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Avalon
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Ban the Fencers
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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The Borrowed Heart
An ABAB ballad based on the novel Prince Ombra.
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The Canton of Coille Stormeil
This song was written by Lady Annabeau of the Forest for the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the
Canton of Coille Stoirmeil. Recorded with permission. Lyrics are below.

Now close your eyes
drift on the wind
o'er the hill and the dell
rest ye now
and tarry in the Canton
of Coille Stoirmeil

Gather 'round yon fire
I will tell you of a land
where the sun regrets his rest
where the wee ones play
without worry in the shadow
of the Dragon's nest

Where the earth's so rich
you can sow a field of gold
and the sheep and cattle thrive
and the moon and stars
shower blessings from above
for nigh a score and five

Though rain will fall
lightning flash
and mighty oaks be felled
naught can change
the spirit in the Canton
of Coille Stoirmeil

Every warrior's heart
beats the rhythm of a drum
every sword is raised with pride
and the honor of
every lady in our land
is known both far and wide

We've a stormy clim'
and the wind may blow a gale
but our forest watch stands fast
gather by the hearth
and I'll tell you all the stories
of our glorious past

A truer man
ne'er could be found
than those folk who dwell
here within
the borders of the Canton
of Coille Stoirmeil

Now hark my lord
my lady too
pray you mark me well
all are blessed
to feast within the Canton
of Coille Stoirmeil

Stay once more
abide within the Canton
of Coille Stoirmeil
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Cheese Tree
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2016 in Rokeclif.

Post-Revel
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :-)
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The Coming of Spring
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Court, the Musical
The Court of Aibhilin and Konrad, Stellar Majesties of Northshield, at Warriors & Warlords XXIV, was
an amazing experience. Recorded on 15 July 2017, this epic court was a labour of love of our Crown
and many of their people.

Act 1:
All Rise -- Arwa al-Jinniyya 0:36
We be Heralds Three -- Sarah Loring 2:14
Signus Visur -- Eyja Bassadóttir 4:17
Tom Tinntinnabulum's Award for Growing Old -- Katerinka Lvovicha 5:44
1st Finalist Bardic Championship -- Thomas Bordeaux 8:39

Act 2:
Draw Back the Bow-- Dahrien Cordell 11:43
2nd Finalist Bardic Championship (& winner) -- Eyja Bassadóttir 14:15
Entre Av'e Eva (from the Cantigas de Santa Maria) -- Skjaldvør Kormáksdøttir, called Wyndreth
16:37
The Hedge Knight -- Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca meic Ímair 19:12
Special Musical Number (or "The Queen Rocks Out!" -- TRM Aibhilin & Konrad 22:33
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Crocus
Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield) singing an original piece. Recorded at the post-revel after
St. Radgunde's Faire in the Kingdom of Northshield. Recorded on 17 August 2019.
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Deathtrap
Deathtrap: Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

Note: Sadly, we're missing the end of Arwa's performance. What's here was so much fun, it was well
worth sharing.

Deathtrap (Bard Scribe Illuminator):
The theme will be – Deathtraps. Compose, calligraph, and illuminate a text telling us of your
deathtrap. It may be something simple and to the point or a gadget that would make Rube Goldberg
proud. This may be done individually or as a team.
This year, people are encouraged to start and have this one ready at Bardic Madness; or can also be
done the day of the event.
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The Dragon
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Dragons and Elephants
Have You Been Infected by Anapestic Tetrameter: Dragons and Elephants - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya &
Thomas Bordeaux
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2018 in Windhaven.

Have you been infected by Anapestic Tetrameter
It’s hard to read about Horton the Elephant without falling into the rhythm used by Dr. Seuss.
(duh-duh-DAH, duh-duh-DAH, duh-duh-DAH, duh-duh-DAH) - or – ( twas the NIGHT be-fore CHRIST-mas
and ALL through the HOUSE…) Share the disease. What can you make in anapestic tetrameter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapestic_tetrameter
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Ducere
Concert: Ducere - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

