Marcher At My Side - Revision history

Matt at 00:41, 6 August 2025

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	This song was written by Jennet whilst in command of Tom Drake's army and is popular amongst soldiers~~. Often only the first three verses are sung~~.		This song was written by Jennet whilst in command of Tom Drake's army and is popular amongst soldiers.

	OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].		OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].

Fiddle-faddle at 16:11, 24 June 2016

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	OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].		OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].

	~~Sheet~~ music available [http://www.northshield.co.uk/KitsTunes/A%20Marcher%20At%20My%20Side.pdf here]		An often sung variant of the tune is slightly different - sheet music available [http://www.northshield.co.uk/KitsTunes/A%20Marcher%20At%20My%20Side.pdf here]

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Fiddle-faddle at 16:09, 24 June 2016

2016-06-24T16:09:41Z

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	OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].		OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].

			Sheet music available [http://www.northshield.co.uk/KitsTunes/A%20Marcher%20At%20My%20Side.pdf here]

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2014-05-06T09:31:04Z

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	This song was written by Jennet whilst in command of Tom Drake's army and is popular amongst soldiers. Often only the first three verses are sung.		This song was written by Jennet whilst in command of Tom Drake's army and is popular amongst soldiers. Often only the first three verses are sung.

	OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is here.		OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is [http://www.profounddecisions.co.uk/mediawiki-public/images/music/daisy/marcher-at-my-side.mp3 here].

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This song was written by Jennet whilst in command of Tom Drake's army and is popular amongst soldiers. Often only the first three verses are sung.

OOC the tune is the Gallant Forty Twa, words by Daisy, Jude and Kath. Recording is here.

<song>
1. Well once I was a farmer
Out in the sun and rain
I sowed the fields in springtime
And reaped the autumn grain
But I've put down my ploughing,
Took my billhook in my hand
And joined that gallant army
That's the pride of Bregasland

Chorus:
You can talk about your Highguard
And your Freeborn Privateers
Your Wintermark militia
And your Dawnish Volunteers
Or any other army,
The glorious Empire wide
For I'd sooner be a Strong Reed,
With a Marcher at my side.

2.Well I was a musician
Across the land I'd play
From the taverns down in Wayford
To the golden fields of Hay
But now I am a drummer
And I've laid my harp aside
And now I march to battle
Proudly at the Bounders' side

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be a
Bounder, with a Marcher at my side")

3.Well I was once a Friar
A pilgrim on the Way
My nights were spent in prayer
And I tended herbs by day
But I've left the monastery
And I'm armed with mace and shield
And now I preach to Tom Drake's army
On the battlefield

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be in
Tom Drake's, with a Marcher at my side")

4.Once I was a trapper
Culling vermin on the farm
But I yearn to use my bow skills
To do a greater harm
So now I've left the copses
Where the fox and deer abide
To go to cull the enemy,
The Beaters at my side

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be a
Beater, with a Marcher at my side")

5.I bargain with Eternals,
I circle and recite
To bring the crops to fruitfulness
Heal blemish and the blight
And now, intoning in the fray
Unarmed, no plate, no chain
This Upwold Keeper strives to keep
His fellow Bounders sane

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be a
Bounder, with a Marcher at my side")

6.The sickle that scythed through the grain
Now reaps a grimmer yield
And the billhook that repaired the hedge
Lays waste upon the field
The Strong Reeds stand unbowed, unbent
Against the coming storm
And now we thresh right through them
Like a flail through the corn

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be a
Strong Reed, with a Marcher at my side")

7.Where the land once echoed
With hammer striking steel
The rhythm of the lathe and loom,
The weapon-maker's zeal
The gathering troops now gird their loins
With the fruits of sweat and blood:
The gambeson, the mail shirt,
The hauberk and the hood

Chorus
(ending with "For I'd sooner be a
Marcher, with my fellows at my side")

</song>

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