Chivalry

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_Words: Morgana bro Morganwyg

Tune: Lemon Tree
Source: Calon Song
Standing Song Stone Book
MIDI file / NWC file / PDF file _

When I was just a lad of ten,

My father said to me,
Come here and take a lesson from,
The belted Chivalry.
Don't put your trust in knights, my boy,
My father said to me.
Come here and watch the Vikings kill
The belted Chivalry.

_Chivalry, very pretty,

And the Ladies all are sweet,
But they find that the Vikings are
Impossible to beat._

But when I grew I fell in love,

And the lady said to me,
I think that I will keep my heart
For the belted Chivalry.
I said that I'd become a knight
As quick as quick can be.
The music of her laughter hid
My father's words from me.

_Chivalry, very pretty,

And the Ladies all are sweet,
But they find that the Vikings are
Impossible to beat._

So off to tourney I did go

A squire all belted red.
A rattan broadsword in my hand,
A helmet on my head.
I stepped onto the tourney field
To fight so nobly,
Then a blow from Viking axe
Caved in my helm for me.

_Chivalry, very pretty,

And the Ladies all are sweet,
But they find that the Vikings are
Impossible to beat._

They had to bear me from the field

For I could hardly see,
But I could hear my lady wooing
Belted Chivalry.
So if I ever love again
I know that you will see
A girl who wants a Viking love,
No belted Chivalry.

_Chivalry, very pretty,

And the Ladies all are sweet,
But they find that the Vikings are
Impossible to beat._

_Chivalry, very pretty,

And the Ladies all are sweet,
But they find that the Vikings are
Impossible to beat._

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