Concert:
If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the
criteria - this is the spot for it.
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Ducere
Ducere - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at KWAR 2018 in the Barony of Jaraveller.
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A Duel of storytelling
Count Yehudah ben Yitzhak and HE Bazyli Boleslaw z Krakowa in a duel of storytelling at Bardic
Madness XXIX in the Shire of Avonwood in the Kingdom of Northshield. Their seconds were Arwa al-
Jinniyya and Wolfstanus Lightfote; the marshal was Owen Alun. HE Gabriel Kjotvason, Baron of
Nordskogen, stepped in towards the end to throw a bit of a wrench in the story.
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Exeunt Omnes
Rondeau: Exeunt Omnes - Owen Alun, Thomas Bordeaux, Joya bint Arwa al Jinniya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Rondeau
The Rondeau is a French poetic form dating back to the thirteenth century. The style used in the
example below is from 16th Century England. It consists of thirteen eight syllable lines and two
repeated four syllable refrains. These fifteen lines contain are broken into three stanzas and
contain only three rhymes.

Poets in this challenge can use a different version of the Rondeau form they choose. There are
several good examples provided on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondeau_(forme_fixe).
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The Flower of the Free
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield) answers the challenge with an original piece. Recorded at Mid-Realm
Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

Numeric and Cadence:
Madness here is based on primes
Use some numbers now in rhymes.
Share a piece that somehow uses numbers. Bonus points if you can march to it.
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The Flower of the Free
Numeric and Cadence: The Flower of the Free - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in Rivenstar.

Numeric and Cadence:
Never let a traditional ending stand in the way of a good story. Present a new take or altered
ending on a well known story or song. Choose your own or pick one from the list provided.
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The Flower of the Free
Arwa al-Jinniyya performing an original piece at the Bardic Press Gang gathering in the Green Dragon
on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Gulf Wars XXVII.

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Footprints
Orlaith's original piece, "Footprints", with assistance from her daughter, Larkin, and Arwa (all
Northshield). Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to
Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

A concert between the end of the third fyt of madness and the start of feast. If anyone has a piece
they would enjoy performing, but that doesn't really fit any of the challenges - this is the spot
for it.
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Footprints
Concert: Footprints (Orlaith Ballach Inghean Fhlain) - Larkin, Orlaith Ballach Inghean Fhlain, &
Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Concert:
If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the
criteria - this is the spot for it.
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Gaze Intent on Blaze Orange Fire
Arwa al-Jinniyya and Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) answer the form challenge. Recorded at Mid-Realm
Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

Form Challenge - Triolets:
The triolet is a period French verse form dating back to the thirteenth century. It consists of an
eight line stanza with 2 repeated lines (the rhyme scheme is shown below), and can be used singly or
as part of a cycle. Try your hand at writing one.
8 lines, 8 syllables Lines 1 & 4 & 7, and 2 & 8 are the same. ABAA|ABAB Rhyme Scheme
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Gaze Intent on Blaze Orange Fire
Form Challenge, Triolets: Gaze Intent on Blaze Orange Fire - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya & Thomas
Bordeaux
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Form Challenge, Triolets:
The triolet is a period French verse form dating back to the thirteenth century. It consists of an
eight line stanza with 2 repeated lines (the rhyme scheme is shown below), and can be used singly or
as part of a cycle. Try your hand at writing one.
8 lines, 8 syllables Lines 1 & 4 & 7, and 2 & 8 are the same. ABAA|ABAB Rhyme Scheme

a – line 1 When first we met, we did not guess
b – line 2 That Love would prove so hard a master;
a – rhymes with line 1 Of more than common friendliness
A – identical to line 1 When first we met, we did not guess
a – rhymes with line 1 Who could foretell the sore distress,
b – rhymes with line 2 The inevitable disaster,
A – identical to line 1 When first we met, we did not guess
B – identical to line 2 That Love would prove so hard a master;

- Robert Bridges – late 19th c
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Ghost of the Shetlands
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Good Pilgrim
A tribute to Kudrun Pilegrim, a beloved Northshield bard who passed unexpectedly on December 24,
2020. I learned of her passing two days later and completed this song on that same day.
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Good Pilgrim
Post-Revel: Good Pilgrim - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
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Hastings 1066
Thomas Bordeaux performing his original piece at the Bardic Press Gang gathering in the Green Dragon
on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Gulf Wars XXVII.

