minstrel: Filks

[Tadhg O Cuileannain]

--- Lisa and Ken Theriot <lnktheriot at cox.net> wrote:
  Master Baldwin
> of Erebor (of
> Atenveldt) wrote a song called "Maiden, in Your
> Lofty Tower", as sung by
> a harper looking up at a princess.  Mistress Shara
> Tunoy (of An Tir)
> wrote, to Baldwin's tune, "Harper, in the Field
> Below Me" as the lady's
> answer.  Baldwin loved it.  Now THAT was period
> style filk.  

This actually has continued at least into the recent
past (recent for some of us, anyway--I'm dating myself
here): There was an early R & B song, "Work With Me
Annie" that must have spawned at least a dozen replies
and sequels--"Roll With Me Henry," "Annie Had a Baby,"
"Annie's Been Workin' on the Midnight Shift," etc.  I
don't know that songwriters do this any more, but it's
not just a medieval thing.

Tadhg

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Tadhg O Cuilleannain of One Thousand Eyes
Tim Connor of Idaho Falls, Idaho
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