finest gold
\nAs has been writ Now here we sit
\nSo long after the war.<\/p>\n

My love he once marched with the King
\nSo noble and commanding.
\nI hold his hands, my Lord of lands
\nSo long after the war.<\/p>\n

Hold my favor to your chest.<\/em>
\nFeel my love through every trial.<\/em>
\nOh carry me beside your breast,<\/em>
\nOh carry me \u2018cross every mile.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thinking of favors this summer, as I made one for my husband, which he wore during Pennsic. This song is about the favor given a warrior off to war, made of a slip of the singer’s dress before he leaves to fight with the king’s men. It made me think of hopeful returns, … <\/p>\n

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