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Heavy the Crown
Meta-Fyt: Heavy the Crown - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Meta-Fyt:
Revisiting some of the challenges from earlier in the day, when we had more performers than time.
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I Was a Teenaged Water Droplet
Pass the Tale: I Was a Teenaged Water Droplet - Lucia Elena Braganza, Hilla Stormbringer, Arwa al-
Jinniyya, & Thomas Bordeaux
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Pass the Tale
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The
challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale,
and deciding when it is time to end.
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I Will Stay
Words and Music by Thomas Bordeaux
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I'm a Duke and You're Not
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Journeyman Concert #2
Journeyman Concert #2
Presented at the First Bardic War in the Ethereal Realm
May 18, 2021

00 00:00:00 Introduction
01 00:00:59 THL Joya bat Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield)
One More Dish, Johnny
Good Pilgrim
Shine
02 00:10:00 Lady Cornelia Caeciliana (Atlantia)
Come Again Sweet Love (John Dowland)
Amarilli Mia Bella (Giulio Caccini)
She Moved Through the Fair (Trad)
03 00:17:40 Lord Gavin Kent (Æthelmearc)
Gwilm the Smith
04 00:25:58 THL Aibhilin inghean Daibhidh (Trimaris)
A Secret Love or Two (Thomas Campion)
Selkie Song
The War I Wage
05 00:35:40 Lady Cynthia Anne of Silver Lakes (Atlantia)
Ricercare (Vincenzio Capirola)
Mille Regretz (attr Josquin des Prez)
[original intabulation: Cynthia Anne of Silver Lakes]
Ricercar (Joan Ambrosio Dalza)
[from Intabolatura di Lauto IV, printed by Ottaviano Pettruci, 1508]
The Willy Queen (Cynthia Anne of Silver Lakes)
© 2009 Sea Grey Songs
06 00:43:59 Lord Gregor von Medehem (East)
Cantigas de Santa Maria #166 (Anon)
07 00:46:43 THL Juliane Bechaumpe (Mid-Realm)
Lexandra's Victory
08 00:54:05 THL Bran O'Labhradha (Æthelmearc)
Elegy to the Dream
09 00:56:07 THL Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca meic Ímair (Northshield)
Power
King's Daughter, King's Sister, King's Mother
Matilda 1140
10 01:06:03 THL Ishmael Stedfast Reed (Atlantia)
For Lady Serafina degli Aldobrandeschi de Firenze
A Petrarchan Sonnet
Come Again, Sweet Love (John Dowland)
Have You Seen the White Lily Grow? (Ben Jonson)
Clara's Soliloquy from The Last Voyage of the Valentine,
an original play in 3 Acts
11 01:15:06 Lady Megge Gormshuileach (Æthelmearc)
Pennsic Mid-Day Lullaby
Freya's Brave Ones
The Piper
12 01:24:35 THL Colette la trouvere (Antir)
Needle & Thread (A Selkie Song)
Song Calls to Song
13 01:34:20 THL Kári Gáranhirsson (Mid-Realm)
The Lay of Thrym
14 01:49:17 THL Silence de Cherbourg (Æthelmearc)
Tell My Story (Kasia of Two Kingdoms and Silence de Cherbourg)
Chanson de Jeune Fille
Lyrics: Anonymous, 14th c., Bodleian MS Douce 308
Melody: 13th c. motet from Montpellier codex
Heloise and Abelard, Love Will Return (Efenwealt Wystle)
15 01:58:29 THL Elaisse de Garrigues (Calontir)
The Phoenix
The Shadow of the Scythe
The Long Journey Home
16 02:09:27 THL Juliana Laverick (Antir)
Heart to Defend
A Minstrel Fine
Hey, Ho! to the Greenwood (Thomas Ravenscroft)
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Jubilee
Song by Mary Chapin Carpenter 1994
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A la Una Yo Nac
Period Piece: A la Una Yo Nac (Trad) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Period Piece:
Bring out any historical works 400 years or older!
Perform a documentable work of music, song, story, poetry, prose, or script from among the many eras
and cultures explored by the SCA. Dig out those reference books, blow off the dust (try not to
sneeze), and discover what wonderful treasures are contained therein. There is a staggering amount
of fantastic material out there. Find something, be it silly or sublime, and amaze us all.
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Lady in Darkness
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Lady of Shadows
Post-Revel: The Lady of Shadows (Neander of the Flame) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Post Revel: Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
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Lady of Shadows (cover)
Second song from my first open mic performance at Wild Hog in the Woods
(http://www.wildhoginthewoods.org/). Lady of Shadows was written by singer/songwriter Victoria
Ganger, who is currently performing with Revelry Chicks (http://www.revelrychicks.com/).
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The Lady of Shadows
The Lady of Shadows (Neander of the Flame) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Warriors & Warlords 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.
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Ministrare
Arwa al-Jinniyya performing an original piece at the Bardic Press Gang gathering in the Green Dragon
on Friday, March 16, 2018 at Gulf Wars XXVII.

