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\"Photo<\/a>
Aneleda singing from the Pennsic Bridge #2, which was taken for the East in all three battles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the Valley Battle of Pennsic XKL, I stood with the banner atop my spear, watching the fight, not really ready to enter the fray. (By the end of the week, this was different!) I stood beside the bank where my good King Lucan told me to stand, and I watched the Chivalry in the “river” as the others were fighting on the “banks.” When it was done, King Lucan asked me what I had seen, and I told him I had seen brave men wading through swift waters filled with red. He responded that he would like to have a song about what I saw.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is that song, which was first performed for Karl and Isme after EK Court. The second performance was a promise – if the Bridge Battle was won, I would sing it from one of the bridges. As it happened, it WAS won and I DID sing it. King Lucan finally got to hear it during a gathering at VDK’s encampment, late, late at night.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a recording of it: http:\/\/www.mbouchard.com\/misc\/River-Ran-Red.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n

The River Ran Red<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Brave crossed the knights
\nthrough the river swift
\nthat ran between the cut of the valley.
\nHot was the sun and cold were the waves
\nwhere the river ran red through the valley.<\/p>\n

I watched from the bank
\nas my brother did charge
\nmy eyes were filled with his promise to me,
\n“I will fight them down, and tear them from our home
\nthough the river run red though the valley”<\/p>\n

He held aloft a spear
\nastride that muddy bank,
\nrunning beside the company of knights.
\nThe king himself, in raiment shining bright,
\npushed ever on through the valley.<\/p>\n

Knight and peasant both
\nwere bloodied as they fought
\nthe pikes and swords of the brutal warring force.
\nThe king stood strong, reddened waves about his boots,
\nand they held off the line in the valley<\/p>\n

I had lost him for a time
\nas the tangled hoards engaged
\nbut his blue and gold sleeve and spear at last I saw.
\nHe was wading on his knees through the river deep
\nthat ran like time through the valley.<\/p>\n

At last the battle broke
\nas the red retreat was called
\nand the blood ran down to the sea so far away.
\nWith victory in their hands came my brother and our king
\nand the river ran clear in the valley.<\/p>\n

Brave crossed the knights
\nthrough the river swift
\nthat ran between the cut of the valley.
\nHot was the sun and cold were the waves
\nand the river ran clear in the valley.<\/p>\n

Brave crossed the knights
\nthrough the river swift
\nthat ran between the cut of the valley.
\nHot was the sun and cold were the waves
\nand the river ran clear in the valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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