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is a traditional bard's ditty, handed down through the generations of their | is a traditional bard's ditty, handed down through the generations of their | ||
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The next several pages are filled with instrumental dance tunes. One of the best known is a jig popular among warriors, My Trousers Decayed and Lawks Does This Fieldplate Itch. The tune is rather fast, and the dance that typically accompanies it is so fast as to appear twitchy to the uninformed observer. | |||
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based on the descriptions. | The next song in the booklet is a ballad to be sung by a young lass. This particular culture, as their bardly leanings would indicate, appear to have a great reverence of Scarlatti, to whom we an assume this ballad is addressed, based on the descriptions. | ||
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children to follow the bard's way of life. | The last song in the booklet is a children's rhyme, intended to encourage children to follow the bard's way of life. | ||
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Two more airs with the power to surge | Two more airs with the power to surge | ||
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