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This song is featured on\u00a0the CD “I Am of the North”\u00a0available for purchase online at: \u00a0http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/aneledafalconbridge\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I longed to be a gentle rose,
\nA flower sweet and fine.
\nIt seems I’m better as the thorn,
\nBut I hope you’ll still be mine.<\/p>\n

To be a maiden shy I tried,
\nIt made a laughing play.
\nI cannot pretend beneath this helm
\nThat I am meek today.<\/p>\n

Oh follow me, oh follow me<\/em><\/strong>
\nout on the fields of war<\/em><\/strong>
\nand you shall find devotion true<\/em><\/strong>
\nunlike ever seen before.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Fine silk I tear while running round,
\nsatin dresses I wear through,
\nThough with solid armor on my form
\nI shall ever fight for you.<\/p>\n

I will not feel your fingers warm
\nbeneath my gauntlets bright
\nbut if you’ll be sturdy as my sword
\nthen all my world is right.<\/p>\n

Oh follow me, oh follow me<\/em><\/strong>
\nout on the fields of war<\/em><\/strong>
\nand you shall find devotion true<\/em><\/strong>
\nunlike ever seen before.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot dance as gracefully
\nas all those pretty maids,
\nbut I will stay strong as fine steel
\nAs their beauty slowly fades.<\/p>\n

I cannot give to you that life
\nof calm domestic bliss
\nBut follow me, and take my heart
\nyou’ll ne’er regret this.<\/p>\n

Oh follow me, oh follow me<\/em><\/strong>
\nout on the fields of war<\/em><\/strong>
\nand you shall find devotion true<\/em><\/strong>
\nunlike ever seen before.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*** *** ***<\/p>\n

This song is one that I think perhaps comes from my service as bardic champion. As I reflect in the cold of autumn, and ready to visit Tir Mara to see the rattan and A&S championships, where I’ll bring my husband and son with me for the first time in a while, I started to think about what kinds of things I thought I would be, and what I turned out to be. <\/em><\/p>\n

I’m not a domestic girl, but a tomboy, perpetually. I loved palling around on the field and arming up and thudding across Pennsic, as I’ve loved thudding across the kingdom this year. I have especially loved the moments when my war brothers and sisters have made me feel, quite ironically, like the strongest of all delicate flowers – they reminded me that I am more beautiful in my strength than in any coy weakness. So this song is for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

And my sweet, quiet husband is dragged into my madness with such patience, that this song became one about asking one you love to come with you for the ride, promising that really, it will be worth it. So this song is for him.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This song is featured on\u00a0the CD “I Am of the North”\u00a0available for purchase online at: \u00a0http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/aneledafalconbridge\/ I longed to be a gentle rose, A flower sweet and fine. It seems I’m better as the thorn, But I hope you’ll still be mine. To be a maiden shy I tried, It made a laughing play. I … <\/p>\n

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