The History of the Kingdom of The West
Bardic Arts

CHORUS:
     Oh I sing: tra la la lonny.
     And she sings: tra la la lay.
     And I’m dancin’ with my Bonnie,
     And she does dance with me.

Oh I have a girl named Bonnie.
She is fair and true and sweet.
We are sad when we are parted.
And happy when we meet.
Her feet are light as moonbeams.
Her heart is free as song.
She was dancin’ when I met her.
And now I dance along.
CHORUS

Oh me father was a sailor.
Who sailed into the night.
And me mother was a seamstress.
Who seem-ed out of sight.
I confess I never met them.
I confess that I don’t care.
For now I’m with my Bonnie.
And I am happy here.
CHORUS

Well I’ve fought as a bold soldier.
And I’ve labored at the quay.
But now I’m with my Bonnie.
And here it is I’ll stay.
She’s all that I could ask for.
And twenty things besides.
I’ll never more go roamin’.
For Bonnie is my bride.
CHORUS

Aye I have married Bonnie.
Aye, now she is my wife.
I never shall forsake her.
For she is all my life.
Oh we while away the hours
A Singin’ lover’s songs.
And now when we go dancin’.
Twelve children dance along.
CHORUS

"All of these songs are the products of my first few years in the SCA. I don’t know exactly what possessed me at the time, but I seemed to have this near unquenchable passion for turning out pedestrian lyrics. Ah well, I was young and feckless, and had not discovered the lyrics of the Provencal minstrels at that time (Ai Ya, whew, those are songs)." -- GvN
© 1981, Lawrence Hyink III

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