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Ministrare
Post-Revel: Ministrare - Joya bint Arwa
Recorded at Bardic Madness (MK) 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Post-Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
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Ministrare
At the post-event bardic circle, Bardic Madness XXVII: Poisson d'Avril, hosted by the Barony of
Jararvellir (Northshield) and recorded on April 1, 2017.
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Ministrare
Post Revel - If You Want to Learn - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2017 in Jaravellir.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--
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My Blood
My Blood (Jez Lowe & James Keelaghan) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Warriors & Warlords 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Concert MC: Beatriz de Caer Anterth Mawr
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No Fun Left for Thee
Performing her original piece "No Fun Left for You" which was inspired by Thomas Bordeaux. Recorded
at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017.

A concert between the end of the third fyt of madness and the start of feast. If anyone has a piece
they would enjoy performing, but that doesn't really fit any of the challenges - this is the spot
for it.
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No Fun Left for Thee
Concert: No Fun Left for Thee - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Concert:
If anyone has a piece (or pieces) they're dying to perform, but that doesn't really fit any of the
criteria - this is the spot for it.
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No Fun Left for Thee
At the post-event bardic circle, Bardic Madness XXVII: Poisson d'Avril, hosted by the Barony of
Jararvellir (Northshield) and recorded on April 1, 2017.
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No Fun Left for Thee
Post Revel - No Fun Left for Thee - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2017 in Jaravellir.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--
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One More Dish, Johnny - Good Pilgrim - Shine
Journeyman Concert #2

three songs by Joya bat Arwa al-Jinniyya
One More Dish, Johnny
Good Pilgrim
Shine
Bardic War 2021 in the ethereal realm.
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Polly Vaughn
Practice video three days in, working out pacing, etc.
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Polly Vaughn (slow version)
Totally different chord set because I wanted an additional change in the first line of each verse.
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Post-Revel Midrealm Bardic Madness 2017
We had a limited amount of time for the Post-Revel/Bardic Circle after Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX:
Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus, 18 November 2017, and so everyone was asked to just
pick, pass, or play without introduction or explanation. I decided it would be more fun to edit it
all together as one piece so everyone could get the feel of what it was like. Other than a few
technical difficulties, here is most all of what went on for the last two hours of the event. Enjoy!
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Rebecca's Lament (cover)
Song by James Keelaghan 1989
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Rhyme Royal
Rhyme Royal: Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

Rhyme Royal:
The rhyme royal stanza consists of seven lines, usually in iambic pentameter, set a-b-a-b-b-c-c.
Geoffrey Chaucer used it often, including for four of the Canterbury tales, and James I of Scotland
used it, perhaps inspiring the designation "Royal" rhyme. It remained very influential among
English and Scottish poets after Chaucer's death, finally falling out of fashion during the reign of
Elizabeth I.

It's James the First who gave the form its name
But Chaucer's he who's really owed the debt.
An a-b-a-b quatrain starts the game,
Then follow with a b-c-c tercet.
Another way of thinking of it yet:
A tercet with two couplets well endowed ...
And we'll say both are fair and both allowed.
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She Sails
She Sails (Dahrien Cordell & Thomas Bordeaux) - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at KWAR 2018 in the Barony of Jaraveller.
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She Sails
She Sails (Dahrien Cordell & Thomas Bordeaux) - Dahrien Cordell & Arwa al Jinniyya
Pennsic 47 House Sans Nomen Concert

lyrics: Dahrien Cordell
music: Thomas Bordeaux
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She Sails
Post Revel: She Sails (Dahrien Cordell & Thomas Bordeaux) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
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She Sails
Words by Dahrien Cordell
Music by Thomas Bordeaux
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She Sails
Companion Planting: She Sails (Cordell & Bordeaux) - Dahrien Cordell & Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Companion Planting:
A performance with two or more people.
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She Sails
Post Revel: She Sails (Dahrien Cordell & Thomas Bordeaux) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :--)
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Shine
Shine - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Warriors & Warlords 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.
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Shine
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With

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Shine
Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield) sings her original piece. Recorded on 17 August 2019 at the
post-reval
after St. Radegunde's Faire in Northshield.
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Shine
Shine - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Warriors & Warlords 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Concert MC: Beatriz de Caer Anterth Mawr
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Sing Mary Sing
Song by Jennifer Knapp (2001)
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A Song for Belle
Sometimes, in the SCA, you get an award ... sometimes you get a facepalm ... sometimes you create a
situation that gets you a facepalm. TRH Yngvar and Luce presented Isabella Beatrice della Rosa with
a song, beautifully rendered by Arwa al-Jinniyya at this year's Tacky Garb Ball (in the Barony of
Jararvellir in the Kingdom of Nortshield).

