minstrel: Challenge

[Mike Baker]

"Rising of the Star" in the earliest publication I am aware of** was 
credited to Balthazar of Endor; various individuals have contributed 
additional verses over the years. I generally consider it a "battle" song.

Ansteorra's tear-jerker / best-known anthem has been for many years 
"Farewell to Ansteorra". Tadgh Liath, noted grump, once offered a prize for 
a contest to offer a replacement...

There also exists a highly moving piece to the tune of "Ballad of the Green 
Berets" which naked memory attributes to Simonn of Amber. While the tune may 
be over-used, the lyric did everything it needed / wanted to.

** _Songs of Ansteorra: Patriotic and Otherwise_, ed. by Melusine Whitcroft 
the Petite.  (_The_ essential songbook for an Ansteorran circa A.S. XIV. 
 Includes many important works by Sula von Pferdenthal, such as "The Eagle 
Rides Over The Border", along with other poets & musicians I have not 
personally seen or heard in many years.) Most entries from this work have 
been transcribed into one or another of the electronic collections 
available, such as Stephan the Juggler's or the (expanded) Black Book of 
Locksley.

Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)  s.k.a. Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri 
al-Amra
     currently residing in Barony of the Steppes, Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mike C. Baker                      mbaker at rapp.com
Any opinions expressed are obviously my own unless explicitly stated 
otherwise!

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