Born on a Listfield

Please use this as a teaching tool to spread this wonderful song of the Society. If you are curious about medieval re-creation, please go to www.sca.org or feel free to email me (themoonwatcher@gmail.com) with questions.

Draiff, Heinrich, I made this video for you, my friend.

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[AsnyHaakonsdottir]

Thank you all for your comments. It's obvious that across the Known World, we all have different traditions regarding this song, I think all should be embraced regionally. If you know someone that cannot learn just by the oral tradition, I did publish the words here, refer them to this page. If the oral tradition works, they can learn that way. You should stick to your own local traditions, and if writing it down is frowned on, learn from this video.

[morgunn]

It's a tradition in many places. It's a tradition that's grown all over the SCA based on misinformation. No big deal, the SCA has plenty of other traditions that came from less noble ideals. :)

[AsnyHaakonsdottir]

I rather like the idea of the oral tradition. It's how I learned a lot of my bardic material. And it would have been period-appropriate for many cultures.

[morgunn]

The Author, Master Ivar, is from Ansteorra, as am I and the Duke who told me he had not prohibited the writing or recording thereof.

[AsnyHaakonsdottir]

I evented briefly in Ansteorra while visiting family several years ago. It was a place of great hospitality. Apparently, it's become an An Tirian custom then, to pass this down in the oral tradition. My apologies to Master Ivar for my ignorance, but this is what I've been taught for my ten years in the society. Thank you for your clarifying this.

[morgunn]

The king who knighted me knows Master Ivo and also stated that Ivo did NOT proscribe against this song being written or recorded.

[AsnyHaakonsdottir]

Good Sir, perhaps it was something that became an An Tirian custom. Are you here in the climes of our beautiful Kingdom? It had been told to me by many bards that there were rules against such, as Master Alen Bendbow mentioned as well.

[freiman]

It's a good performance of a great song. I have played it more than once.

[fribz123]

Dam WTF is the werid stuff?

[DarkButterfly7709]

Where are most of the comments about her intro; sure it may be a bit wrong but really people the video is about the awesomeness of the song lets pay attention to that.

[BeorcKano]

Well, there you are. Long time no see, Lady Justice. I liked the rendition, even if, as I've always noted, I think it flows better with a male knight instead of a lady night... It just sings more right.

Sill a lot of haters on Youtube, it would seem.

[myrrath]

I think you've done a horrible disservice to this song. I learned it through the oral tradition, as it is EXPLICITLY instructed to be. Shame on you.

[Diesa11]

Kingdom of An Tir!! Huzzah!

[lunylvgd]

lol this song has definitely changed. The version I found on chivalry.com is Bored on the List Field and it's about knights getting drunk.

The original is really nice =) I'm not necessarily in SCA, but I do larp and I play a bard.

[UtoobIsNWO]

chills

[BaronCrandall]

Master Ivar, insulted, left the group, without saying another word. He

retired to his tent, and proceeded to write "Born on the Listfield"... which

he performed at Court that evening.

No-one *ever* accused him of not understanding the concept of Fealty again."

[BaronCrandall]

Upon this fateful day, a group of Knights had gathered, and were discussing

the meaning of Fealty.

Master Ivar had joined their group; and at one point, he ventured an

observation.

His comment (lost in the mists of history) was met with disdain from the

Knights surrounding him...their response was:

"What do *you* know of Fealty?...You're just a Master of Arms."