The theme of the event was "Bring Back the 80s and so the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" is a single
by Rick Astley, released in 1987, was very appropriate.
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Tacky Garb Song
Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya, Barony of Jararvellir, Kingdom of Northshield, singing an original piece
at the Tacky Garb Ball: Bring Back the 80s. Recorded 27 January 2018 at the end of the year being
Baronial Bard. She sang it at the opening of this year's competition for her successor.

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Talking to the Pines
Third song from my first open mic performance at Wild Hog in the Woods
(http://www.wildhoginthewoods.org/). Talking to the Pines was written by Judy Grant, who shared the
song with my parents during a motorcycle camping trip. We don't believe she ever recorded her music,
but haven't been able to find her in the years since.
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Tam Lin
Tam Lin (Anas Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer) - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Warriors & Warlords 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.
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That All May Rise
A ballade inspired by Sir Ajax.

where havoc slips on crimson fields
is heard the howl of golden hound
who, bounding into battle wields
white lightning striking foe to ground
revealing pit and darkened mound
where festers fear to blind the eyes
light searing pure does pelt and pound
the griffin serves that all may rise

returning home to halls gone still
where once the dueling blades were crossed
with purpose learns another skill
lest knowledge to the pride be lost
through summer sun and winter frost
full focus set upon the prize
to see the sleeves again embossed
the griffin serves that all may rise

with frame and tipper keeping pace
the hunt resumes beyond the wall
the muse elusive leads the chase
with heady music to enthrall
inspiring visions broad and tall
of labor in another guise
to shield the weak that none may fall
the griffin serves that all may rise

for crown and kingdom giving all
when need reveals where duty lies
will answer gladly to the call
the griffin serves that all may rise
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Three Fishers
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Tinker's Minstrel
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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To the Autocrat
Varietals: To the Autocrat - Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2023 in the Barony of Jararvellir.

Varietals:
We always toast Their Majesties and Their Highnesses during feast. Lead us in a toast to someone or
something similarly deserving. (Keep it short – we want to eat! And give the servers a chance to
refill your glasses… because who wants a dry toast?)
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The Troubadour
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With
Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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When Judgement Comes
Rondeau: When Judgement Comes - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2018 in Grey Gargoyles.

Rondeau
The Rondeau is a French poetic form dating back to the thirteenth century. The style used in the
example below is from 16th Century England. It consists of thirteen eight syllable lines and two
repeated four syllable refrains. These fifteen lines contain are broken into three stanzas and
contain only three rhymes.

Poets in this challenge can use a different version of the Rondeau form they choose. There are
several good examples provided on the Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondeau_(forme_fixe).
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When Northshield Sings of the Griffin
Thomas Bordeaux (Northshield) singing in the Green Dragon, March 2019, at Gulf Wars XXVIII. With Arwa al-Jinniyya (Northshield.)

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Where Slumbers the Crocus
At the post-event bardic circle, Bardic Madness XXVII: Poisson d'Avril, hosted by the Barony of
Jararvellir (Northshield) and recorded on April 1, 2017.
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Where Slumbers the Crocus
Post Revel - Where Slumbers the Crocus - Joya bint Arwa al Jinniyya
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2017 in Jaravellir.

Post Revel:
Time to sing everything we didn't get to during the rest of the day :-)
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Write on the Baby
Mazacroca: Write on the Baby - Eva of Greenfield & Joya bint Arwa al-Jinniyya
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness 2023 in the Shire of Narrental.

Mazacroca:
Choose 1 of the 3 handouts and decipher what appears to be Renaissance gibberish scribblings that
appear to be in style of soliloquy, a sonnet, or perhaps it's a dialogue snippet between 2 or more
people? (Or are these recipes for how to make lasagna?)

You decide, create your own "translation" and present your findings!
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